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FUTURE BREED MACHINE (Bassline)
As recorded by Meshuggah
(From the 1995 Album DESTROY ERASE IMPROVE)
Transcribed by Alex Wilson
Words by Tomas Haake Music by Fredrik Thordendal
Gtr I (Bb Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Bass'
Intro
Fast Avant-Metal Q=175
4/4
Gtr I
W Wx2 S S e S S e S S e S S S S 8x
|----------||------------||-----------------------------||
|----------||------------||o---------------------------o||
|----------||------------||-----------------------------||
|----------||------------||o---------------------------o||
|----------||------------||--1-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1-1--||
Pre Verse
q H. Wx3
|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|
|-2----------|------------|
S E S +S S E E S S +S E S +E E E S S +S E S E E
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-4s3-2-(2)-4s3-2-4s3-(3)-2-2-|-(2)-2-2-4s3-(3)-2-4s3-2-|
Verses I & II
$
E S S +S E S E E S E S +S E. E E S S +S E S E S e S Q S e S S e S
|-------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|
|-2-4s3-(3)-2-4s3-2-4s3-2-|-(2)-2--2-2-4s3-(3)-2-4s3-||-4s3-2----4s3-3---3-2--|
Q S e S Q S e S S e S Q S e S Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|----4s3-2----4s3-3-|---3-2----4s3-2----|
S e S S e S Q S S E S e S Q S e S S e S
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------3-|------------------------|
|-4s3-3---3-2----4s3---|-4s3-2----4s3-3---3-2---|
Q S e S Q S e S S e S Q S e S Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|----4s3-2----4s3-3-|---3-2----4s3-2----|
Chorus
S e S S e S Q S S E S E S +E e S E S S e S
|----------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------||o---------------------------|
|----------------------||----------------------------|
|--------------------3-||o---------------------------|
|-4s3-3---3-2----4s3---||--4s3-2-(2)-0-4s3-3---3-2---|
+E e S E S +E e S E S S e S +E e S E S +E e
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-(2)-0-4s3-2-(2)-0-4s3-3-|---3-2-(2)-0-4s3-2-(2)-0-|
To Coda
S E S S e S +E e S S E
|--------------------------||
|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------||
|-----------------------3-o||
|-4s3-3---3-2-(2)-0-4s3----||
Bridge
E. S +E E +S e S +E e E. S S E. e E +S e S
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|-4--3-(3)-1-(1)-1-0-(0)-1-|-0--1---0--1-0-(0)-1-x-|
E. S +E E +S e S +E e E. S S E. e E +S e S
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|-1--4-(4)-3-(3)-1-0-(0)-1-|-0--1---0--1-0-(0)-1-x-|
E. S +E E +S e S +E e E. S S E. e E +S e S
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|-4--3-(3)-1-(1)-1-0-(0)-1-|-0--1---0--1-0-(0)-1-1-|
D.S. al Coda
S E S +S S E E S S +S E S E E S E S +S S E e E
|-----------------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------||
|-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1----||
Odd-Time Interlude
&
5/8 7/8 5/8 4/4
E. S +E e e E. S +E e e e e E. S +E e e E. S +E e e e e e 4x
||---------------|------------------|--------------|---------------------||
||o--------------|------------------|--------------|--------------------o||
||---------------|------------------|--------------|---------------------||
||o-1--1-(1)-----|-1--1-(1)---------|-1--1-(1)-----|-1--1-(1)-----------o||
||-----------2-1-|----------2-1-2-1-|----------2-1-|----------4-3-1-3-4--||
Verse III/Blastbeat Riff Breakdown (Clean)
5/8 4/4
>
S S e S S e S S e S S S S 16x W +Q. Q W
||-----------------------------||----------|----------||-------|
||o---------------------------o||----------|----------||o------|
||-----------------------------||----------|----------||-------|
||o---------------------------o||----------|----------||o------|
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||-2--------|-(2)------||-------|
Breakdown (Heavy)
1.,2. 3.
5/8 4/4 5/8 4/4
W 3x Q. E E H H +Q. +E E H H
|--------||----------||------------|-------------|-----------|
|-------o||----------||o-----------|-------------|-----------|
|--------||----------||------------|-------------|-----------|
|-------o||----------||o-----------|-------------|------1----|
|--------||--------3-||--2----0----|-(0)---(0)-3-|-2---------|
Guitar Solo I
1. 2.
5/8 4/4 5/8 4/4
Q. +E E Q. +E E H H +Q. +E E H H
|-------------||------------||------------|-------------|-----------|
|------------o||------------||o-----------|-------------|-----------|
|-------------||------------||------------|-------------|-----------|
|-2----(2)---o||-2----(2)---||o-----------|-------------|------1----|
|----------3--||----------3-||--2----0----|-(0)---(0)-3-|-2---------|
4/4 Buildup
1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,4.,7.
