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DESCENT (Bassline)
As recorded by Fear Factory
(From the 1998 Album OBSOLETE)
Words by Burton C. Bell Music by Dino Cazares, Raymond Herrera, Christian Olde Wolbers
Gtr I (A E A D) - 'Christian I'
Gtr II (A E A D) - 'Christian II'
Intro
Q=105
4/4
Gtrs I, II
> >
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
Q.. H S +Q.. Q.. E Q.. H +S E. S E. S E. S E E
|--------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|
|--------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|
|--------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-2-----4----5-|-(5)----7-----5-|-2-----4----(4)-|-0--0-0--0-2--2-2-0-|
Chorus
$
E Q +S E. Q +S S +E Q +S E. E E E
||-----------------------|---------------------|
||o----------------------|---------------------|
||o----------------------|---------------------|
||--2-2--(2)-4--4--(4)-5-|-(5)-5--(5)-7--7-7-5-|
E Q +S E. Q +S S +E Q +S E. E E E
|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------o||
|----------------------|---------------------o||
|-2-2--(2)-4--4--(4)-0-|-(0)-0--(0)-2--2-2-0--||
Verse
To Coda
E.. E.. E S E +T S. E E.. E.. E S E +T S. E 4x
||-------------------------|-------------------------||
||o------------------------|------------------------o||
||o------------------------|------------------------o||
||--2-------2-4-4-(4)----4-|-2-------2-4-4-(4)----4--||
Pre-Chorus
E.. E.. E S E +T S. E E.. E.. E S E +T S. E
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||--2-------2-4-4-(4)----4-|-5-------5-7-7-(7)----5-|
1.
E.. E.. E S E +T S. E E.. E.. E S E +T S. E
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------o||
|------------------------|-4-------4-0-0-(0)------o||
|-2-------2-0-0-(0)----0-|----------------------5--||
Verse
2.
D.S. al Coda &
E. S E. S E. S E E E.. E.. E S E +T S. E E.. H Q T
|--------------------||------------------------|---------------|
|--------------------||------------------------|---------------|
|-4--4-4--4-0--0-0---||------------------------|---------------|
|------------------5-||-2-------2-4-4-(4)----4-|-2-------------|
Pre-Chorus
E.. E.. E S E +T S. E E.. E.. E S E +T S. E
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||--2-------2-4-4-(4)----4-|-5-------5-7-7-(7)----5-|
1.
E.. E.. E S E +T S. E E.. E.. E S E +T S. E
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------o||
|------------------------|-4-------4-0-0-(0)------o||
|-2-------2-0-0-(0)----0-|----------------------5--||
Chorus
2.
E. S E. S E. S E E E Q +S E. Q +S S +E Q +S E. E E E
|--------------------||-----------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------||o----------------------|---------------------|
|-4--4-4--4-0--0-0---||o----------------------|---------------------|
|------------------5-||--2-2--(2)-4--4--(4)-5-|-(5)-5--(5)-7--7-7-5-|
E Q +S E. Q +S S +E Q +S E. E E E
|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------o||
|----------------------|---------------------o||
|-2-2--(2)-4--4--(4)-0-|-(0)-0--(0)-2--2-2-0--||
Instrumental Part
Q +E. E S Q E Q +E. E S Q E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||--2--(2)-2-4-4--4-|-5--(5)-5-7-7--5-|
Q +E. E. Q +S S +E Q +S E. Q E
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|------------------4-|-(4)-4--(4)-0--0----o||
|-2--(2)-0--0--(0)---|------------------5--||
Interlude
Q E. E S E E. S +S S E E. E S E E E 4x
||-------------------|-----------------------||
||o------------------|----------------------o||
||o-7--7--5-5-5-5--4-|-(4)-4-4-4--0-0-0-0---o||
||-------------------|--------------------5--||
Q E. E S E E. S +S S E E. E S E E E 4x
||-------------------|-----------------------||
||o------------------|----------------------o||
||o-------5-5-5-5--4-|-(4)-4-4-4--0-0-0-0---o||
||--2--2-------------|--------------------5--||
Break (Intro Riff)
4/4
> >
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
Q.. H S +Q.. Q.. E Q.. H +S E. S E. S E. S E E
|--------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|
|--------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|
|--------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-2-----4----5-|-(5)----7-----5-|-2-----4----(4)-|-0--0-0--0-2--2-2-0-|
Chorus & Outro
E Q +S E. Q +S S +E Q +S E. E E E
||-----------------------|---------------------|
||o----------------------|---------------------|
||o----------------------|---------------------|
||--2-2--(2)-4--4--(4)-5-|-(5)-5--(5)-7--7-7-5-|
E Q +S E. Q +S S +E Q +S E. E E E 4x
|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------o||
|----------------------|---------------------o||
|-2-2--(2)-4--4--(4)-0-|-(0)-0--(0)-2--2-2-0--||
>
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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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