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Edgecrusher
Fear Factory
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EDGECRUSHER (Bassline)
As recorded by Fear Factory
(From the 1998 Album OBSOLETE)
Transcribed by rx aka. iskim86
Words and Music by Fear Factory
Arranged by Fear Factory
Gtr I (A D G C F) - 'Bass'
Gtr II (A D G C F) - 'Upright Bass Effect'
Intro
Q=123
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S. T
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-1-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-1-(1)-3-1-0----|
E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S. T
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-0-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-0-0-|-(0)-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-1------|
E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S. T
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-1-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-1-(1)-3-1-0----|
E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-0-0-|-(0)-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-1---|
Verse
Gtrs I, II
Q. E +H Q. Q E. E. 4x
||----------------|----------------||-|
||o---------------|---------------o||-|
||----------------|----------------||-|
||o------2-(2)----|-0----6--------o||-|
||--0-------------|---------2--1---||-|
Pre-Chorus
Gtr I
|--3--| |--3--|
Q +S S E. S Q +E E. Q +S S E. S E. E. E. 3x
||-------------------------|--------------------------||
||o------------------------|-------------------------o||
||-------------------------|--------------------------||
||o----------1--1-1-(1)-1--|----------5--5-5---------o||
||--0--(0)-0---------------|-4--(4)-0---------2--1----||
|--3--| |3-| |---3----|
Q +S S E. S Q +E E. Q +Q E E. E. E. E.
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|----------1--1-1-(1)-1--|----------5--5--------|
|-0--(0)-0---------------|-4--(4)-0-------2--1--|
Chorus
E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S. T
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-1-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-1-(1)-3-1-0----|
E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S. T
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-0-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-0-0-|-(0)-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-1-----|
E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S. T
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-1-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-1-(1)-3-1-0----|
E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-0-0-|-(0)-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-1---|
Verse
Gtrs I, II
Q. E +H Q. Q E. E. 4x
||----------------|----------------||-|
||o---------------|---------------o||-|
||----------------|----------------||-|
||o------2-(2)----|-0----6--------o||-|
||--0-------------|---------2--1---||-|
Pre-Chorus
Gtr I
|--3--| |--3--|
Q +S S E. S Q +E E. Q +S S E. S E. E. E. 4x
||-------------------------|--------------------------||
||o------------------------|-------------------------o||
||-------------------------|--------------------------||
||o----------1--1-1-(1)-1--|----------5--5-5---------o||
||--0--(0)-0---------------|-4--(4)-0---------2--1----||
Chorus
E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S. T
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-1-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-1-(1)-3-1-0----|
E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S. T
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-0-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-0-0-|-(0)-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-1-----|
E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S. T
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-1-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-1-(1)-3-1-0----|
E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-0-0-|-(0)-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-1---|
Breakdown
Q=120
PM-----------------------------------| PM-
Q +E S E. E Q 3x Q +E S E. E E E
||--------------------||-||--------------------|
||o------------------o||-||o-------------------|
||--------------------||-||--------------------|
||o------------------o||-||o-------------------|
||--0--(0)-0-0--0-----||-||--0--(0)-0-0--0---0-|
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Q +E S E. E Q Q +E S E. E E E
|-------------------||-------------------|
|------------------o||-------------------|
|-------------------||-------------------|
|------------------o||-------------------|
|-0--(0)-0-0--0-----||-0--(0)-0-0--0-0-0-|
Bridge
Q=125
E. E. E E. E. E 3x E. E. E E. E. E
||-------------------||-----------------|
||o-----------------o||-----------------|
||-------------------||-----------------|
||o-----------------o||-----------------|
||--5--4--5-4--5--4--||-5--4--5-0--1--0-|
E. E. E E. E. E 3x E. E. E E. E. E
||-------------------||------------------|
||o-----------------o||------------------|
||-------------------||------------------|
||o-----------------o||------------------|
||--5--4--5-4--5--4--||-5--4--5-0--1--0--|
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-3---------------|-2---------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||-----4--5-0--1--0-|----4--5-0--1--0-|-6--4--5-0--1--0-|-5--4--5-0--1--0---||
Pre-Chorus
|--3--| |--3--|
Q +S S E. S Q +E E. Q +S S E. S E. E. E. 3x
||-------------------------|-------------------------||
||o------------------------|------------------------o||
||-------------------------|-------------------------||
||o----------1--1-1-(1)-1--|----------5--5-5--------o||
||--0--(0)-0---------------|-4--(4)-0---------2--1---||
|--3--| |3-| |---3----|
Q +S S E. S Q +E E. Q +Q E E. E. E. E.
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|----------1--1-1-(1)-1--|----------5--5--------|
|-0--(0)-0---------------|-4--(4)-0-------2--1--|
Chorus
E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S. T
||------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-----------------------|--------------------------|
||------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-----------------------|--------------------------|
||--1-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-1-(1)-3-1-0----|
E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S S +E E E S. T
|-----------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------------o||
|-0-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-0-0-|-(0)-1-0-0-0-(0)-1-0-1-----||
Outro
E E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +S. T E E S. T
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-1-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-0-1-(1)---3-1-0----|
E E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-0-1-0-0-0-(0)-0-1-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-1-0-0-1-0-1-0--|
E E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +S. T E E S. T
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-1-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-0-1-|-(1)-0-0-0-0-1-(1)---3-1-0----|
E E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E E E E E E W
|-------------------------|---------------------|------*|
|-------------------------|---------------------|------*|
|-------------------------|---------------------|------*|
|-------------------------|---------------------|------*|
|-0-1-0-0-0-(0)-0-1-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-1-0-0-1-0-1-0-|------*|
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
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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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