The Ornament
Live at the Fillmore
Dredg
tabbed by Brad (itsdarklikepoe@gmail.com)
VERSION TWO NOTES: Updated. I must have been high or something when last I compiled this tab. For those playing this piece, consider this tab my better work.
This is a beautiful, meditative piece from Dredg. So far as studio recordings go, the main lick from this song originally on the Waterborne soundtrack and then appeared on the Catch Without Arms CD, at the end of Matroshka. Since its recording on Catch Without Arms, the lick has evolved into more of a song. Whether or not it continues to be developed, I do not know. It is, however, a great way to introduce a bit of calm after a really energetic piece.
I have tried to make the tab as easy to understand as possible without being cumbersome. There are three sections in the song. There is the INTRO/VERSE, the INTERLUDE, and the OUTRO.
INTRO/VERSE
It's hard to define a time signature here, so listen to the recording for timing. Use long delay and volume swells.
Slide Guitar (0:00 to 0:31)
Swells < > < > < > < > < > < > < > <><><>
|e|---3-----10-----3-----10-----3-----10-----3---51/3------|
|b|---------------------------------------------------------|
|g|---------------------------------------------------------|
|d|---------------------------------------------------------|
|a|---------------------------------------------------------|
|E|---------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar (0:31 to 1:41)
Mark is playing three distinct phrases throughout, all with heavy delay and what I think is a phase effect.
Guitar Phrase A
e|---------------------------2---|-------------------------------|
b|---3---------------------------|-------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------|---4---------------------------|
d|---------------------------0---|-------------------------------|
a|---2---------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|---3---------------------------|
. . . . . . . .
Guitar Phrase B
e|-------------------7-------5---|-------------------------------|
b|---3-----------7-------7-------|-------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------|---4---------------------------|
d|---------------------------0---|-------------------------------|
a|---2---------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|---3---------------------------|
. . . . . . . .
Guitar Phrase C
e|-----------2--10---9---5---5/7-|-------------------------------|
b|---3---------------------------|-------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------|---4---------------------------|
d|---------------------------0---|-------------------------------|
a|---2---------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|---3---------------------------|
. . . . . . . .
Phrase Pattern
AABA CBAA BAA
Also, Dino (or Drew) is playing piano behind Mark's guitar at 0:44. The chords he is playing are Bm, D, and G. You can have another guitarist play these chords across the phrases for a similar effect.
Piano (0:44 to 1:41)
e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
b|---3-----------------------7---|-------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------|---4---------------------------|
d|---4-----------------------7---|-------------------------------|
a|---2-----------------------5---|---5---------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|---3---------------------------|
. . . . . . . .
INTERLUDE
Slide Guitar (1:42 to 2:06)
e|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
b|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
g|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
d|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
a|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-0-------------|-3-------------|-7-------------|-5-------------|
e|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
b|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
g|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
d|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
a|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-0-------------|-5-------------|-7-------------|---------------|
Piano (1:42 to 2:06)
Dino plays a Em-G-Bm-A, Em-G-A progression with little arpeggios within. This is as close as I've gotten without actually sitting in front of a piano and figuring it out.
e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
b|--------------------------12---|-------------------------------|
g|---0----------------------11---|---4---------------7-------6---|
d|--------------------------12---|-------------------------------|
a|--------------------------10---|---5---------------------------|
E|---0---------------------------|---3---------------------------|
. . . . . . . .
e|-------------------------------|---------------5---------5-----|
b|-------------------7------10p7-|---------------5----------5----|
g|---7---------------7----------9p7--6-----------6-----------6---|
d|-------------------------------|---------------7------------7--|
a|---9---------------9-------9---|---7-------7-------------------|
E|-----------7-------------------|---5-------------------------5-|
. . . . . . . .
e|---------------------------19--|-------------------------------|
b|------------------12-----------|-------------------------------|
g|---0--------------11------16---|---4-----------7-------6-------|
d|------------------12-----------|-------------------------------|
a|------------------10-----------|---5---------------------------|
E|---0---------------------------|---3---------------------------|
. . . . . . . .
e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
g|---7---------------------------|---9--------------11p9-7---8---|
d|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
a|---9---------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|---7---------------------------|-------------------------------|
. . . . . . . .
OUTRO
Slide Guitar (2:06 to 2:32)
Then Gavin really works a single A on the 1st string for a while, finally sliding up on a volume swell towards the end of the section.
e|----------5----|---------------|---------------|---------------|
b|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
g|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
d|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
a|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Guitar (2:06 to 2:32)
Mark continues playing the phrases from the verse section in this pattern: ACBB
Slide Guitar (2:32 to end)
Gavin does more volume swells over a couple slide notes, but the exact timing is difficult. Listen to the recording for help.
Swells < > < >
|e|---5------7-----
|b|----------------
|g|----------------
|d|----------------
|a|----------------
|E|----------------
Guitar (2:32 to end)
Mark rapidly picks the 4th fret on the G string.
e|---------------
b|---------------
g|-44444444444444
d|---------------
a|---------------
E|---------------
In the live recording, Gavin winds up for the next song, The Canyon Behind Her, on the 7th fret of the 1st string (a high B). I do not play this note, but if you're being a stickler for the recording, you might.
That's about it for this song. Once you have the phrases and patterns down, there's really not much to it.
Best of luck!
