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M O U R N F U L C O N G R E G A T I O N
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T H E M O N A D O F C R E A T I O N
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THE MONAD OF CREATION
(c) Weird Truth Productions - 2005
http://www.mournfulcongregation.tk/
Tune Down Four Steps
Ab Db Gb B
Tempo = 62 BPM
Time Signature = 4/4
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Transcribed by
PADDY MCMULLAN
stinkypoohpants@yahoo.co.uk
Version 1.0
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Tablature Symbols Used:
p - Pull-Off
h - Hammer-On
(4b6) - Bend note to the specified pitch
(4b6r4) - Bend note to specified pitch, then return to original pitch
(/) - Legato Slide (Blank space indicates length of slide)
\ - Slide Down to/Down From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
/ - Slide Up To/Up From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
( ) - Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
REST - Rest (Sustain rest for duration of blank space)
|_3_| - Triplet Notes
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Riff 1: Play 6 times
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||--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
||-----------5--------|--------------------|-----------10--------|
||--3-----------------|--6--------5--------|--6------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------| |
|--------------------|--------------------|-----------10--------|*|
|-----------5--------|--------------------|--6------------------|*|
|--3-----------------|--6--------5--------|---------------------| |
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Riff 2: Play twice
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||----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||--3--------(3 / 4)----|--(4 \ 1)----1--------|--3--------(3 / 7)----|
|----------------------| |
|----------------------|*|
|----------------------|*|
|--(7 \ 4)----4--------| |
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Play Riff 1 twice [ Tempo = 78 BPM ]
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Riff 3: Play 4 times
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| |-------------------------|-------------------------|
|5|-------------------------|--8--------7----7--------|
|/|--5----5----5------------|-------------------------|
|4|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| |---------------------R- -| |-------------------------|
|4|---------------------E- -|5|-------------------------|
|/|--10----10----8----8-S- -|/|--7----7----7------------|
|4|---------------------T- -|4|-------------------------|
|-------------------------| |----------------------| |
|-------------------------|4|----------------------|*|
|--8--------7----7--------|/|--5----5----3----3----|*|
|-------------------------|4|----------------------| |
For the 4th repeat, replace the entire riff with this variation:
| |-------------------------|-------------------------|
|5|-------------------------|--8--------7----7--------|
|/|--5----5----5------------|-------------------------|
|4|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| |-------------------------| |----------------------------|
|4|-------------------------|5|----------------------------|
|/|--10----10----8----8 / |/| -13----13----13------------|
|4|-------------------------|4|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------| |----------------------------R- -||
|-------------------------------|6|----------------------------E- -||
|--13----13---------12----12----|/|----------------------------S- -||
|-------------------------------|4|--12------------12----12\ -T- -||
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Riff 4: (Clean guitar section) Play once [ Tempo = 54 BPM ]
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1 2 3
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--5----------------|--(5)--------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|--6----------------|
4 5 6
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|--5----------------|--(5)--------------|
|--(6)--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
7 8 9
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--4----------------|--(4)--------------|--5----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
10 11 12
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--(5)--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|--6----------------|--(6)--------------|
13 14 15
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--5----------------|--(5)--------------|--6----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
16 17 18
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--(6)--------------|--5----------------|--(5)--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
19 20 21
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--5----------------|
|--6----------------|--(6)--------------|-------------------|
22 23 24
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--(6)--------------|--4----------------|--(4)--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
[ Tempo = 50 BPM ]
26 27 28 29
| |---------------|---------------|--R- -|--R- -||
|3|---------------|---------------|--E- -|--E- -||
|/|--6------------|--(6)----------|--S- -|--S- -||
|4|---------------|---------------|--T- -|--T- -||
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Riff 5: Play once
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||-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
||-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--6--6----6------|--6--6----6----6--|--6--6----6------|--6--6----6--6----|
||-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|--6--6----6------|--6--6----6----6--|--6--6----6--- / |
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----------9--9-(9)-9-(9)-|
|-----------------------|4|----------------------|--------------------------|
| -18--18----18--18 \ |/| -7------7------2 / | -7--7--7-(7)(7)-7-(7)-7--|
