• Song:

    Apex

  • Artist:

    Black Dahlia Murder

  • Album:

    Unhallowed

.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note        <> - Trill

Tunning Drop C (C g c f a d)



Intro Riff (1x)

Guitar 1                                     | Guitar 1
|------------------------------|-------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|*Both--|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|Guitars|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-3200--|------------------10---8-7--|
|--000400300500--8757~-810878~-|-3200--|--004003005\0---8----7------|
   ,,,,,,,,,,,,  ,,,,  , ,,,,   *..       ,,,,,,,,    ^ "  " " " "
                                                      |
                                         *Guitar 2 |----------------|
                                          comes in |----------------|
                                              here |----------------|
                                                   |----------------|
                                                   |------8---6-5---|
                                                   |----6---5-------|
                                                        " " " " "

*all notes marked with a " are not single notes-listen to the song
 for the rythm

Riff 1 (2x)

Guitar 1
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------10---8-7---------|
|---000400300500---8757~-810878~---004003005\0---8----7-------------|
    ,,,,,,,,,,,,   ,,,,  ,,,,,,    ,,,,,,,,      "  " " " "

Guitar 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------8---6-5----------|
|---000400300500---8757~-810878~---004003005\0---6---5--------------|
    ,,,,,,,,,,,,   ,,,,  , ,,,,    ,,,,,,,,      " " " " "



Riff 2 (2x)

Both Guitars                                              Ending 1
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|play 1st time-|
|----------------------------------------------------|(both guitars)|
|----------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|-8--8--8--7---12--12--12--10~--8--8--8--7---12--12--|--12--15~-----|
|--00-00-00------88--88--88------00-00-00------88--88|----88--------|
   .. .. ...     ..  ..  ..      .. .. ..      ..  ..     ..

                               Ending 2 play 2nd time
                                                     |--------------|
                                       *Guitar 1 --->|--------------|
                                                     |--------------|
                                                     |--------------|
                                                     |-151312101213-|
                                                     |--------------|

                                                     |--------------|
                                       *Guitar 2 --->|--------------|
                                                     |--------------|
*These notes are                                     |--------------|
'10','12','13',and '15'                              |-1210-8-7-810-|
not '1','0','1','2', etc.                            |--------------|



Repeat Riff 1 (2x)
Then:


Riff 3 (4x)

Guitar 1 -Listen to the song for the rythm - follow the double pedals
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---555555555555---888888888888---000000000000000000000000----------|
|---555555555555---888888888888---000000000000000000000000----------|


Guitar 2 (tremelo notes picked extremely fast)
        - listen to song for rythm
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---121212141414-101010101010--9-9-9--121212141414------------------|
|----.-.-.-.-.-.--.-.-.-.-.-.--.-.-.---.-.-.-.-.-.------------------|
|---101010121212--8-8-8-8-8-8--7-7-7--101010121212------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
     " " " " " "  " " " " " "  " " "  " " " " " "
Guitar 2 (cont'd)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---121212141414--3-3-3-3-3-3-101010--121212141414------------------|
|----.-.-.-.-.-.--.-.-.-.-.-.--.-.-.---.-.-.-.-.-.------------------|
|---101010121212--5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8--101010121212------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
     " " " " " "  " " " " " "  " " "   " " " " " "
                             ^
                             |
                        Stop here after 4th time
                             ^
Repeat Riff 2 (2x)           |
Repeat Riff 1 (2x)           |
Repeat Riff 3 (2x)- but end like fourth time (above)


Riff 4 (4x)

Both guitars (separate guitar 2 part in parenthesis)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---7----------------(6/7\6)---------------(3)----------------------|
|---.---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---5-----------------4/5\4-----------------1--1-0*-----------------|
|------000000000000-----------000000000000-----1-0*-----------------|
       """"""""""""           """"""""""""
*second guitar plays these notes while guitar 1 continues riff

Riff 4 (cont'd) - both guitars
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---7----------------(6h7p6) 

        
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