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Incantations Of The Apprentice

Symphony X

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INCANTATIONS OF THE APPRENTICE
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 2002 Album THE ODYSSEY)

Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson
	

Words by Allen Music by Romeo

Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Rhythm'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Lead'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Harmony'
Gtr IV (D G C F A D) - 'Keyboard'

   Intro
    Q=115
      G5                            G5
   4/4
    Gtr I
      PM--------|   PM--------|     PM--------|   PM--------|
    E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   E S S S S S S E S S S S S S  5x
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-o||
||----3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3--||


   Instrumental Chorus
   3/4                          4/4
    S S S S +S  S S S S S S S    S S S S +S  S S S S S S S S  S S  S
||----------------------------||--------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------||--------------------------------------|
||----------------------------||--------------------------------------|
||----------------------------||--------------------------------------|
||o-5h7-----------------------||-5h7----------------------------------|
||------0-0-(0)-0-1-0-1-0-1h4-||-----0-0-(0)-0-8S7-0-7S6-0-6\-5-5\-4--|


                                      1.
                                                                  |-3-|
  S S S S +S  S S S S S S S S S S S    S S S S S S  S  S S  S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------||
|-5h7-------------------------------||-8S7---7S5---12S11---11S8---7h8p7-6-o||
|-----0-0-(0)-0-1-0-1-0-1h4-0-4h7-0-||-----0-----0-------0------0----------||


  2.
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-8S7---7S5---5S3---3S2-----------|-8S7---7S5---5S3---3S2-----------||
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7S6-6S5-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7S6-6S5-||


 Break
  E5              E5
                                   7/8
                                    Gtr IV
  PM--|           PM--|
  S e S H.        S e S H.          S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   4x
|---------------|---------------||--------------------------------||
|---------------|---------------||o------------------------------o||
|---------------|---------------||--------------------------------||
|---------------|---------------||--------------------------------||
|-2-2-2---------|-2-2-2---------||o------------------------------o||
|-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0---------||--3-0-3-0-0-5-0-5-0-0-6-5-3-0---||


   Riffs
    E5         Eb5        A5 Eb5 A5 Eb5   E5      Eb5
    Gtr I
                                                      |-3-|
     e  E  +S   e  S  +E   S  S   S  S     e  E S  E. S S S S S  S S
||--------------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-12-12-(12)-11-11-(11)-10h11--10h11--|-12-12-x-11-----------------o||
||---9--9--(9)--9--9--(9)--9-(9)--9-(9)-|--9--9-x--9--7h9p7-----------||
||--------------------------------------|-------------------8-7-------||
||o-------------------------------------|-----------------------10-7-o||
||--------------------------------------|-----------------------------||


                                     4/4
                                                               ~~~
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  5x   S S S S S S S S S S S S  Q
||-------------------------------||-|-------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------o||-|-------------------------------||
||-------------------------------||-|-------------------------------||
||-------------------------------||-|-------------------------------||
||o---------------------1p0-----o||-|---------------------1-0-[1]---||
||--3p0-3p0-0-5p0-5p0-0-----3p0--||-|-3p0-3p0-0-5p0-5p0-0-----------||


   Verse
    $
         ~~~~~~~~~        PM|                 PM----|       ~~~~~~
    E S  S   +Q    H      S E S E S S +S  S E S S S S   E S S +Q   H
||----------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
||----------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
||----------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
||--4-2-[4]-([4])-------|-4-4-2-5-2-4-(4)-2-5---------|-4-2-4-(4)-------|


  PM|                 PM--------|
                      |----6----|
  S E S E S S +S  S E S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------6-4-3-------|
|-4-4-2-5-2-4-(4)-2-5-------5-4-2-|


      ~~~~~~        PM|                 PM----|
  E S S +Q   H      S E S E S S +S  S E S S S S
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------5-5-5-5--|
|-4-2-4-(4)-------|-4-4-2-5-2-4-(4)-2-5----------|


  1.
                                      D5C#5 C5A5
      ~~~~~~              ~~~~~~
                    |-3-|
  E S S +Q   H      S S S E +S  S S S S e S E E
|-----------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------|-7p6p4-6-(6)-4-6-4-7S6-6-5----||
|-----------------|-------------------5S4-4-3-7-o||
|-4-2-4-(4)-------|---------------------------5--||