|-----------------------|4|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------9--9-(9)-9--9--|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--7--7--7----(7)-7-(7)(7)-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
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Riff 6: Play once [ Tempo = 80 BPM ]
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| |--------------------------------|-----------------11------11--11--R- -|
|6|--------------------------------|---------------------------------E- -|
|/|--9------9----9--9------9----9--|--9------9----9-(9)-----(9)---9--S- -|
|4|--------------------------------|---------------------------------T- -|
|-----------------11--------------|------------11----11----11----11----||
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--9------9----9-(9)------9----9--|--9------9-(9)---(9)---(9)---(9)----||
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------||
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Riff 7: (Guitar solo backing) Play once
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1 2
||-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||--10------10--10--9--9------9--9--7--|--7------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--|
||-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
3 4
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--10------10--10--9--9------9--9--7--|--7------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
5 6
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--10------10--10--9--9------9--9--7--|--7------7--7----7------7--7--9--|
7 8
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--10------10--10--9--9------9--9--7--|--7------7--7----7------7--7--7\ -||
The tempo gradually decreases to roughly 52 BPM during the last bar
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Riff 8: Play 4 times [ Tempo = 34 BPM ]
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||----------------------|--------------------------| |
||----------------------|------------(4 b 5 r4)-|*|
||--7------7--5----3----|--2----2------------------|*|
||----------------------|--------------------------| |
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Riff 9: Play twice
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||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
||--5------5--4------4--|--2------2--0---------|--5--------7--- \ 4----|
||----------------------|-----------------3----|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------4-- \-|----------------------|
|--7------7\ -(5/7)----9----|--5------5--5-----------|--3------3--5----3----|
|-------7----------6-----| |
|------------------------|*|
|--5-------5--4-------4--|*|
|------------------------| |
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Riff 10: Play twice
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||-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
||--0----------------|--0------------------|--0----------------|
||-------------------|---------------1--3--|-------------------|
|------------------------| |
|------------------------|*|
|----------------1--1----|*|
|--3--3----3--3----------| |
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Riff 11: Play twice [ Tempo = 40 BPM ]
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||------------------|-------------------|------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|------------------|
||--0----0--0----0--|--1----1--1--1--1--|--0----0--0----0--|
||------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------| |
|-------------------|*|
|--8----8--8--8--8--|*|
|-------------------| |
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Riff 12: Play 4 times
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| |------------------|------------------------------| |
|3|--7----7--7----7--|----------8--7--(8 b10 r 8)-|*|
|/|------------------|--8----8----------------------|*|
|4|------------------|------------------------------| |
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Riff 13: Play twice
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||-------------------------------|-------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-------------------------|
||--12----12--(12\10)-10--(10\8)-|--8----8--(8/10)-10--10/ |
||-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------| |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|*|
| -12----13--(13\10)-10--(10\8)-|--8----8--(8/10)-10--(10/12)-|*|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------| |
After the second repeat play and hold the following note for 4 bars:
[ Tempo = 45 BPM ]
||--------||
||--------||
||--12----||
||--------||
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Riff 14.1: Play 5 times
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||----------------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------|
||--12------12--10----10--12--|--7------5--7----7----|
||----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------| |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|*|
|--5------5--5----5--8--|--8------8--8----8--8--|*|
|-----------------------|-----------------------| |
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Riff 14.2: Play 11 times until fade [ Tempo = 48 BPM ]
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||-----------------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------------|----------------------|
||--12------12--10----10--12 \ | -7------7--7----7----|
||-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------| |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|*|
|--5------5--5----5--8--|--8------8--8----8 / |*|
|-----------------------|-----------------------| |
On the third repeat, the tempo increases to 56 BPM
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End
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Tab summary: Riff 1 x 6
Riff 2 x 2
Riff 1 x 2
Riff 3 x 4
Riff 4 x 1
Riff 5 x 1
Riff 6 x 1
Riff 7 x 1
Riff 8 x 4
Riff 9 x 2
Riff 10 x 2
Riff 11 x 2
Riff 12 x 4
Riff 13 x 2
Riff 14.1 x 5
Riff 14.2 x 11
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