#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# THE RITUAL (Bassline) As recorded by Testament (From the 1992 Album THE RITUAL) Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com (slaya) Words by Eric Peterson, Alex Skolnick, Chuck Billy, Del James Music by Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick Arranged by Testament Gtr I (Bb Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Bass' Intro Moderately Slow Ballad Q=59 4/4 Gtr I Q Q Q. +S S S S E E S S E S S S S S S Q Q Q E. S ||-------------------|---------------------------|----------------| ||o------------------|---------------------------|----------------| ||-----2-----------3-|-3p2-2---------2-------2---|----2-----2--3--| ||o------------------|-----------------2---2---2-|----------------| ||--0-----0----(0)---|-------0-0-0-0-----0-------|-0-----0--------| 1. S S Q. S S S S S S T +T S |---------------7---7------------|| |-------------7---7---7---------o|| |-3p2-/5----5-----------5-(5)s7--|| |-------------------------------o|| |--------------------------------|| Rhy1 (Theme) 2Accel Q=62 S S Q +S S S S S S S S T +T S Q E. S Q. +S S |-------------------7---7-----------||---------------------| |---------------------7---7---------||---------------------| |-3p2-/5--(5)-5---5---------5-(5)s7-||----2-------------3--| |---------------5-------------------||---------------------| |-----------------------------------||-0-----0-0----(0)----| S S E E S S H Q E. S Q. +S S |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| |-3p2-2------------|----2-------------3-| |------------------|--------------------| |-------0-0-0-0----|-0-----0-0----(0)---| Rhy 2 (Theme) Accel Q=64 S S H +E E E e S S e S S e S S S E. |--------------------||--------------------------| |--------------------||--------------------------| |-3p2-/5----(5)-5-5\-||--------------------------| |--------------------||--------------------------| |--------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1----| e S S e S S e S S S E. e S S e S S e S S S E. e S S e S S S S E Q |------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|| |------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|| |------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|| |------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|| Verses Slower Q=58 $ Q E. S Q. +S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S Q E. S Q E. S ||---------------------|-----------------------------|------------------| ||o--------------------|-----------------------------|------------------| ||-----2-------------3-|-3p2-2-----------2-------2---|----2-------2--3--| ||o--------------------|---------------2---2---2---2-|------------------| ||--0-----0-0----(0)---|-------0-0-0-0-------0-------|-0-----0-0--------| S S Q +S S S S S S S S E |----------------7-------7------| |--------------------7-------7\-| |-3p2-/5--(5)-/5---5---5---5----| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| Q E. S Q. +S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S |--------------------|------------------------------| |--------------------|------------------------------| |----2-------------3-|-3p2-2-----------2-------2----| |--------------------|---------------2---2---2---2--| |-0-----0-0----(0)---|-------0-0-0-0-------0--------| Pre-Verse/Pre-Chorus Accel Q=60 Accel Q=63 Q Q Q E. S S S Q +S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. |---------------|----------------7------------||------------------------------| |---------------|--------------------7---7-7\-||------------------------------| |----2-----2--3-|-3p2-/5--(5)-/5---5---5------||------------------------------| |---------------|-----------------------------||-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-3--| |-0-----0-------|-----------------------------||------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-3--| |------------------------------| 1. To Coda S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S E Q |------------------------------|---------------------------|| |------------------------------|--------------------------o|| |------------------------------|---------------------------|| |-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0----|--------------------------o|| |---------------------------3--|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---------|| Chorus 2. S S S S S S S S S Q E. E S S S E. E S S S E. |-------------------------||------------------------| |-------------------------||o-----------------------| |-------------------------||------------------------| |----------------------5--||o-2-2-2-2-5--1-1-1-1----| |-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-------||---------------------3--| e S S e S S e S S S E. |--------------------------|| |-------------------------o|| |--------------------------|| |---------------------5---o|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|| Interlude E S S S E. E S S S E. W +H.. E W |-----------------------||----------|---------------|------| |-----------------------||----------|---------------|------| |-----------------------||----------|---------------|------| |-2-2-2-2-5--1-1-1-1----||-0--------|-(0)--------5\-|-0----| |--------------------3--||----------|---------------|------| Bridge Accel Q=66 H +E. S T +T S T +T S Q Q Q E E |------------------------------||---------------| |------------------------------||o--------------| |-/7-----(7)-------------------||---------------| |-(0)----(0)-5-5-(5)s3-3-(3)s5-||o-2--2--1----0-| |------------------------------||---------------| +E E E. S S S S S T +T S T +T S |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-(0)-0-0--0-0-0-0-5-5-(5)s3-3-(3)s5--| |-------------------------------------| Guitar Solo Slower Q=59 Q E. S S S S S T +T S T +T S Q Q Q S E. Q E. S Q. +S S |----------------------------------||---------------||---------------------| |---------------------------------o||---------------||o--------------------| |----------------------------------||------------5--||-----2-------------3-| |-0--0--0-0-0-0-5-5-(5)s3-3-(3)s5-o||-2--2--1-------||o--------------------| |----------------------------------||---------------||--0-----0-0----(0)---| S S E E S S S S S S S S S S Q E. S Q. +S S |-----------------------------|--------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------| |-3p2-2-----------2-------2---|----2-------------3-| |---------------2---2---2---2-|--------------------| |-------0-0-0-0-------0-------|-0-----0-0----(0)---| 1Accel Q=60 2. Accel Q=62 S S Q +E S S S S S S E S S Q +E S S S S S S E |-----------------7-----7----||-----------------7-----7---|| |---------------7---7-----7-o||---------------7---7-----7-|| |-3p2-/5--(5)-5-------5------||-3p2-/5--(5)-5-------5-----|| |---------------------------o||---------------------------|| |----------------------------||---------------------------|| Solo Rhy. Switch Accel Q=64 S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. |------------------------------|------------------------------| |------------------------------|------------------------------| |------------------------------|------------------------------| |-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-3--|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-3--| |------------------------------|------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0------| |---------------------------3----| Harmonized Gtr. Section Slow a bit Q=63 S S S S S S S S S S E Q e S S e S S e S S S E. e S S e S S e S S S E. |--------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------| |-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6---| Solo Rhy. Switch Accel Q=64 Slow a bit Q=63 e S S e S S e S S S E. S S S S S S S S S Q E. E S S S E. E S S S E. |------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------| |------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------| |------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------| |------------------------|----------------------5--||-2-2-2-2-5--1-1-1-1----| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-------||--------------------3--| Accel Q=64 e S S e S S e S S S E. E S S S E. E S S S E. e S S e S S e S S S E. |------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|| |------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|| |------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|| |---------------------5--|-2-2-2-2-5--1-1-1-1----|---------------------5---|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|--------------------3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|| 2nd Interlude E S S S E. E S S S E. W H.. E W |-----------------------||----------|--------------|------| |-----------------------||----------|--------------|------| |-----------------------||----------|-----------/7-|------| |-2-2-2-2-5--1-1-1-1----||-0--------|-0------------|-0----| |--------------------3--||----------|--------------|------| 2nd Bridge Accel Q=66 S E H S T +T S T +T S Q Q Q E E |----------------------------||--------------| |----------------------------||--------------| |----------------------------||--------------| |-0--------5-5-(5)s3-3-(3)s5-||-2--2--1----0-| |----------------------------||--------------| +E E E. S S S S S T +T S T +T S |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-(0)-0-0--0-0-0-0-5-5-(5)s3-3-(3)s5--| |-------------------------------------| Accel Q=67 Q E. S S S S S T +T S T +T S Q Q Q E E |---------------------------------|--------------| |---------------------------------|--------------| |---------------------------------|--------------| |-0--0--0-0-0-0-5-5-(5)s3-3-(3)s5-|-2--2--1----0-| |---------------------------------|--------------| +E E E. S S S S S T +T S T +T S |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |-(0)-0-0--0-0-0-0-5-5-(5)s3-3-(3)s5-| |------------------------------------| Intro-Recap Slower Q=62 Q E. S S S S S T +T S T +T S Q Q Q S E. Q E. S Q. +S S |---------------------------------|---------------||---------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------||---------------------| |---------------------------------|------------5--||----2-------------3--| |-0--0--0-0-0-0-5-5-(5)s3-3-(3)s5-|-2--2--1-------||---------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------||-0-----0-0----(0)----| S S E E S S S S S S S S S S Q E. S Q. +S S |-----------------------------|--------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------| |-3p2-2-----------2-------2---|----2-------------3-| |---------------2---2---2---2-|--------------------| |-------0-0-0-0-------0-------|-0-----0-0----(0)---| D.S. al Coda S S Q +S S S S S S S S E |----------------7---------------|| |--------------------7---7---7\--|| |-3p2-/5--(5)-/5---5---5---5-----|| |--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|| 2nd Chorus Accel Q=64 & S S S S S S S S S Q E. E S S S E. E S S S E. e S S e S S e S S S E. |-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------|| |-------------------------||o-----------------------|------------------------o|| |-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------|| |----------------------5--||o-2-2-2-2-5--1-1-1-1----|---------------------5--o|| |-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-------||---------------------3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|| Outro E S S S E. E S S S E. W H.. E |-----------------------||----------|--------------| |-----------------------||----------|--------------| |-----------------------||----------|--------------| |-2-2-2-2-5--1-1-1-1----||-0--------|-0---------5\-| |--------------------3--||----------|--------------| H.=H W +W +W |----------|------------|--------*| |----------|------------|--------*| |----------|------------|--------*| |-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*| |----------|------------|--------*| 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