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Signify

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SIGNIFY (Bassline)
As recorded by Porcupine Tree
(From the 1996 Album SIGNIFY)

Transcribed by Johannes Zetterberg L.
	

Music by Steven Wilson
Arranged by Porcupine Tree

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Fretless'

 Intro                              Main Riff #1
  Q=160
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx15          H    Q   S   E.      E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q   4x
|-------------|------------------||------------------|-----------------||
|-------------|------------------||o-----------------|----------------o||
|-------------|------------------||o-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-----6--o||
|-------------|---------10s(17)\-||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----||


   Main Riff #1 Alteration
                     5/4                          4/4
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E S  a   S  Q    E E E E E E E E
||------------------|----------------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|----------------------------|-----------------|
||o-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-----6---(x)-(x)-6--|-----6-----6-----|
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0----------------|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|


 5/4                          4/4               5/4
  E E E E E E E S  a   S  Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------|----------------------o||
|-6-----6-----6---(x)-(x)-6--|-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-----5--------o||
|---0-0---0-0----------------|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-3---0-6-3---||


                              Main Riff #2/Solo-melodies
 4/4
  E E Q  H      Wx3            E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q  22x
|-------------|------------||------------------|-----------------||
|-------------|------------||o-----------------|----------------o||
|-------------|------------||o-5-6-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----7--o||
|-0-----------|------------||--------0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----||


   Main Riff #1 Alter./Bridge
                     5/4                            4/4
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E S  a   S  Q      E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------|
||o-----------------|----------------------------o||-----------------|
||o-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-----6---(x)-(x)-6--o||-----6-----6-----|
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----------------||-0-0---0-0---0-0-|


 5/4                   6/4
  E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-----4-----------7-------|
|-6-----6-----5-------|-0-3---0-6-3-0-6---0-9-6-|
|---0-0---0-3---0-6-3-|-------------------------|


   Main Riff #3/Solo-melodies
   4/4
    E E E E E E E E   E E E Q  E E E 16x
||------------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|------------0---o||
||o-----7-----6-----|-5-----0--2-----o||
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0--------3--||


 Main Riff #1 Alter./Outro
                   5/4
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E S  a   S  Q
|-----------------|-----------------------------
|-----------------|-----------------------------
|-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-----6---(x)-(x)-6---
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----------------


 4/4               5/4                          4/4
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E S  a   S  Q    E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-----6---(x)-(x)-6--|-----6-----6-----|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0----------------|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|


                      Q=150   H.=H              Q=138
 5/4                   6/4                       4/4
  E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E   H    H
|---------------------|-------------------------|-----------*|
|---------------------|-----4-----------7-------|-----------*|
|-6-----6-----5-------|-0-3---0-6-3-0-6---0-9-6-|-----------*|
|---0-0---0-3---0-6-3-|-------------------------|-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