• Song:

    Black

  • Artist:

    Therion

Transcribed by: RICHARD BROADHEAD II()
 

~  - vibrato                     /  - slide up to note
h  - hammer on                   \  - slide down to note
p  - pull off                    X  - percussion note
.  - palm mute                   bf - bend string full step

Tuning: C#(every string down 1.5 steps)

|-----------------------------6-----------|
|-----------------------------6-----------|
|---------(b9)------------------6-----------| GTR I 
|-2-2-2-2-(b9)----------8-8-8-8-8-----------|
|-2-2-2-2-7-----------8-8-8-8-8-----------| 
|-0-0-0-0-------------6-6-6-6-6-----------| 
|
|-----------------------------6-----------|
|-----------------------------6-----------|
|---------(b9)------------------6-----------| GTR II
|-2-2-2-2-(b9)----------8-8-8-8-8--------8\-|
|-2-2-2-2-7-----------8-8-8-8-8--------8\-| 
|-0-0-0-0-------------6-6-6-6-6--------6\-| 

 Riff A
|-----------------------------6-----------|
|-----------------------------6-----------|
|---------(b9)------------------6-----------| GTR I
|-2-2-2-2-(b9)----------8-8-8-8-8-----------|
|-2-2-2-2-7-----------8-8-8-8-8-----------| 
|-0-0-0-0-------------6-6-6-6-6-----------| 

 Riff B(play with Fill 1)
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------5-------------------2---------|
|---------4---4~--------------3---3~------| GTR I
|-2-2-2-2-------------3-3-3-3-------------|
|-2-2-2---------------1-1-1---------------|
|-0-0-0-----------------------------------|

 Fill 1
|-------4/-7----7--------------|
|-2/5---4/-7----7-----5------| GTR II
|-1/4-------------------4------|   &
|--------------------------------| GTR III
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------| 

Play Riff B with Fill 1 a total of 2 times

 Riff C.1
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|---4---3~------------------4---3~-------------|
|-2---2-------2-5-2-4~----2---2------2-5-2-4~--|
|----------------------------------------------|  
|----------------------------------------------|

 Riff C.2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---4---3~----3~--------------------4---3~----3~------------------| GTR I
|-2---2-----2-----2-5-2-4~--2-4~--2---2-----2-----2-5-2-4~--2-4~--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

 Riff C.3(play four times)
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------| GTR I
|-(b9)(b9)--8--8----5-5---4--4----|
|-7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--|
|-----------------------------|
      .      .      .      .
                                                                         ___
 Riff D(play two times)                                                 |1.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6----6----6-4-3---------------------6----6----6-4-3----------------------|
|-4-4444-4444-2-1-6-5----5----5----5--4-4444-4444-2-1-6-5--555--555--555-5-|
|-----------------4-3-3333-3333-33333-----------------4-3--333--333--333-3-|
    ...  ...          ...  ...  ... .   ...  ...           ...  ...  ... .
 ____
| 2.
-----|
-----|
-----|
-----|
-555-|
-333-|

 Riff E
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-7----7----7--(b9)---(b9)---(b9)-10 ---10----10--(b9)---(b9)---(b9)-| GTR I + II
|-3----3----3--6----6----6--7-----7-----7---6----6----6--|
|-5-5555-55555-7-7777-77777-8--8888--8888-8-7-7777-77777-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
    ...  ... .   ...  ... .    ...   ...  .   ...  ... .

 Fill 2(synth arranged for guitar)
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-6------------(b9)-----------10--------------(b9)-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-3------------6------------7---------------6------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

Play Riff E with Fill 2 a total of two times
Play Riff C.1 2 times
Play Riff D
Play Riff E(with Fill 2) twice


 Riff F(play with Fill 3)
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8---88---88--10--1010--1010-11---1111---1111--10--1010--1010-|
|-3---33---33--6---6-6---(b9)(b9)-10---1010---1010--(b9)--(b9)(b9)--(b9)(b9)-| GTR I + II
|-5-5555-55555-7-777-7-777-77-8--888-8--888-8-8-7-777-7-777-77-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
    ..   ..  .   ..    ..   .    ..     ..    .   ..    ..   .

