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Beneath

Meshuggah

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BENEATH (Bassline)
As recorded by Meshuggah
(From the 1995 Album DESTROY, ERASE, IMPROVE)

Transcribed by Olie NcLean
	

Words by Tomas Haake Music by Fredrik Thordendal

Gtr I (Bb Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Untitled'

 Quiet Intro         Main Intro
  H=155               Q.=177
                      Bsus4add9          Badd9b5              Badd9
 12/8
  Gtr I
  Wx16                  Q.   E E E E E E   Q.     E E E E E E   Q.   E E E
|-----------------||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------||o-(11)---------------(11)---|-------------(11)----------|
|-----------------||---(7)----------------(8)---|--------------(9)----------|
|-----------------||o---7------------------7----|---------------7-----------|
|-----------------||-----------0-0---0-0--------|---0-0---0-0----------0-0--|


                                  Main riff exposition
        Badd9b5N.C.                N.C.
                                  6/8
                                       PM--|       PM--|       PM--|     PM
  E E E   Q.   E E E E E E  4x     E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
|---------------------------||-||--------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------(11)---------------o||-||o-------------|-------------|--------------|
|--------(8)----------------||-||--------------|-------------|--------------|
|---------7----------------o||-||o-------------|-------------|--------------|
|---0-0--------5S4-1-5S4-1--||-||--5S4-1-1-1-5S|=4-1-1-1-5S4-|-1-1-1-5S4-1--|


  PM|     PM----|     PM--|       PM--|       PM--|       PM--|     PM
  E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E  4x
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-1-1-5S4-1-1-|-1-5S4-1-1-1-|-5S4-1-1-1-5S|=4-1-1-1-5-4-|-1-1-1-5S4-1--||


   Verse 1
    N.C.
        PM--|       PM--|       PM--|     PM----|     PM----|     PM--|
    E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
||--5s4-1-1-1-5s|=4-1-1-1-5s4-|-1-1-1-5s4-1-|-1-1-5s4-1-1-|-1-5s4-1-1-1--|


                                                 Post-verse
                                                  N.C.
      PM--|       PM--|       PM--|     PM
  E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E  4x     E E E E E E   Q  E E E E
|-------------|-------------|--------------||-||--------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------||-||--------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------|
|-5s4-1-1-1-5s|=4-1-1-1-5-4-|-1-1-1-5s4-1--||-||--0-2-0-3-0-4-|----0-6-0-3--|


  E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E Q
|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-0-4-----5s6-|-0-3s4-0-5s6-|-0-3-0-4----|


  E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-0-3-0-6-0-4-|---3s2-0-3s2-|-4s3-7-0-4s3--||


   Tommy bit (Pre-chorus)
    Aadd9bN.C.(D)
          PM------------------------------------------|
    Q  Q  E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E  4x
||--4--4------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--6--6------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-5--5------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--------3-4-|-3-3-4-3-3-4-|-3-3-4-5-4-2-|-2-3-4-3-3-4--||


   Chorus
    Aadd9b5   N.C.      D                       D#
    Q.   +Q   E   E E E Q.     +Q   E E E E   E Q  +Q.    8x
||--4----(4)----|------------|--------------|-------------||
||o-------------|------------|--------------|------------o||
||--6----(6)----|------------|--------------|-------------||
||o-5----(5)----|------------|--------------|------------o||
||------------3-|---5---3----|-(3)----3---3-|---4--(4)----||


   Riff and Verse 2
    N.C.
    E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
||--5s4-1---1-5s|=4-1---1-5s4-|-1---1-5s4-1-|---1-5s4-1---|-1-5s4-1---1--|


  E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E         E E E E E E   E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|--------------||-||--------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------||-||--------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|--------------|
|-5s4-1---1-5s|=4-1---1-5s4-|-1---1-5s4-1--||-||--5s4-1---1-5s|=4-1---1-5s4--|


  E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-1---1-5s4-1-|---1-5s4-1---|-1-5s4-1---1-|-5s4-1---1-5s|=4-1---1-5s4-|


                     Solo
  E E E E E E         E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
|--------------||-||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|--------------||-||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-1---1-5s4-1--||-||--5s4-1---1-5s|=4-1---1-5s4-|-1---1-5s4-1-|---1-5s4-1----|


