+
-

Incantations Of The Apprentice

Symphony X

Text File

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

INCANTATIONS OF THE APPRENTICE (Bassline)
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) - 'Bass'

   Intro
    Q=115
   4/4
    Gtr I
    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-----------------------------|-----------------------------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)-0-8p7-0-7p6-0-6p5-5S4--|


                                     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-------------------------------|-8p7---7p5---12p11---11p8---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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-8p7---7p5---5p3---3p2-----------|-8p7---7p5---5p3---3p2-----------||
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7p6-6S5-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7p6-6S5-||


 Break
                                  7/8
  S e S H.        S e S H.         Wx4
|---------------|---------------||--------||
|---------------|---------------||--------||
|---------------|---------------||--------||
|-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0---------||--------||


   Riffs
                                     4/4
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  9x   S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
||-------------------------------||-|-------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------o||-|-------------------------------||
||o---------------------1p0-----o||-|---------------------1p0-1-----||
||--3p0-3p0-0-5p0-5p0-0-----3p0--||-|-3p0-3p0-0-5p0-5p0-0-------0---||


   Verse
    $
    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)-------|


                      |----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-|


  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.
                    |-3-|
  E S S +Q   H      S S S E +S  S S S S e S E E
|-----------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------|-7p6p4-6-(6)-4-6-4-----------o||
|-----------------|-------------------5S4-4-3---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
   7/8
    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-----------------|-----------------o||-||o-----------------o||
||--2-2-2-2-2---2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2--||-||--2-2-2-2-2-x-2-2--||


                   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-------||
|-----------------|----------4-3-7-6------|----------------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)-0-8p7-0-7p6-0-6p5-5S4-|


                                     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-------------------------------|-8p7---7p5---12p11---11p8---------------o||
|-----0-0-(0)-0-1-0-1-0-1h4-0-4h7-0-|-----0-----0-------0------0-12h13p12-11--||


  2.
                         To Coda                              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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-8p7---7p5---5p3---3p2-----------|-8p7---7p5---5p3---3p2-----------||
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7p6-6S5-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7p6-6S5-||


   Guitar Solo 1
                                                              ~
    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
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-4h6-----------------------------|-4h6------------------------o||
||o-----------------------------4h6-|----------------------------o||
||------4-4---4-7-4---4-7-4-4-4-----|-----4-4---4-7-4---4-7-4-5---||


   Melody
                                                              ~
    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
||----------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-2h4-----------------------------|-2h4-------------------------o||
||o-----------------------------2h4-|-----------------------------o||
||------2-2---2-5-2---2-5-2-2-2-----|-----2-2---2-5-2---2-5-2-3----||


   Guitar Solo 2
                                              D.S.S. al Coda
   7/8
    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||
||o-----------4---4-----5p4-----|-----------4---4-----5p4-----o||
||--7p4-7p4-4---4---4-4-----7p4-|-7p4-7p4-4---4---4-4-----7p4--||


  &
 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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-8p7---7p5---5p3---3p2-----------|-8p7---7p5---5p3---3p2------------|
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7p6-6S5-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7p6-6S5--|


 4/4
  E. S +E  E +H       +W           S e S H.
|-------------------|------------|-------------*|
|-------------------|------------|-------------*|
|-7--5-(5)----------|------------|-------------*|
|----------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