#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# FUTURE BREED MACHINE (Bassline) As recorded by Meshuggah (From the 1995 Album DESTROY ERASE IMPROVE) Transcribed by Alex Wilson Words by Tomas Haake Music by Fredrik Thordendal Gtr I (Bb Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Bass' Intro Fast Avant-Metal Q=175 4/4 Gtr I W Wx2 S S e S S e S S e S S S S 8x |----------||------------||-----------------------------|| |----------||------------||o---------------------------o|| |----------||------------||-----------------------------|| |----------||------------||o---------------------------o|| |----------||------------||--1-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1-1--|| Pre Verse q H. Wx3 |------------|------------| |------------|------------| |------------|------------| |------------|------------| |-2----------|------------| S E S +S S E E S S +S E S +E E E S S +S E S E E |-----------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------------| |-4s3-2-(2)-4s3-2-4s3-(3)-2-2-|-(2)-2-2-4s3-(3)-2-4s3-2-| Verses I & II $ E S S +S E S E E S E S +S E. E E S S +S E S E S e S Q S e S S e S |-------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------| |-2-4s3-(3)-2-4s3-2-4s3-2-|-(2)-2--2-2-4s3-(3)-2-4s3-||-4s3-2----4s3-3---3-2--| Q S e S Q S e S S e S Q S e S Q |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |----4s3-2----4s3-3-|---3-2----4s3-2----| S e S S e S Q S S E S e S Q S e S S e S |----------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|------------------------| |--------------------3-|------------------------| |-4s3-3---3-2----4s3---|-4s3-2----4s3-3---3-2---| Q S e S Q S e S S e S Q S e S Q |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |----4s3-2----4s3-3-|---3-2----4s3-2----| Chorus S e S S e S Q S S E S E S +E e S E S S e S |----------------------||----------------------------| |----------------------||o---------------------------| |----------------------||----------------------------| |--------------------3-||o---------------------------| |-4s3-3---3-2----4s3---||--4s3-2-(2)-0-4s3-3---3-2---| +E e S E S +E e S E S S e S +E e S E S +E e |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-(2)-0-4s3-2-(2)-0-4s3-3-|---3-2-(2)-0-4s3-2-(2)-0-| To Coda S E S S e S +E e S S E |--------------------------|| |-------------------------o|| |--------------------------|| |-----------------------3-o|| |-4s3-3---3-2-(2)-0-4s3----|| Bridge E. S +E E +S e S +E e E. S S E. e E +S e S |--------------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------| |-4--3-(3)-1-(1)-1-0-(0)-1-|-0--1---0--1-0-(0)-1-x-| E. S +E E +S e S +E e E. S S E. e E +S e S |--------------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------| |-1--4-(4)-3-(3)-1-0-(0)-1-|-0--1---0--1-0-(0)-1-x-| E. S +E E +S e S +E e E. S S E. e E +S e S |--------------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------| |-4--3-(3)-1-(1)-1-0-(0)-1-|-0--1---0--1-0-(0)-1-1-| D.S. al Coda S E S +S S E E S S +S E S E E S E S +S S E e E |-----------------------------|------------------------|| |-----------------------------|------------------------|| |-----------------------------|------------------------|| |-----------------------------|------------------------|| |-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1----|| Odd-Time Interlude & 5/8 7/8 5/8 4/4 E. S +E e e E. S +E e e e e E. S +E e e E. S +E e e e e e 4x ||---------------|------------------|--------------|---------------------|| ||o--------------|------------------|--------------|--------------------o|| ||---------------|------------------|--------------|---------------------|| ||o-1--1-(1)-----|-1--1-(1)---------|-1--1-(1)-----|-1--1-(1)-----------o|| ||-----------2-1-|----------2-1-2-1-|----------2-1-|----------4-3-1-3-4--|| Verse III/Blastbeat Riff Breakdown (Clean) 5/8 4/4 > S S e S S e S S e S S S S 16x W +Q. Q W ||-----------------------------||----------|----------||-------| ||o---------------------------o||----------|----------||o------| ||-----------------------------||----------|----------||-------| ||o---------------------------o||----------|----------||o------| ||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||-2--------|-(2)------||-------| Breakdown (Heavy) 1.,2. 3. 5/8 4/4 5/8 4/4 W 3x Q. E E H H +Q. +E E H H |--------||----------||------------|-------------|-----------| |-------o||----------||o-----------|-------------|-----------| |--------||----------||------------|-------------|-----------| |-------o||----------||o-----------|-------------|------1----| |--------||--------3-||--2----0----|-(0)---(0)-3-|-2---------| Guitar Solo I 1. 2. 5/8 4/4 5/8 4/4 Q. +E E Q. +E E H H +Q. +E E H H |-------------||------------||------------|-------------|-----------| |------------o||------------||o-----------|-------------|-----------| |-------------||------------||------------|-------------|-----------| |-2----(2)---o||-2----(2)---||o-----------|-------------|------1----| |----------3--||----------3-||--2----0----|-(0)---(0)-3-|-2---------| 4/4 Buildup 1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,4.,7. 