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Hold On To The Flame Bass

(ver. 1)
Nocturnal Rites

HOLD ON TO THE FLAME (Bassline)
As recorded by Nocturnal Rites
(From the 1999 Album THE SACRED TALISMAN)

	

Words and Music by Nocturnal Rites

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Strings'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Bass'

 Intro
  Moderately Fast Rock Q=152
 4/4
  Gtr II
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||


 Pre-Verse
  Gtr I
  W          +H     +Q.   E   +W           +H     +Q.   E
|----------|----------------|------------|-----------------|
|-2--------|-(2)----(2)---3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----(3)---0--|
|-2--------|-(2)----(2)---2-|-(2)--------|-(2)----(2)---1--|
|-4--------|-(4)----(4)---4-|-(4)--------|-(4)----(4)---2--|
|----------|----------------|------------|-----------------|
|----------|----------------|------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W           W                W            W
|----------|----------------|------------|-----------------|
|----------|----------------|------------|-----------------|
|----------|----------------|------------|-----------------|
|-2--------|----------------|------------|-----------------|


  +W           +H     +Q.   E   +W           +H       +Q.    E
|------------|----------------|------------|--------------------||
|-(0)--------|-(0)----(0)---2-|-(2)--------|-(2)------(2)-------||
|-(1)--------|-(1)----(1)---2-|-(2)--------|-(2)------(2)-------||
|-(2)--------|-(2)----(2)---4-|-(4)--------|-(4)------(4)-------||
|------------|----------------|------------|--------------------||
|------------|----------------|------------|--------------------||
|
|  W            W                W            E  E Q   Q   E E
|------------|----------------|------------|--------------------||
|------------|----------------|------------|--------------------||
|------------|----------------|------------|--------------------||
|------------|----------------|------------|-----2-2---2---0-2--||


   1st and 2nd Verses
    Gtr II
    +E  E E E S S S S E E   E E E E S S S S E E
||------------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------------|
||o-------4-----------4---|-----4-----------4---|
||--(2)-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|


  E E E E S S S S E E   E E E E S S S S E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----5-----------5---|-----5-----------5-----|
|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2---|


  E E E E S S S S E E   E E E E S S S S E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----4-----------4---|-----4-----------2-4-|
|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-----|


  E E E E S S S S E E   E E Q  Q  E E
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----5-----------5---|-----------------|
|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|-0-2-2--2--0-2---|


  +E  E E E S S S S E E   E E E E S S S S E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-------4-----------4---|-----4-----------4---|
|-(2)-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|


  E E E E S S S S E E   E E E E S S S S E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----5-----------5---|-----5-----------5---|
|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|


  E E E E S S S S E E   E E E E S S S S E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----4-----------4---|-----4-----------2-4-|
|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-----|


  E E E E S S S S E E   E E Q  Q  E E
|---------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------|-----------------||
|-----5-----------5---|-----------4-5---||
|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|-0-2-2--2--------||


 Pre-Chorus
  E E E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5p4-----|
|-----------------------|-----------------5-2-|


  +E  E E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------5--|
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2----|


  +E  E E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-4h5p4-2-|
|-------------------------|---------------------|


                            Chorus
                          $
  +E  E E S S E S S E S S    W
|-------------------------||------|
|-------------------------||------|
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||------|
|-------------------------||-0----|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|


                                                                To Coda
  W          E S S E S S E S S E S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0--------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------------------6-6-|
|----------|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-7-7-----|
|----------|-------------------------|---------------------------------|


 1.                       2.
  Q.   S S S S E +E  E     H    S S S S Q
|-----------------------||-------------------||
|-7--------------------o||-7-----------------||
|------4h5p4---7-(7)---o||------4h5p4---7----||
|------------7-------2--||------------7------||


 Guitar Solo I
  E S S E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------------|


  E S S E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|


  E S S E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------------|


  E S S E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|


                              Guitar Solo II
  E S S E S S E S S S S S S    E E S S S S E E S S S S
|---------------------------||-------------------------|
|---------------------------||-------------------------|
|---------------------------||-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|


  E E S S S S E E S S S S   E E S S S S E E S S S S
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------|


  E E S S S S E E S S S S   E E S S S S E E S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|


  E E S S S S E E S S S S   E E S S S S E E S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------|


                                                                 3/4
  E E S S S S E E S S S S   W          +W           +W            +H.
|-------------------------|----------|------------|------------||--------||
|-------------------------|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------||-(0)----||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|----------|------------|------------||--------||
|-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------|------------|------------||--------||


 4/4
  E E E E S S S S E E   E E E E S S S S E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----4-----------4---|-----4-----------4---|
|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|


                                D.S. al Coda
  E E E E S S S S E E   E E E E S S S S E E
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|-----4-----------4---|-----4-----------4----||
|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2--||


                    Outro
  &
 4/4
  H    S S S S Q     W          E S S E S S E S S E S S   E E E E S S S S E E
|-----------------||----------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-7---------------||----------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|------4h5p4---7--||-5--------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----4-----------4----|
|------------7----||----------|-------------------------|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2--|


  E E E E S S S S E E   E E E E S S S S E E   Q  Q  H
|---------------------|---------------------|------------*|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------*|
|-----4-----------4---|-----4-----------4---|------------*|
|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|-0-2---0-2-2-2-2---2-|-2----------*|



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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