   2.
        ~~~~~~
                  |-3-|
    E S S +Q   Q  S S S S S
|-|--------------------------||
|-|--------------------------||
|-|--------------------------||
|-|--------------------------||
|-|---------------3h4p3------||
|-|-4-2-4-(4)-----------5-4--||


   Pre-Chorus
    F#5               F#5                     F#5
   7/8
    PM------------------------------|
    E E S e S E E E   E E S e S E E E         E E S e e S E E
||------------------|------------------||-||-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-||o-----------------o||
||------------------|------------------||-||-------------------||
||------------------|------------------||-||-------------------||
||o-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-o||-||o-4-4-4-4-4-x-4-4-o||
||--2-2-2-2-2---2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2--||-||--2-2-2-2-2-x-2-2--||


  F#5
                   4/4
                                       ~~~~~~~~~
                                                     |----6----|
  E E S e e S E E   Q.   S S S S S S S E.   +H.      S S S S S S
|-----------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|------------------7-6--|-(6)------7p6p4-------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-x-4-4-|----------4-3-7-6------|----------------7p6p4-||
|-2-2-2-2-2-x-2-2-|-4----5-4--------------|----------------------||


   Chorus
    $$
   3/4                          4/4
    S S S S +S  S S S S S S S    S S S S +S  S S S S S S S S  S S  S
||----------------------------||-------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------||-------------------------------------|
||----------------------------||-------------------------------------|
||----------------------------||-------------------------------------|
||o-5h7-----------------------||-5h7---------------------------------|
||------0-0-(0)-0-1-0-1-0-1h4-||-----0-0-(0)-0-8S7-0-7S6-0-6\-5-5\-4-|


                                      1.
                                                                  |-3-|
  S S S S +S  S S S S S S S S S S S    S S S S S S  S  S S  S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------||
|-5h7-------------------------------||-8S7---7S5---12S11---11S8---7h8p7-6-o||
|-----0-0-(0)-0-1-0-1-0-1h4-0-4h7-0-||-----0-----0-------0------0----------||


  2.
                                                              D.S.
                                                              D.S.
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-8S7---7S5---5S3---3S2-----------|-8S7---7S5---5S3---3S2-----------||
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7S6-6S5-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7S6-6S5-||


 Guitar Solo 1
  Gtr II
                              ~~~
  E.       T T T T T T T T S +Q        +S   S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-7b9======7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-------(7)r-4-7-6-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| S    S S S   S   S   S   S  S  S S S  S   S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-4h===6------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------4h6-|
|--------4-4-------4---7---4-----4-7-4--4---4-----|


