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A Moment Of Clarity
Death
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A MOMENT OF CLARITY (Bassline)
As recorded by Death
(From the 1998 Album THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE)
Transcribed by livingzombie
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner
Gtr I (A D G C F) - 'Scott Clendenin'
Intro
Q=124
4/4
Gtr I
E S S E E H E S S E E H E S S E E H E S S E E H
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
||o-4-4-4-3--------|-4-4-4-3--------|-4-4-4-3--------|-4-4-4-3--------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
Q. E Q E E +Q. E H
||----------------|--------------|
||o---------------|--------------|
||----------------|--------------|
||o-3----3-3------|--------------|
||------------3-3-|-(3)---3-3----|
E S S E S S E S S E E +E E E E E E E E 4x
|-----------------------|---------6-6-6-6-6---||
|-----------------------|-------6------------o||
|---------------------4-|-(4)-4---------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|--------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------------||
Verse
Double time Q=240
$
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 4x Q Q Q Q
||-----2--------|-------4------||-||--------------|
||o----------5--|----4-----4--o||-||o-------------|
||--0-----3-----|-2------------||-||--0--0--3--3--|
||o-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|
||--------------|--------------||-||--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------||-||-----2--------|-------4-------||
|-------------o||-||o----------5--|----4-----4---o||
|-2--2--2--2---||-||--0-----3-----|-2-------------||
|-------------o||-||o-------------|--------------o||
|--------------||-||--------------|---------------||
Q=132
~
Q Q Q Q S S S S q S S S S Q
||--------------|-----------------------|
||o-------2--3--|-3-------2--3-------2--|
||--0--1--------|---1-0-0------1-0-0----|
||o-------------|-----------------------|
||--------------|-----------------------|
~
Q Q Q Q S S S S q S S S S Q
|-------------|------------------------||
|-------0-----|-3-------2--3-------2--o||
|-0--1-----1--|---1-0-0------1-0-0-----||
|-------------|-----------------------o||
|-------------|------------------------||
Q=124
|-3-| |-3-|
e. E. E E E E E q q q q q q Q. S S Q. S S Q. S S H
|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------7---|-------------------|----------------|
|-------7-----7---|---7-8-5---8-|-7----7s8-5----5s7-|----------------|
|-0--0----0-7---7-|-0-----------|-------------------|-8----8s10-5----|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|----------------|
H S S E Q H S S E Q H S S E Q H S S E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|------------3--|------------2--|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|------------3--|---------------|
|-0----0-0------|-0----0-0------|-0----0-0------|-0----0-0---1--|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
e. E. E E E E E q q q q q q Q. S S Q. S S Q. S S H
|-----------------|-------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------7---|----------10---------|-12---------7----|
|-------7-----7---|---7-8-5---8-|-7----7s8--8----8s10-|-10----10s5-5----|
|-0--0----0-7---7-|-0-----------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------|---------------------|-----------------|
H S S E Q H S S E Q H S S E Q H S S E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|------------3--|------------2--|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|------------3--|---------------||
|-0----0-0------|-0----0-0------|-0----0-0------|-0----0-0---1--||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
Chorus
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
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-------------------0-2-3-5-3------|
||--------0-2-3-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-----|-------------0-2-3-----------5-3--|
||o-0-1-3-----------------------3-1-|-------0-1-3----------------------|
||----------------------------------|-3-3-3----------------------------|
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 S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------0-2-3-5-3-----o||
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-----|-1-1-0-------0-2-3-----------5-3--||
|-----------------------------3-1-|-------3-1-3---------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
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
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-------------------0-2-3-5-3------|
||--------0-2-3-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-----|-------------0-2-3-----------5-3--|
||o-0-1-3-----------------------3-1-|-------0-1-3----------------------|
||----------------------------------|-3-3-3----------------------------|
1.,D.S.
To Coda
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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------0-2-3-5-3-----o||
|-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-----|-1-1-0-------0-2-3-----------5-3--||
|-----------------------------3-1-|-------3-1-3---------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Solo (Hamm)
2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. E. E H
||----------------------------------|--------------|
||o---------------------------------|-3--2--3-3----|
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|--------------|
||o---------------------------------|--------------|
||----------------------------------|--------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e. e. e H 5x
|---------------------------------|---------------||
|---------------------------------|-2--3--2-2----o||
|---------------------------------|---------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------o||
|---------------------------------|---------------||
Solo (Schuldiner)
W W W H H
||-----------|----------|----------|------------||
||o----------|----------|----------|-----------o||
||-----------|-3--------|----------|-5----------||
||o-0--------|----------|-3--------|------5----o||
||-----------|----------|----------|------------||
1.,2.,3.,4. 5.
D.S. al Coda
W W W W 5x H H
||-----------|----------|----------|-----------||-----------||
||o----------|----------|----------|----------o||-----------||
||-----------|-3--------|----------|-----------||-5---------||
||o-0--------|----------|-3--------|-5--------o||------5----||
||-----------|----------|----------|-----------||-----------||
Interlude
&
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 E E 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-------------------||
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 E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Outro Solo (Schuldiner)
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 E E 9x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Duration Legend
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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
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| - 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
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