 Fill 3
|-3-6--3-6--336-5-(b9)5(b9)55(b9)6-10--6-10--6-6--5-(b9)-5-(b9)-55(b9)-|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

Play Riff F with Fill 3 a total of 2 times

Riff G (play with Fill 4)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|GTR I
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

 Fill 4
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-101010101010101011111111111111111010101010101010|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Play Riff G with Fill 4 a total of two times

*The Riffs E, F and G  + the Fills are actually played on the strings A, D
and G (yep VERY high up on the guitar neck indeed), which is causing a
special sound. When played as written above, it will sound a bit more
noisy. ( ie. so that Fill 4 as an example will start with the chord):
                                                                       |----|
                                                                       |----|
                                                                       |-17-|
                                                                       |-13-|
                                                                       |-15-|
                                                                       |----|

 Riff H(play twice)
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-3--3-----3----3--2-2------2-2----2-----------------------------| GTR I
|-5--5-555-5-55-5--4-4--444-4-4-44-4--6--6-----6-6-4--4-4-3-3----|
|-------------------------------------4--4-44444-4-5--5-5-4-4----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

 Riff I(octave harmony created by synth)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----2-------------------6-4-6-7-6-4-6-7----------------6-4-6-7-6-4-6-7-|
|-5-----4-----6-6-6-6-6-6--------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-------------------|
|-------------4-4-4-4-4-4---4-2-4-5-4-2-4-5--4-4-4-4-4-4---4-2-4-5-4-2-4-5-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play Riff I a total of two times

 Riff J(harmonize one octave lower)
     4 times
||-----------------||-------------------||---------------||
||--7"-10"-9"-10"--||--10"-14"-12"-14"--||--5"-9"-7"-9"--||
||*---------------*||*-----------------*||*-------------*||
||*---------------*||*-----------------*||*-------------*||
||-----------------||-------------------||---------------||
||-----------------||-------------------||---------------||

                         (harmonize this tremolo part one octave higher)
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7-10-(b9)10-12-10-(b9)10-|-7"-10"-9"-10"-12"-10"-9"-10"--| GTR I
|----------------------|-------------------------------|  &
|-4"-------------------|-4"----------------------------| GTR II
|----------------------|-------------------------------|  &
|----------------------|-------------------------------| GTR III

Play with Fill 5 until further stated
Play Riff J

 harmonize with an octave lower
|------------------------------------|
|-7"-10"-9"-10"-12"-10"-9"-10"-7~----|  no longer play with Fill 5
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|

Fill 5(synth arranged for guitar) listen to song for rhythm, rhythm not
|-2-4-5-4-2-----5-7-(b9)7-5-4-4-7-5-7---------------| even close to being
|-----------5-3---------------------5-7-(b9)7-5-(b9)7-| depicted here
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

 Synth arranged for guitar(play 4 times)
|-10-(b9)7-------------10-(b9)7-----------------|
|--------10-8-7-------------10-8-7----------|
|---------------10-----------------10--7-6--|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

 Riff K(synth arranged for guitar)
|------------------------------------------------------------
|-7--10-(b9)7-(b9)--10-(b9)7---------------------------------------
|----------------------10-7-6---4h6h7-6-4-7-6---4h6h7-6-4-7--
|------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------

continuation of Riff K            (end of Riff K)
-------------------------------------------------| 
-(b9)-7------------(b9)-7------------(b9)-7------------|
------10-7-4h6h7------10-7-4h6h7------10-7-4h6h7-|
-------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------|

|-----(b9)--7---5---4---5---7---4----|
|-7-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

Now Play Riff K, but this time it is a guitar.  Also guitar 2 is playing a
harmony a 5th higher.
Play Riff A 2x
Play Riff B 2x

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