THE MOOR (Bassline)
As recorded by Opeth
From the 1999 Album STILL LIFE
Words and Music by Mikael Åkerfeldt
Arranged by Opeth
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Electric Bass'
Intro
Moderately Q.=62
4/4 6/8
Gtr I
Wx41 Wx14 Q. E. E. H.
|-------------||-----------|------------|-------|
|-------------||-----------|------------|-------|
|-------------||-----------|------------|-------|
|-------------||-----------|------5--3--|-0-----|
+H. +H. +H. Q. E. E. H.
|----------|----------|----------|------------|-------||
|----------|----------|----------|------------|-------||
|----------|----------|----------|------------|-------||
|-(0)------|-(0)------|-(0)------|------5--3--|-0-----||
E S E. E S S S S E S E. E S S S S
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o---7-7--7-----5-6-7-|---7-7--7-----5-6-7-|
||--0--------(0)-------|-0--------(0)-------|
E S E. E S S S S E. S S S E S S S S
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------0-1-2-o||
|---7-7--7-----5-6-7-|-3--2---------------o||
|-0--------(0)-------|------0-2-3-0--------||
e S S S S S S S S S S e S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------5-6-7-|-----------------5-6-7-|
||--0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-------|-0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-------|
e S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S E S S S S
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------0-1-2--o||
|-----------------5-6-7-|-3--2----------------o||
|-0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-------|------0-2-3-0---------||
e S S S S S S S S S S e S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------5-6-7-|-----------------5-6-7-|
||--0-0-0-0-0---0-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-------|
e S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S E S S S S
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------0-1-2--o||
|-----------------5-6-7-|-3--2----------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-------|------0-2-3-0---------||
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T E S
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---||
S S S S E S e S E S S S S S S +E. E.
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-----9-10---|-12-12-12-14-14-13-(13)----|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
Interlude & 1st Verse
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-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0-0-0---0-0-3h4-4-4-4-4-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 6x
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|---8---7-----------5-----o||
|-------------------------|-7---7---6-----5-----4---o||
|-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|-----------5-4---4-----3--||
Interlude
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E. E.
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|---------2-3-----|
|-1p0-0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-1p0-|-1p0-0-0------5-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S e e S S e S S S
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|---3-5-7---6-6-7-9--|
|-1p0-0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-0-0-|-0------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E. E.
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-7---------------------|---------2-3-----|
|---0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-1p0-|-1p0-0-0------5-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S e e S S e S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------|---3-5-7---6-6-7-9---||
|-1p0-0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-0-0-|-0-------------------||
1st Bridge
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E. E. S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------2-3-----|--------------------------|
||--1p0-0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-1p0-|-1p0-0-0------5-|-1p0-0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-0-0--|
S e e S S e S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E. E.
|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|---3-5-7---6-6-7-9-|-7---------------------|---------2-3-----|
|-0-----------------|---0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-1p0-|-1p0-0-0------5-|
1. 2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S e e S S e S S S E e E Q.
|-------------------------|--------------------||------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------o||------------||
|-------------------------|---3-5-7---6-6-7-9-o||------------||
|-1p0-0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-0-0-|-0------------------||-0-4--------||
1st Chorus
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-|---------------------|
||o-0-0-------0-0-------|-----------------5h7-|
||----------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
S S S S S S S S S E +S E S E S S S S S S S
|-------------------9-(9)-|------------------------||
|-------------8---8--------|-----------------------o||
|-----5s8---7---7----------|-2-2-0-0---------------o||
|-0h1-----6----------------|---------1-1-1-1-1-1----||
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-|-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-|
||o-0-0-------0-0-------|-0-0-------0-0-------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
E S S S S E S S E E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-----------3-3-3---|-----------------------o||
|-------------------|-------3---3h5-7-3h5-6-o||
|-1-1-1-x-x-------3-|-4-3-4---4--------------||
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-|---------------------|
||o-0-0-------0-0-------|-----------------5h7-|
||----------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
S S S S S S S S S E +S E S E S S S S S S S
|-------------------9-(9)-|------------------------||
|-------------8---8--------|-----------------------o||
|-----5s8---7---7----------|-2-2-0-0---------------o||
|-0h1-----6----------------|---------1-1-1-1-1-1----||
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-|-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-|
|-0-0-------0-0-------|-0-0-------0-0-------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
E S S S S E S S E E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-----------3-3-3---|------------------------|
|-------------------|-------3---3h5-7-3h5-6--|
|-1-1-1-x-x-------3-|-4-3-4---4--------------|
E S S S S E S S S S E S E. S S S S S S
|---------------------|--------12----14-12-------|
|-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-|-----5/----14-------14p12-|
|-0-0-------0-0-------|-0-0----------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
E S S S S E S S E E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------3-3-3---|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------3---3h5-6-5h6-7---|
|-1-1-1-x-x-------3-|-4-3-4---4---------------|
Interlude 2nd Verse
Wx8 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-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------|
|----------||--------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
1.,2.,3.,4.,5. 6.
E S S S S E S S E E S S S S E S S E E S S S S E S S S S
|--------------------|-----------/6-6-6----||---------------------||
|-----------/7-7-----|------------------6-o||---------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0------7-5-|-4-4-4-4-4----------o||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----||
|--------------------|---------------------||-----------------5-5-||
2nd Bridge
1.,2.,3.,4.,5. 6.
E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------|------------------------||-----------------------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||-----------------------||
||o-----------4-4-4-3-3-3-|-1---------------------o||-1---------------5h6h8-||
||--3-3-3-3-3-------------|---3-3-x-x-1h3-3-3-x-x--||---3-3-x-x-1h3s6-------||
Transition
Slightly Slower Q.=56
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. H.
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|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
|-10----9----|-8----7----|-6----4----|-5-----|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. H.
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
|-10----9----|-8----7----|-6----4----|-5-----|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. H. Wx20
|------------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------||
|------------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------||
|-10----9----|-8----7----|-6----4----|-5-------|---------||
|------------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------||
3rd Verse Instrumental Break
3/8 6/8
Wx16 Wx8 Wx3 W Wx2
|-----------||----------||----------|-----||--------|
|-----------||----------||----------|-----||--------|
|-----------||----------||----------|-----||--------|
|-----------||----------||----------|-----||--------|
H. +H. H. +H.
|---------|----------|---------|--------||
|---------|----------|---------|--------||
|---------|----------|-0-------|-(0)----||
|-0-------|-(0)------|---------|--------||
Transition
A Tempo Q.=62
3/8 6/8
Wx7 W W Wx8
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|----------|-----|--------||--------||
|----------|-----|--------||--------||
|----------|-----|--------||--------||
4th Verse
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-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S 4x
|-----------------------|-----------/6-6-6--------||
|-------------7-7-------|------------------6-6---o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----7-6-5-|-4-4-4-4-4--------------o||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
3rd Bridge & Outro
1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.,7. 8.
E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
||------------------------|------------------------||----------------------*|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||----------------------*|
||o-----------4-4-4-3-3-3-|-1---------------------o||-1--------------------*|
||--3-3-3-3-3-------------|---3-3-x-x-1h3-3-3-x-x--||---3-3-x-x-1h3-3-3----*|
Performance Notes
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Due to the muddiness of the original recording, much of the bass came from the live recording of the
song from February 27th, 2004 at Irving Plaza, NY.
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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