• Song:

    The Odyssey - Part V

  • Artist:

    Symphony X

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                     THE ODYSSEY - PART V: SIRENS (Bassline)
                            As recorded by Symphony X
                        (From the 2002 Album THE ODYSSEY)

Music by Michael Romeo
Transcribed by Linus Abrahamson
Edited by Cory Knickerbocker (cory_aglet@hotmail.com)

Tuning, low to high: D-G-C-F (full step down)

 (15:00)
  Q=142
 4/4
  Gtr I
  E E Q  H      Wx3
|-------------|--------|
|-------------|--------|
|-------------|--------|
|-2-----------|--------|


                |-3-|
  E E Q  H      E E E Q  H      W          +W
|-------------|---------------|----------|--------||
|-------------|-5---4---------|----------|--------||
|-------------|---------------|----------|--------||
|-2-----------|---------------|-2--------|-(2)----||


    |-3-| |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|
    E E E E E E S S S S S S E E E   E E E E E E S S S S S S E E E
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||o-4-----------------------------|-5---4--------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------5-5-4--|
||----2-2-2-2-2-2p0h2h3p2p0-2-2-2-|---2---2-2-2-2p0h2h3p2p0--------|


  |-3-| |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|   |----6----| |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|
  E E E E E E S S S S S S E E E   S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S E E E
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
|-3-----------------------------|-------------5---4-1h2p1h2p1h2--------o||
|---2-2-2-2-2-2p0h2h3p2p0-2-2-2-|-2p0h2s3h6p3---2---------------3-2-0---||


    E E E E S S S S E E   E E S S S S E E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-4-----------------5-|---4-----------------|
||o---------------------|---------------5---4-|
||----2-2-2-0-2-3-0-2---|-2---0-2-3-0-2---2---|


  E E E E E E S S S S   S S E S S E S S E S S E
|---------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------------o||
|---4-3---3-----------|-----------1-------------o||
|-2-----2---2-0-2-3-0-|-2-0-3-0-0---0-0-3-0-0-0--||


   7/8
    S S S E. S S S S S S S S   S S S E. S S S S S S S S
||---------------------------|---------------------------||
||o--------------------------|--------------------------o||
||o-5-5-5----5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4----4-4-4---4-4-4-4-o||
||---------------------------|---------------------------||


  S S S E. S S S S S S S S   S S S E. S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-1-1-1----1-1-1---1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0----0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|


                            4/4
  S S S E. S S S S S S S S   W          +W
|--------------------------|----------|------------||
|--------------------------|----------|------------||
|--------------------------|----------|------------||
|-1-1-1----1-1-1---1-1-1-1-|-0--------|-(0)--------||


    |-3-| |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|
    E E E E E E S S S S S S E E E   E E E E E E S S S S S S E E E
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||o-4-----------------------------|-5---4--------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------5-5-4--|
||----2-2-2-2-2-2p0h2h3p2p0-2-2-2-|---2---2-2-2-2p0h2h3p2p0--------|


  |-3-| |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|   |----6----| |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|
  E E E E E E S S S S S S E E E   S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S E E E
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
|-3-----------------------------|-------------5---4-1h2p1h2p1h2--------o||
|---2-2-2-2-2-2p0h2h3p2p0-2-2-2-|-2p0h2s3h6p3---2---------------3-2-0---||


    E E E E S S S S E E   E E S S S S E E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-4-----------------5-|---4-----------------|
||o---------------------|---------------5---4-|
||----2-2-2-0-2-3-0-2---|-2---0-2-3-0-2---2---|


  E E E E E E S S S S   S S E S S E S S E S S E
|---------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------------o||
|---4-3---3-----------|-----------1-------------o||
|-2-----2---2-0-2-3-0-|-2-0-3-0-0---0-0-3-0-0-0--||

   7/8
    S S S E. S S S S S S S S   S S S E. S S S S S S S S
||---------------------------|---------------------------||
||o--------------------------|--------------------------o||
||o-5-5-5----5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4----4-4-4---4-4-4-4-o||
||---------------------------|---------------------------||


  S S S E. S S S S S S S S   S S S E. S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-1-1-1----1-1-1---1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0----0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|


                            4/4
  S S S E. S S S S S S S S   W           H    H      W          +W
|--------------------------|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|--------------------------|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|--------------------------|----------|-/7----6----|-5--------|-(5)----||
|-1-1-1----1-1-1---1-1-1-1-|-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
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