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ABSENCE OF LIGHT (Bassline)
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 2000 Album V)
Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson
Words by Romeo, Allen Music by Romeo, Pinnella
Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=117
5/4 4/4
Gtr I
Q E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------6-|-(6)-------------8-7---7-6-----|
|----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-8---|-----5-5-5-5-5-5-----5-----4-5-|
E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E E +S E. Q S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------6-|-(6)-8-(8)-7-------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-8---|--------------8--4-4-4-5-|
+E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------6-|-(6)-------------8-7---7-6-----|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-8---|-----5-5-5-5-5-5-----5-----4-5-|
+E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E E +S E. Q S S S S
|-----------------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------6-|-(6)-8-(8)-7-------------||
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-8---|--------------8--4-4-4-4-||
Keyboard Solo 1
S E S E S S +S S S S S S S S S E S E S S +S S S S S S E 4x
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|------------------------------o||
||o-------------------------------|---------------------------3--o||
||--3-2-3-2-3-2-(2)-0-2h3-0-0-2h3-|-3-2-3-2-3-2-(2)-0-2h3-0-0-----||
Guitar Solo 1
7/8 4/4
E. E. e E S S S S E. S +E e E S S S S S S 4x
||--------------------|---------------------------||
||o---------------1---|------------------1-------o||
||o-2--0--2-2-3-0---0-|-2--0-(0)-2-2-3-0---0-3-0-o||
||--------------------|---------------------------||
Break
9/8
E. S +E e H S E. E. e e S S e S S S
||------------------|--------------------------||
||o-----------------|-------------------------o||
||o-----------------|-------------------------o||
||--2--0-(0)-2------|---2--0--2-2-2-0-2-3-2-0--||
$
7/8
S E S E S S +S S S S S S S E S E S S +S S S S S S
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-------------------------1-|-------------------------1-|
||--3-2-3-2-3-2-(2)-3-2-0-3---|-3-2-3-2-3-2-(2)-3-2-0-3---|
S E S E S S +S S S S S S
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-------------------------1-|
|-3-2-3-2-3-2-(2)-3-2-0-2---|
5/8
|-3-|
S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------||-|----------------------||
|---------2h4p2-------------o||-|----------------------||
|---------------5-4-2-1-2-4-o||-|-2-1------------------||
|-3-2-3-2--------------------||-|-----3-2-0-5-3-0-7-5--||
Verse
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 S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o-7-5---------------------7---7---|-7-5---------------------5---5\-4--|
||------0-0---0---0---0-5-7---7---7-|-----0-0---0-3-0---0-5-7---7-------|
E S S S e S 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||
|---------------------7---7---|-7-5---7-5-----------------------o||
|---0-0-6-0-0---0-5-7---7---7-|-----7-----6-5-0-3S5-0-5S6-0-6S5--||
Pre-Chorus
Q +E. S +H Q +E. S +H Q +E. S +H Q +E. S +E Q.
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------||
|-3--(3)-5-(5)----|-3--(3)-5-(5)----||-6--(6)-8-(8)----|-6--(6)-8-(8)-9-----||
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------||
Chorus
$$
E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------4-|-(4)-------------6-5---5-4-----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-6---|-----3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-----2-3-|
+E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E E +S E. Q S S S S
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------4-|-(4)-6-(6)-5-------------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-6---|--------------6--2-2-2-3-|
+E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------4-|-(4)-------------6-5---5-4-----|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-6---|-----3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-----2-3-|
D.S.
D.S.
+E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E E +S E. Q S S S S
|-----------------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------4-|-(4)-6-(6)-5-------------||
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-6---|--------------6--2-2-2-2-||
Guitar Solo 2
S E S E S S +S S S S S S S S S E S E S S +S S S S S S E 4x
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|------------------------------o||
||o-------------------------------|---------------------------3--o||
||--3-2-3-2-3-2-(2)-0-2h3-0-0-2h3-|-3-2-3-2-3-2-(2)-0-2h3-0-0-----||
Bridge
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------||----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------------|
|-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S +E E +S E. Q
|---------------------------------||----------------------||
|---------------------------------||----------------3-----||
|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-------------------4--||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------||-3--6-(6)-5-(5)-------||
Keyboard Solo 2
7/8 4/4
E. E. e E S S S S E. S +E e E S S S S S S 4x
||--------------------|---------------------------||
||o---------------1---|------------------1-------o||
||o-2--0--2-2-3-0---0-|-2--0-(0)-2-2-3-0---0-3-0-o||
||--------------------|---------------------------||
Instrumental Bridge
2/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
D.S.S. al Coda
6/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E W
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------||-8-8-8-8-8-8---------||
|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||-------------8-6-----||
Out-Chorus
&
4/4
E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------10-9---9-8-----|
|-------------------------1-|-(1)-----------7------7-----6-7-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3---|-----0-0-0-0-0------------------|
+E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E E +S E. Q S S S S
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-(7)-----------------------1-|-(1)-3-(3)-2-----6-6-6---|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3---|--------------3--------0-|
+E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------10-9---9-8------|
|---------------------------1-|-(1)-----------7------7-----6-7--|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3---|-----0-0-0-0-0-------------------|
+E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E E +S E. E. S +E E +S E. Q H
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|----------------*|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|----------------*|
|-(7)-----------------------1-|-(1)-3-(3)-2-----6-(6)-9-|-(9)-7----------*|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3---|--------------3----------|--------6--8----*|
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