5/8 4/4
Q. +E E 8x Q. +E E H H +H. +E E
|-------------||------------||------------|----------------|
|------------o||------------||o-----------|----------------|
|-------------||------------||------------|----------------|
|-2----(2)---o||-2----(2)---||o-----------|----------------|
|----------3--||----------3-||--2----0----|-(0)------(0)-3-|
H H +H. +E E H H +H. +E E
|-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------------|
|-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------------|
|-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------------|
|-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------------|
|-2----0----|-(0)------(0)-3-|-2----0----|-(0)------(0)-3--|
H H E E E E E E E E
|-----------|------------------||-|
|-----------|-----------------o||-|
|-----------|------------------||-|
|-----------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---o||-|
|-2----0----|---------------3--||-|
"7/4" Groove
3/4
S S S S S S S S e E Q S S S S S S S S e E
||-------------------------|---------------------|
||o------------------------|---------------------|
||-------------------------|---------------------|
||o------------------------|---------------------|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2---|
4/4 3/4
S S S S S S S S e E Q S S S S S S S S e E 6x
|------------------------|----------------------||-|
|------------------------|---------------------o||-|
|------------------------|----------------------||-|
|------------------------|---------------------o||-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2----||-|
Guitar Solo II
4/4 3/4
S S S S S S S S e E Q S S S S S S S S e E 8x
||-------------------------|-------------------------||
||o------------------------|------------------------o||
||-------------------------|-------------------------||
||o------------------------|------------------------o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-------||
"7/4" Groove Variations
1.,2.,3.
4/4 3/4 4/4 3/4
|-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q q Q Q Q Q q 4x E. S +E E +S e. Q E. S +E E +S e. 4x
||--------------|-----------||-||-----------------------|--------------------||
||o-------------|----------o||-||o----------------------|-------------------o||
||--------------|-----------||-||-----------------------|--------------------||
||o-------------|----------o||-||o----------------------|-------------------o||
||--1-1-1-1-----|-1-1-1-1---||-||--1--1-(1)-1-(1)-1-----|-1--1-(1)-1-(1)-1---||
Pre Verse Variation
4.
2/4 4/4 17/16
E. S +E E W +W S E E E. E E. E E E. E E. E E. E E
|------------||----------|------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|------------||----------|------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|------------||----------|------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|------------||----------|------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|-1--1-(1)-1-||-0--------|-(0)--------||-4s3------2----2-2-|----2----2----2-2--|
16/16
E. E E. E E. E E E. E E. e Q.
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|----2----2----2-2-|----2----2------|
4/4
S E S +S S E E S S +S E S +E E E S S +S E S E E
||------------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-------------------------|
||------------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-------------------------|
||--4s3-2-(2)-4s3-2-4s3-(3)-2-2-|-(2)-2-2-4s3-(3)-2-4s3-2-|
+E S S +S E S E E S E S +S E. E E S S +S E S E
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------o||
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-(2)-4s3-(3)-2-4s3-2-4s3-2-|-(2)-2--2-2-4s3-(3)-2-4s3--||
Bridge Variation
E. S +E E +S e S +E e
|-||---------------------------|
|-||o--------------------------|
|-||---------------------------|
|-||o--------------------------|
|-||--4--3-(3)-1-(1)-1-0-(0)-1-|
E. S S E. e E +S e S E. S +E E +S e S +E e
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-0--1---0--1-0-(0)-1-x-|-1--4-(4)-3-(3)-1-0-(0)-1-|
Odd-Time Interlude
5/8
E. S S E. e E +S e S E. S +E e e
|------------------------||-||---------------|
|-----------------------o||-||o--------------|
|------------------------||-||---------------|
|-----------------------o||-||o-1--1-(1)-----|
|-0--1---0--1-0-(0)-1-x--||-||-----------2-1-|
7/8 5/8 4/4
E. S +E e e e e E. S +E e e E. S +E e e e e e 4x
|------------------|--------------|---------------------||
|------------------|--------------|--------------------o||
|------------------|--------------|---------------------||
|-1--1-(1)---------|-1--1-(1)-----|-1--1-(1)-----------o||
|----------2-1-2-1-|----------2-1-|----------4-3-1-3-4--||
Outro
S S e S S e S S e S S S S 7x S S e S S e S S e S S S S e E H.
||-----------------------------||---------------------------|-----------*|
||o---------------------------o||---------------------------|-----------*|
||-----------------------------||---------------------------|-----------*|
||o---------------------------o||---------------------------|-----------*|
||--1-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1-1--||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0---------*|
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
----------------
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
