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BREAKING THE BROKEN (Bassline)
As recorded by Control Denied
(From the 1999 Album THE FRAGILE ART OF EXISTENCE)
Transcribed by livingzombie
Words and Music by Chuck Shuldiner
Gtr I (D G C F A#) - 'Finger Bass'
Gtr II (D G C F A#) - 'Fretless Bass'
Intro
Q=113
4/4
Gtrs I, II
Q E E Q S S E Q E E S S S S S S S S
||------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------|------------------------|
||-----4---4--------|------3h5-3-1-----------|
||o------4----2-----|----3---------3-2-1-----|
||--2-----------4-2-|-1------------------3-1-|
1.,2.,3.
Q S S E Q S S E Q. E E S S S S S S 4x
|-------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------o||
|----6-4---6--------|-------------------------||
|--------6----4-----|----------7-7-7-5-------o||
|-4-------------6-4-|-5----3h5---------7-5----||
4. Q=
$
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------||
|--------------------------7-9-9-9-||
|---------5-7-7-7------7-9---------||
|-----5-7---------7-10-------------||
|-5-8------------------------------||
100
E S S S S +E S S S S S S E E S S S S +E S S S S S S E
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------7-9-10\-|------------------------------|
|--------------------7-9---------|---------------7-5---5-7---7--|
|-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-7-10-------------|-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-----7-----7----|
E S S S S +E S S S S S S E E S S S S +E S S S S S S E
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------7-9-10\-|---------------------5-------|
|--------------------7-9---------|---------------7-5-7---7-5-7-|
|-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-7-10-------------|-0-0-0-0-1-(1)---------------|
5/4
E S S S S +E S S S S S S E S E. S E. S E. S S Q.
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------7-9-10\-|--------------------------|
|--------------------7-9---------|------------------5-------|
|-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-7-10-------------|-0-0--0-1--0-3--0---------|
Verse
4/4
E S S S S +E E S S S S +E S E. S E. S E. S E.
||------------------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------------------|---------------------|
||------------------------------|-------------5-------|
||o-----------------------------|---7----8---------5--|
||--0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-|-0----0----0----0----|
1.,2.
E S S S S +E E S S S S +E S E. S E. S E. S E. 3x
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------o||
|-----------------------------|-------------5---------||
|-----------------------------|---7----8---------5---o||
|-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-|-0----0----0----0------||
Chorus
3.
E. E. E E. E.E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E
|------------4s5-|-7---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------4-5------|----7--5-4-------|----------/5--4----|--------4-/5--4----|
|----5-----------|------------7--5-|----/5--7--------7-|----/5-----------7-|
|-7--------------|-----------------|-5-----------------|-8-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E. E. E E. E.E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------/5--4----|--------4-/5--4----|
|------------2s3-|-5---------------|----/5--7--------7-|----/5-----------7-|
|-------2-3------|----5--3-2-------|-5-----------------|-8-----------------|
|-0--3-----------|------------5--3-|-------------------|-------------------|
E. E. E E. E.E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E
|------------4s5-|-7---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------4-5------|----7--5-4-------|----------/5--4----|--------4-/5--4----|
|----5-----------|------------7--5-|----/5--7--------7-|----/5-----------7-|
|-7--------------|-----------------|-5-----------------|-8-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Q=175
W E E E E S S S S E +E
|----------|-----------------[7]b9-([7])-|
|----------|---------5-6-5---------------|
|----------|---------------5-------------|
|----------|-----------------------------|
|----------|-5-6-5-----------------------|
E E E E E Q. E E S S E E Q +E
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---5-4-5-4-----------|
|---3-5-6-5------|-----------5-6--(6)--|
E E E E E Q. E E Q Q Q E E E E E Q. E E S S E E Q +E
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-----2s=14-----|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-----2s=14-----|----------------|---5-4-5-4-----------|
|---3-5-6-5------|-5-6-----------|---3-5-6-5------|-----------5-6--(6)--|
E E E E E Q. E E E E H E E E E E Q. E E S S E E Q +E
|----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|---5-4-5-4-----------|
|---3-5-6-5------|-5-6-5--------|---3-5-6-5------|-----------5-6--(6)--|
E E E E E Q. E E E E H E E E E E Q. E E S S E E Q +E
|----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|---5-4-5-4-----------|
|---3-5-6-5------|-5-6-5--------|---3-5-6-5------|-----------5-6--(6)--|
Verse
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q
||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|----------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|------------------|----------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------7---|
||o-7-------10-----9-|-----------------|-7-------10-----9-|-----5----------|
||----0-0-0----0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-10--|---0-0-0----0-0---|-0-0----0-0-----|
To Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|-----7-----------|------------------|---------7----------||
|-7-------10-----9-|---------10---9--|-7-0-0-0-10-0-0-9-|-0-0-0-0---10-9----o||
|---8-8-8----8-8---|-8-8---8----8----|------------------|----------------10--||
Bass Solo
Q=113
E. E. E a E. E. E E. E. E a E. E. E
|----------8h9--8----|-----8--9-9h11--9--8-|
|----9--10---------7-|-10------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-7------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
E. E. E E. E. E a E. E. E E E E E
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-9--7--------------|----------------------|
|-------10-----7--9-|-9h10--9--7-----------|
|----------11-------|------------11-8-7----|
|-------------------|-------------------10-|
E. E. E a E. E. E E. E. E a E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E a E. E. E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------6h7--6----|----6--7-7h9--7--6-|-----------------|-------------------|
|----7--8---------5-|-8-----------------|-7--5------------|-2h3--2--0-2-0-----|
|-0-----------------|-------------------|-------8-4--5--7-|---------------4-1-|
Guitar Solo
E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q. E
||-----------------|---------------|----------------|
||o----------------|---------------|----------------|
||--5-------5------|-7------7------|-4-------4------|
||o-3-3-3-3-3----3-|-5----5-5----5-|-2-2-2-2-2----2-|
||-----------------|---------------|----------------|
1.,2. 3.
Q. E E E E E 3x Q. E E E E E
|------------------||-----------------||
|-----------------o||-----------------||
|-5------5---------||-5------5--------||
|-3----3-3--------o||-3----3-3--------||
|----------12s5s0--||----------3s12s3-||
Q E E Q S S E Q E E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|----4---4--------|------3h5-3-1------------|
|------4----2-----|----3---------3-2-1------|
|-2-----------4-2-|-1------------------3-1--|
Q S S E Q S S E Q. E E S S S S S S
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|----6-4---6--------|----------------------|
|--------6----4-----|----------7-7-7-5-----|
|-4-------------6-4-|-5----3h5---------7-5-|
Q E E Q S S E Q E E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|----4---4--------|------3h5-3-1------------|
|------4----2-----|----3---------3-2-1------|
|-2-----------4-2-|-1------------------3-1--|
D.S. al Coda &
Q S S E Q S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H H
|-------------------|----------------------------------||------------*|
|-------------------|--------------------------7-9-9-9-||------------*|
|----6-4---6--------|---------5-7-7-7------7-9---------||------------*|
|--------6----4-----|-----5-7---------7-10-------------||-7\---------*|
|-4-------------6-4-|-5-8------------------------------||------------*|
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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