   ~~~~~
                  |--3--|
  +Q.             S S   S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------|
|-(6)b7-----------4h6p==4------------------|
|-------------------------7-6-4------------|
|-------------------------------6-4-6------|
|-------------------------------------5-4--|
|------------------------------------------|
|
|                                 ~
|  S    S S S S S S   S   S S S S Q
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--4h===6----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|---------4-4---4-7---4-----4-7-4-5--------|


                              T       T        T
  S S S S S S S T T S S T T T T T T T T T T T  T
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-6-----6---6---------------------------6h7h9h10-|
|---5-4---5---5-4h5-4-----------5h6h8h9----------|
|---------------------7-4h5h7h8------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S   S S S   S   S   S   S   S
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-4h6--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------4h==6----|
|-----4-4---4-7-4-----4-7---4---4---4------------|


          T          T    T  T    T                ~~~~~~
                       |--------7--------|
  T T  T  T T  T  T  T S  S  S S  S  S   S S S T T S +Q
|----------------------9h11s12p9----------------------------||
|-----------9h10h12h13--------------------------------------||
|-7h8h10h11----------------------11-10p==9p8h9p8p7h8-(8)----||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|
|                                                     ~~~
| S    S    S     S    S     S    S    S   S S S   S  Q
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-4h===6----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------4-----4----------4----7----4-----4-7---4--5-----||


 Melody
  F#�                 D#�                   B#�                A�
  Gtr III
    ~~~~               ~~~                   ~~~                ~~
    Q.           S  S  Q.            S  S    Q.           S  S  H
|-/17-----------16-17-14------------13-14-|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-16-----------15-16-13----------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|   ~~~~               ~~~                   ~~~                ~~
|   Q.           S  S  Q.            S  S    Q.           S  S  H
|-/14-----------13-14-11------------10-11-|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-13-----------12-13-10----------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
|                                                                       ~
|   S S S S S S  S  S  S  S S S S S  S  S    S S S S S S  S  S  S S S S Q
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---2h4-----------------------------------|--2h4---------------------------|
|------------------------------------2h=4-|--------------------------------|
|-------2-2---2--5--2-----2-5-2-2-2-------|------2-2---2--5--2----2-5-5-3--|


   Q         +S    S  S  S  e    S  S S  S  S  S
|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------14------14-12----|
|-14\-------(14)--10-11-13-14------14---------14-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|
|  E.     S  +S    S  S  S  e    S  S S  S  S  S
|------------------------------------------------|
|--------14-(14)\--------------------------------|
|-11--------------------10-11---14-11---14-13-11-|
|-----------------11-13--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|
|  S S S  S   S    S  S  S  S S  S  S S  S  S  S
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--2h4-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------2h=4-|
|------2--2--------2--5--2----2--5--2-2--2-------|


   S  e    S  e    S  S  S  S  S  S  Q
|----------------------------------------||
|---------14------14-12----------12------||
|-13-14------14---------14-13-14----12\--||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|
|  S  e    S  e    S  S  S  S  S  S  E.S
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|-10-11---14-11---14-13-11-10-11-13------||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------2s7-||
|
|                                    ~~~
|  S  S S  S  S S  S  S  S  S  S  S  Q
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|--2h=4----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|-------2--2----2--5--2-----2--5--5--3---||


 Guitar Solo 2
  G#m
 7/8
  Gtr II
                                                               T
  T T T T T T T T T  T T T T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T
|----------------------------------------------------14h16h19h23p19p16p14-|
|-------------9------------9h12s16p12----------12h16----------------------|
|-----------8---8--------8------------13----13----------------------------|
|-------6h9-------9----9-----------------13-------------------------------|
|-----6-------------11----------------------------------------------------|
|-4h7---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
|                 PM       PM          PM---|
| S   S   S   S   S    S   S     S     S     S     S     S     S     S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------4---------4-----------------5p====4----------------|
|-7p==4---7p==4---4--------4-----------4-----4-----------------7p====4----|


   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~            ~~~~~
   Q            +E     E        +Q.
|-22b23========(22)r==22b23====(22)r------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
|                PM    PM        PM--|
|  S     S S S   S  S  S     S   S   S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------4--------4---------5p4------|
|--7p====4-7p4---4-----4---------4---4-----7p4--|


   ~~~~~~
                            |------4:3------|
   Q            +Q         +E     E    E    E
|-24b26========(24)r======(24)---19---16--------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------19---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
|                PM   PM    PM-|
|  S     S S S   S  S S S   S  S    S  S S    S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------4---4-----------5p=4--------|
|--7p====4-7p4---4----4-----4--4---------7p===4-|


                        D.S.S. al Coda
                                \7
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   |4:3-|
   E    Q.          +Q         +Q
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|-18---16----------(16)-------(16)------||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|
|              PM    PM   PM|
|  S S     S S S S   S  S S S   S S S S
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|----------------4------4-------5p4-----||
|--7p4-----7p4-4-----4----4-4-------7p4-||


  &
 4/4
  Gtr I
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-8S7---7S5---5S3---3S2-----------|
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7S6-6S5-|


  E5 D5    Bb5        Bb5          E5
  E. S +E  E +H       +W           S e S H.
|-------------------|------------|-------------*|
|-------------------|------------|-------------*|
|-------------------|------------|-------------*|
|-9--7-(7)----------|------------|-------------*|
|-7--5-(5)-8-(8)----|-(8)--------|-2-2-2-------*|
|----------6-(6)----|-(6)--------|-0-0-0-------*|



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
\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