  E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E  4x
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-1-5s4-1---1-|-5s4-1---1-5s|=4-1---1-5s4-|-1---1-5s4-1--||


   Post Verse 2
    N.C.
    E E E E E E   Q  E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E Q
||--------------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||o-------------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||--------------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||o-------------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||--0-2-0-3-0-4-|----0-6-0-3-|-0-4-----5s6-|-0-3s4-0-5s6-|-0-3-0-4-----|


                                                 Re-capitulation
                                                  Bsus4add9          Badd9b5
                                                 12/8
  E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E           Q.   E E E E E E   Q.
|-------------|-------------|--------------||-||-----------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||-||o-(11)---------------(11)----|
|-------------|-------------|--------------||-||---(7)----------------(8)----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||-||o---7------------------7-----|
|-0-3-0-6-0-4-|---3s2-0-3s2-|-4s3-7-0-4s3--||-||-----------0-0---0-0---------|


              Badd9
  E E E E E E   Q.   E E E
|--------------------------|
|-------------(11)---------|
|--------------(9)---------|
|---------------7----------|
|---0-0---0-0----------0-0-|


        Badd9b5                    Cadd9b5
                                  9/8
  E E E   Q.   E E E E E E          Q   Q  E E E E E   7x
|---------------------------||-||----------------------||
|-------(11)---------------o||-||o-12--12-------------o||
|--------(8)----------------||-||---9---9--------------||
|---------7----------------o||-||o--8---8-------------o||
|---0-0--------5S4-1-5S4-1--||-||----------1-1---1-1---||


                       Rhythm Bit
                        N.C.(B�)
                       12/8
  E E E E E E E E E     E Q  E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------||------------------------|
|-------------------||o-----------------------|
|-------------------||------------------------|
|-------------------||o-----------------------|
|---1-1-1---1-1-1---||--0----0-0-----0-0-0----|


  E E E E E E Q  E E E E   E E E E E E E Q  E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-0-0-----0-0----0-0-0---|---0-0-----0-0----0-0-0-|


  Q  E E Q  E E E E E E  4x E Q  E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------||------------------------|
|-----------------------o||------------------------|
|------------------------||------------------------|
|-----------------------o||------------------------|
|----0-0----0-0-----0-0--||-0----0-0-----0-0-0---1-|


   Verse 3
    N.C.
   6/8
    E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||--5s4-1---1-5s|=4-1---1-5s4-|-1---1-5s4-1-|---1-5s4-1---|-1-5s4-1---1-|


                                                 Post-verse 3
                                                  N.C.
      PM--|       PM--|       PM--|     PM
  E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E  4x     E E E E E E   Q  E E E E
|-------------|-------------|--------------||-||--------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------||-||--------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------|
|-5s4-1-1-1-5s|=4-1-1-1-5-4-|-1-1-1-5s4-1--||-||--0-2-0-3-0-4-|----0-6-0-3--|


  E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E Q
|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-0-4-----5s6-|-0-3s4-0-5s6-|-0-3-0-4----|


  E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-0-3-0-6-0-4-|---3s2-0-3s2-|-4s3-7-0-4s3--||


   Chorus 2
    Aadd9b5   N.C.      D                       D#
    Q.   +Q   E   E E E Q.     +Q   E E E E   E Q  +Q.    8x
||--4----(4)----|------------|--------------|-------------||
||o-------------|------------|--------------|------------o||
||--6----(6)----|------------|--------------|-------------||
||o-5----(5)----|------------|--------------|------------o||
||------------3-|---5---3----|-(3)----3---3-|---4--(4)----||


   Tommy bit (outro)
                             1.,2.,3.
    Aadd9bN.C.
          PM------------------------------------------|
    Q  Q  E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E   E E E E E E  4x
||--4--4------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--6--6------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-5--5------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--------3-4-|-3-3-4-3-3-4-|-3-3-4-5-4-2-|-2-3-4-3-3-4--||


  4.
  PM----------------------|
  E E E E E E   E E E E E E    W        W
|-------------|-------------||--------|------*|
|-------------|-------------||--------|------*|
|-------------|-------------||--------|------*|
|-------------|-------------||--------|------*|
|-3-3-4-5-4-2-|-2-3-4-3-x-4-||--------|------*|



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
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - 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