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Hold On To The Flame
Nocturnal Rites
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HOLD ON TO THE FLAME (Bassline)
As recorded by Nocturnal Rites
(From the 1999 Album THE SACRED TALISMAN)
Transcribed by Ivan - (peekaboo104@hotmail.com)
Words and Music by Nocturnal Rites
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Strings'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Moderately Fast Rock Q=152
4/4
Gtr II
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
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 S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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 S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Pre-Verse
Gtr I
W +H +Q. E +W +H +Q. E
|----------|----------------|------------|-----------------|
|-2--------|-(2)----(2)---3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----(3)---0--|
|-2--------|-(2)----(2)---2-|-(2)--------|-(2)----(2)---1--|
|-4--------|-(4)----(4)---4-|-(4)--------|-(4)----(4)---2--|
|----------|----------------|------------|-----------------|
|----------|----------------|------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W W W
|----------|----------------|------------|-----------------|
|----------|----------------|------------|-----------------|
|----------|----------------|------------|-----------------|
|-2--------|----------------|------------|-----------------|
+W +H +Q. E +W +H +Q. E
|------------|----------------|------------|--------------------||
|-(0)--------|-(0)----(0)---2-|-(2)--------|-(2)------(2)-------||
|-(1)--------|-(1)----(1)---2-|-(2)--------|-(2)------(2)-------||
|-(2)--------|-(2)----(2)---4-|-(4)--------|-(4)------(4)-------||
|------------|----------------|------------|--------------------||
|------------|----------------|------------|--------------------||
|
| W W W E E Q Q E E
|------------|----------------|------------|--------------------||
|------------|----------------|------------|--------------------||
|------------|----------------|------------|--------------------||
|------------|----------------|------------|-----2-2---2---0-2--||
1st and 2nd Verses
Gtr II
+E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E
||------------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------------|
||o-------4-----------4---|-----4-----------4---|
||--(2)-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|
E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----5-----------5---|-----5-----------5-----|
|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2---|
E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----4-----------4---|-----4-----------2-4-|
|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-----|
E E E E S S S S E E E E Q Q E E
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----5-----------5---|-----------------|
|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|-0-2-2--2--0-2---|
+E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-------4-----------4---|-----4-----------4---|
|-(2)-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|
E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----5-----------5---|-----5-----------5---|
|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|
E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----4-----------4---|-----4-----------2-4-|
|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-----|
E E E E S S S S E E E E Q Q E E
|---------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------|-----------------||
|-----5-----------5---|-----------4-5---||
|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|-0-2-2--2--------||
Pre-Chorus
E E E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5p4-----|
|-----------------------|-----------------5-2-|
+E E E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------5--|
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2----|
+E E E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-4h5p4-2-|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
Chorus
$
+E E E S S E S S E S S W
|-------------------------||------|
|-------------------------||------|
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||------|
|-------------------------||-0----|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
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 S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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 S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
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 S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
To Coda
W E S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0--------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------------------6-6-|
|----------|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-7-7-----|
|----------|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
1. 2.
Q. S S S S E +E E H S S S S Q
|-----------------------||-------------------||
|-7--------------------o||-7-----------------||
|------4h5p4---7-(7)---o||------4h5p4---7----||
|------------7-------2--||------------7------||
Guitar Solo I
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
Guitar Solo II
E S S E S S E S S S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S
|---------------------------||-------------------------|
|---------------------------||-------------------------|
|---------------------------||-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------|
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------|
3/4
E E S S S S E E S S S S W +W +W +H.
|-------------------------|----------|------------|------------||--------||
|-------------------------|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------||-(0)----||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|----------|------------|------------||--------||
|-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------|------------|------------||--------||
4/4
E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----4-----------4---|-----4-----------4---|
|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|
D.S. al Coda
E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|-----4-----------4---|-----4-----------4----||
|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2--||
Outro
&
4/4
H S S S S Q W E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E S S S S E E
|-----------------||----------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-7---------------||----------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|------4h5p4---7--||-5--------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----4-----------4----|
|------------7----||----------|-------------------------|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2--|
E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E Q Q H
|---------------------|---------------------|------------*|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------*|
|-----4-----------4---|-----4-----------4---|------------*|
|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|-2----------*|
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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