Band:Opeth
Album:Ghost Reveries
Song:The Grand Conjuration
G
D
A
D Drop D tuning
I have spent lots of time working on this tab, and it's a very good tab.
So enjoy. A lot of things that he does is hard to hear, but if you
really listen hard enough you can hear it. The speakers that I used
to figure some of the little things out, you could hear the bass
perfectly, and I just saw them live on Feb. 15 (2006,) so this is
VERY accurate. Once again,
enjoy!:)
*=sticato note h=hammer on p=pull off S=slap P=pop /=slide up =slide down
X=mute
He uses distortion on parts of the song. I'll tell you when to turn it on and
when to trn if off.
Intro (distortion off)
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[0*---0*---0*-0*---0*---0*-0*---0*---0*-0--0--0/12-12 ]
Main Riff (distortion off)
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[-------------------------------]
[-------------------------------]repeat 4 times
[1-0-4---5-4-7---12-10-6---7-6-0]
Repeat Main Riff (distortion on)
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[-----------------------------------------------]
[-----------------------------------------------]Repeat 4 times
[1-0-4--4-4-4-5-4-7--7-7-7--12-10-6--6-6-6-7-6-0]
Verse (distortion on)
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[-------------------------------]
[-------------------------------]repeat 2 times
[0-1-0---0-1-0---0-1-0---12-10-6]
play this riff right before the chorus (distortion off)
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[-------------]
[-------------]
[1-0--1-0-0--0]
Chorus (distortion off)
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[-----------------------------------]
[0/12 --0-0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0]
Repeat Verse (distortion on)
Repeat Chorus(distortion off)(also include the riff right before the chorus)
Guitar Solo (distortion off)
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[--------------------------------------]repeat 3 times
[0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1p0--0-1p0]
this is a fill that he does at the fourth and last riff during the guitar solo
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[0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12-13-12-10-11-10-8-9-8-6-7-6-1p0--0-1p0]
Then play this part when it slows down (distortion off)
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[-----0-----0-----0---------12--0---0---0---0--]
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[-0-1---1-3---3-6---5-10-12---7---6---3---1----]
S S P S S P S S P S S S P S P S P S P S P
Next part (this is where the singing comes back in)(Distortion off) (these
two riffs go together)
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[-----------------3-----1-------------------------]
[----2----4------------------2-----4--1/2-2--2/5-5]
[0h1---3---0h1h3---0h1---0h1----3-----------------]
Repeat these riffs 3 times
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[----------------3-----1-----------------------------]
[----2-----4-----------------2-----4-----------------]
[0h1---0h1---0h1---0h1---0h1----------X-X-1--X-X-0--3]
Play this riff while it's nothing but the guitar (distortion off)
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[--------------]
[--------------]
[8/9-9--9/12-12] Let the 12 ring out a little, then slide down the fretboard.
Then play this riff (distortion off)
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[-----------------------]
[-----------------------]
[X-X-1--X-X-0--3--0----0]
This play this riff (distortion off) (well call it the A riff. It needs a name
for later on, you'll see why.)
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[---------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------]
[7-7-7-8-7--7-10p7-8p7--7-7-7-8-7--7-10p7-12p7]repeat 7 times
Then play this riff when the screaming comes back in. (distortion off)
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[-----------------------]Repeat 8 times
[-----------------------] It's something like this. It's very hard to tell
[1-0-0-0h1-0h1h2-0h1h2h3] what it's doing this part.
Repeat Riff A
During the part that sounds like the Intro(distortion off)
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[---------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------]
[0/12-0-0-0/12-0-0---0-0/12-0-0-0/12-0-0]
[----------------------------------------] Play these two riffs once.
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[----------------------------------------]
[0-0/12-0-0-0/12-0-0---0*-0*-0*-0/12-12 ]
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[-------------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------------]
[0/12-0-0-0/12-0-0---0-0-0-0/12-0-0-0/12-0-0]
[--------------------------------------------]Then play these two riffs 3 times.
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[--------------------------------------------]
[0-0-0-0/12-0-0-0/12-0-0---0*-0*-0*-0/12-12 ]
Then play this riff
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[--------------------------------]
[--------------------------------]
[0*-0*-0/12-12 --0*-0*-0/12-12 ]
Then repeat the Main Riff once (distortion off)
Repeat Verse (distortion on)
Then play the Main Riff with distortion on from the 7:44 point to
the 8:38 point. When it gets heavy again, and the guitars are playing the main riff, the bass is doing something different, but it's kinda hard ot hear, so listen closly. (I don't won't a bad rating just because somebody here isn't able to hear it for some reason.) It's hard to figure it out, but it's something like this.
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[8-7-7-8-7--7-8-7-10-7]
Then play the Main Riff without distortion until
the song is over. Although you do play this one riff a couple of times towards the end.
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[1-0-4---5-4-7---12-10-6---3-0-0-4-0-0-5-0-0-1/13-13-12-12]
Thank God I'm finally done with this tab. For anyone who learns this song
from my tab, please contact me and tell me what you think of it. Thx.