5/8 4/4 Q. +E E 8x Q. +E E H H +H. +E E |-------------||------------||------------|----------------| |------------o||------------||o-----------|----------------| |-------------||------------||------------|----------------| |-2----(2)---o||-2----(2)---||o-----------|----------------| |----------3--||----------3-||--2----0----|-(0)------(0)-3-| H H +H. +E E H H +H. +E E |-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------------| |-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------------| |-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------------| |-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------------| |-2----0----|-(0)------(0)-3-|-2----0----|-(0)------(0)-3--| H H E E E E E E E E |-----------|------------------||-| |-----------|-----------------o||-| |-----------|------------------||-| |-----------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---o||-| |-2----0----|---------------3--||-| "7/4" Groove 3/4 S S S S S S S S e E Q S S S S S S S S e E ||-------------------------|---------------------| ||o------------------------|---------------------| ||-------------------------|---------------------| ||o------------------------|---------------------| ||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2---| 4/4 3/4 S S S S S S S S e E Q S S S S S S S S e E 6x |------------------------|----------------------||-| |------------------------|---------------------o||-| |------------------------|----------------------||-| |------------------------|---------------------o||-| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2----||-| Guitar Solo II 4/4 3/4 S S S S S S S S e E Q S S S S S S S S e E 8x ||-------------------------|-------------------------|| ||o------------------------|------------------------o|| ||-------------------------|-------------------------|| ||o------------------------|------------------------o|| ||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-------|| "7/4" Groove Variations 1.,2.,3. 4/4 3/4 4/4 3/4 |-3-| |-3-| Q Q Q q Q Q Q Q q 4x E. S +E E +S e. Q E. S +E E +S e. 4x ||--------------|-----------||-||-----------------------|--------------------|| ||o-------------|----------o||-||o----------------------|-------------------o|| ||--------------|-----------||-||-----------------------|--------------------|| ||o-------------|----------o||-||o----------------------|-------------------o|| ||--1-1-1-1-----|-1-1-1-1---||-||--1--1-(1)-1-(1)-1-----|-1--1-(1)-1-(1)-1---|| Pre Verse Variation 4. 2/4 4/4 17/16 E. S +E E W +W S E E E. E E. E E E. E E. E E. E E |------------||----------|------------||-------------------|-------------------| |------------||----------|------------||-------------------|-------------------| |------------||----------|------------||-------------------|-------------------| |------------||----------|------------||-------------------|-------------------| |-1--1-(1)-1-||-0--------|-(0)--------||-4s3------2----2-2-|----2----2----2-2--| 16/16 E. E E. E E. E E E. E E. e Q. |------------------|----------------| |------------------|----------------| |------------------|----------------| |------------------|----------------| |----2----2----2-2-|----2----2------| 4/4 S E S +S S E E S S +S E S +E E E S S +S E S E E ||------------------------------|-------------------------| ||o-----------------------------|-------------------------| ||------------------------------|-------------------------| ||o-----------------------------|-------------------------| ||--4s3-2-(2)-4s3-2-4s3-(3)-2-2-|-(2)-2-2-4s3-(3)-2-4s3-2-| +E S S +S E S E E S E S +S E. E E S S +S E S E |---------------------------|---------------------------|| |---------------------------|--------------------------o|| |---------------------------|---------------------------|| |---------------------------|--------------------------o|| |-(2)-4s3-(3)-2-4s3-2-4s3-2-|-(2)-2--2-2-4s3-(3)-2-4s3--|| Bridge Variation E. S +E E +S e S +E e |-||---------------------------| |-||o--------------------------| |-||---------------------------| |-||o--------------------------| |-||--4--3-(3)-1-(1)-1-0-(0)-1-| E. S S E. e E +S e S E. S +E E +S e S +E e |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-0--1---0--1-0-(0)-1-x-|-1--4-(4)-3-(3)-1-0-(0)-1-| Odd-Time Interlude 5/8 E. S S E. e E +S e S E. S +E e e |------------------------||-||---------------| |-----------------------o||-||o--------------| |------------------------||-||---------------| |-----------------------o||-||o-1--1-(1)-----| |-0--1---0--1-0-(0)-1-x--||-||-----------2-1-| 7/8 5/8 4/4 E. S +E e e e e E. S +E e e E. S +E e e e e e 4x |------------------|--------------|---------------------|| |------------------|--------------|--------------------o|| |------------------|--------------|---------------------|| |-1--1-(1)---------|-1--1-(1)-----|-1--1-(1)-----------o|| |----------2-1-2-1-|----------2-1-|----------4-3-1-3-4--|| Outro S S e S S e S S e S S S S 7x S S e S S e S S e S S S S e E H. ||-----------------------------||---------------------------|-----------*| ||o---------------------------o||---------------------------|-----------*| ||-----------------------------||---------------------------|-----------*| ||o---------------------------o||---------------------------|-----------*| ||--1-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1-1--||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0---------*| Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) / - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide- natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting / - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths