 Mournful Congregation - "The Epitome Of Men And Gods Alike" Bass Tab
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M O U R N F U L C O N G R E G A T I O N
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T H E E P I T O M E O F G O D S A N D M E N A L I K E
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THE DAWNING OF MOURNFUL HYMNS
(c) Weird Truth Productions - 2002
http://www.mournfulcongregation.tk/
Tune Down Four Steps
Ab Db Gb B
Tempo = 90 BPM
Time Signature = 4/4
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Transcribed by
PADDY MCMULLAN
stinkypoohpants@yahoo.co.uk
Version 1.0
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Tablature Symbols Used:
p - Pull-Off
h - Hammer-On
(/) - Legato Slide (Blank space indicates length of slide)
\ - Slide Down to/Down From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
/ - Slide Up To/Up From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
( ) - Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
REST - Rest (Sustain rest for duration of blank space)
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Rest for 2 bars
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Riff 1: (Play 4 times)
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||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
||--7------------7----|--5--------3--------|--2-----------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|---------------5----|
||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------| |
|--------------------|*|
|--3--------2--------|*|
|--------------------| |
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Riff 2: (Play 4 times)
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1 2
||----------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------|-------------------------|
||--5------------5 h 7--|--7------7--5--7--(7/8)--|
||----------------------|-------------------------|
3 4 5
|----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|--8------0--8----8----|--10----0--8----0--7----|--5------------5 h 7--|
|----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
6 7 8
|-------------------------|--------------------|------------------------| |
|-------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|*|
|--7------7--5--7--(7\3)--|--3------------3----|--10----0--8----0--7----|*|
|-------------------------|--------------------|------------------------| |
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Play Riff 1 four times
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Play Riff 2 once
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Riff 3.1: (Play once)
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[ From this bar on the tempo = 60 BPM ]
||---------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
||--10--------9--------||-------------------|-------------------|
||---------------------||--0----------------|--0----------------|
||---------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--0---------------|--0----------------|--5----------------|--0----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------5------|------------------------|
|--8--------------(8\5)-|--5------------------|--8--------------(8/10)-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------| |-----------------| |--/
|-------------------|3|--10------9------|4|--/
|--7----------------|/|-----------------|/|--/
|-------------------|4|-----------------|4|--/
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Riff 3.2: (Play once through)
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||------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
||------------------7-----|------------7------------|------------------7-----|
||--0------0--0--7-----7--|--0------0-----7--10--7--|--0------0--0--7-----7--|
||------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------9---------|---------------------------|------------7-----9-----|
|-0------0--7-----7--10--|-5----5--7--8--10--8--(8\7)|--0------0-----7-----7--|
|------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|--8----8--10--12--10--8--8 \ |--5----5--5--5--8--5--7\ -|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|3|-------------------|
|--8---8--8--8--8--8-----|----------------7--(7b8r7)-7\-|/|-3--3--3--2--2--2--|
|---------------------5--|--0----0--0--0----------------|4|-------------------|
| |-------------------|-------------------||
|4|-------------------|-------------------||
|/|--0----------------|--(0)--------------||
|4|-------------------|-------------------||
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Play Riff 1 twice [ Tempo = 90 BPM ]
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Play Riff 2 four times
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Segue between Riff 2 and Riff 4: (Play once) [ Tempo = 72 BPM ]
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||-------------------|-------------------|--R -|-- --||
||-------------------|-------------------|--E -|-- --||
||-------------------|-------------------|--S -|-- --||
||--4----------------|--(4)--------------|--T -|-- --||
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Riff 4: (Play once)
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[ The first 4 bars are all that are required if you plan on improvising, as is
done on the track itself. If you decide to do this, repeat the 4 bars six
times. ]
1 2 3
||----------4-------8--4--|------------4-----4-----|-------------------------|
||--6--6---------6--------|--4------4-----6-----4--|--2----2--4--6--4--6-----|
||------------------------|------------------------|----------------------7--|
||------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
4 5 6
|-------------------------|----------4-----8--------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--6--6-------6-----6--8--|--4--4-------6-----4--6--|
|--6------6 / 10----10----|-------------------------|----------4-----4--------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
7 8 9
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------8-----|
|--2--2----4--6--4--6-----|-------------------------|--6--6----8----6-----6--|
|----------------------7--|--6------6 / 10----10----|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
10 11
|----------6-------------|-------------------------|
|--4----4-------6--4--6--|--2----2--4--6--4--6-----|
|------------------------|----------------------7--|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
12 13
|---------------6-8-9-13-15-16-R-|-----------4-------8--4--|
|---------6-8-9----------------E-|--6--6--6-------6--------|
|--6---------------------------S-|-------------------------|
|------------------------------T-|-------------------------|
14 15 16
|-----------6-----6----------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|--4--4--4-----6-----4--(6\2)|--2----2--4--6--4--2--4--|-------8----------11---|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|--6---------10---------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
17 18
|-------------------8--4--|-----------6-----6-----------|
|--6--6--6--8----6--------|--4--4--4-----6-----4--(6\2)-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
19 20 21
|-------------------------|------------------------|----------------8-----4--|
|--2----2--4--6--4--6--4--|-------8----------11----|--6--6--6--6-------6-----|
|-------------------------|--6---------10----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
22 23
|------------6----4--------|------------------------------|
|--4---6-6-----6-----4--6--|--2------4--(4/6\4)--(4/6)----|
|--------------------------|---------------------------7--|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
24
|-------------------------||
|-------------------------||
|--6------6 / 10------10--||
|-------------------------||
During the last bar the tempo gradually decreases to 35 BPM, increasing to 90
BPM immediately thereafter
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Outro: (Play once)
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1 2 3
||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||--6----------------|--6----------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|--7------------7----|
||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
4 5 6
|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|--6----------------|--6----------------|
|--7----7----(7 / 9)----|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
7 8 9
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--7------------7----|--7----7----9---------|--4------------4----|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
10 11 12
|---------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|--4--------4----6----|--6------------6----|--6----7----7----9----|
|---------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
13 14 15
|-------------------|-------8----11----9----|--------------------|
|--6----------------|--6--------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|--7------------6----|
|-------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
16 17 18
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|--6----------------|--6----------------|
|--6----9----9----9----|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
19 20 21
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--7------------7----|--7----7----9---------|--4------------4----|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
22 23 24
|---------------------|--------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------|----------------------||
|--4--------4----6----|--6------------6----|--6----7----7----9----||
|---------------------|--------------------|----------------------||
[ Begin fade ]
25 26 27
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--4----------------|--(4)--------------|--(4)--------------|
28
|-------------------||
|-------------------||
|-------------------||
|--(4)--------------||
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End
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Tab summary: Riff 1 X 4
Riff 2 X 4
Riff 1 X 4
Riff 2 X 1
Riff 3.1 X 1
Riff 3.2 X 1
Riff 1 X 2
Riff 2 X 4
Segue X 1
Riff 4 X 1
Outro X 1
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