The Sword - "Barael's Blade" Guitar Tab
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Band: The Sword
Album: Age of Winters
Song: Barael's Blade
Copyright (c) Kemado Records 2006
Version 1.0 - Nov. 15 2006
Transcribed By: Morgan Adams
Email: the_bleeding@hotmail.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
Tuning C G C F A D
Open with
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|-12\\\--|
Riff 1a x1
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------*----|
|-5-3---3---------5-3---3-------------5-3---3---------5-3---3-----(6)---|
|-----5---5-3-0-------5---5-3-3~--0-------5---5-3-0-------5---5-3-(1)-0-|
*guitar 1 plays low C# (1), guitar 2 plays high C# (6)
Riff 1b (guitar 1) x1
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-3---3---------5-3---3-------------5-3---3---------5-3---3-----6--|
|-----5---5-3-0-------5---5-3-3~--0-------5---5-3-0-------5---5-3----|
Riff 1b (guitar 2)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-5---5---------7-5---5-------------7-5---5---------7-5---5--------|
|-----5---5-3---------5---5-3-------------5---5-3---------5---5-3-6--|
|-------------0---------------3~--0---------------0------------------|
Riff 2 x3 (one before each ending)
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-3h5-5-3h5-5-------3h5-5-3h5-5-------3h5-5-3h5-5-------|
|-------------0--0--------------0--0--------------0--0--|
(Riff 2) ending A
|-------------------------|
|-------------6h8-8-6h8-8-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-3h5-5-3h5-5-------------|
|-------------------------|
(Riff 2) ending B
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|----------------5-7-|
|-------3h5-5-7------|
|-3h5-5--------------|
|--------------------|
(Riff 2) ending C
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-3h5-5-5-3-0--------|
|-------------5~-3-0-|
Riff 3 x1
|-----|-----|-----|
|-----|-----|-----|
|-----|-----|-----|
|-----|-----|-----|
|-0-0-|-(0)-|-(0)-|
|-0-0-|-(0)-|-(0)-|
Riff 4a x3
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-(7)-8\7-7--8\7-7--8\7-7--8\7-7-----------------|
|-(5)-6\5-5--6\5-7--6\5-5--6\5-5-0--0-0--0--0-0--|
|--------------------------------0--0-0--0--0-0--|
^optional off beat ghost
Riff 4b x1
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--8\7-7--8\7-7--8\7-7--8\7-7--8\7-7-7\6-6-6\5-5-5\4-4----|
|--6\5-5--6\5-7--6\5-5--6\5-5--6\5-5-5\4-4-4\3-3-3\3-3-0--|
|------------------------------------------------------0--|
Riff 1a
Riff 1b
Riff 2 (Ending A)
(Riff 2) Ending D
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------3h5-5-5-3---|
|-3h5-5-3h5-5-----------5-|
|-------------------------|
Riff 2 (Ending B)
Riff 5 x1
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-5/7-7-5/7-7-------5/7-7-5/7-7-------5/7-7-5/7-7-------|
|-3/5-5-3/5-5-0--0--3/5-5-3/5-5-0--0--3/5-5-3/5-5-0--0--|
|-------------0--0--------------0--0--------------0--0--|
(Riff 5) Ending A
|-------------------------|
|-------------------6h8-8-|
|-------------5h7-7-------|
|-5/7-7-5/7-7-------------|
|-3/5-5-3/5-5-------------|
|-------------------------|
Riff 2 (ENDING C ONLY)
riff 3
Riff 6 x4 (both guitars)
~listen for timing, i grouped notes to make it easy to read
*heavy palm mute first time, lighten up more each time, then no pm.
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|------------------------------------------------------------------o|
|------------------------------------------------------------------o|
|-555-555-530-300-----------------------------------------------3---|
|-----------------666-666-650-353-000-000-000-353-000-000-000-35----|
Riff 7
*really heavy palm muting, almost entirely muting*
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----7\5-5-7\5-5-7-7-----5-5-------------------------|
|-5-5-----5-5-----5-5-----5\3-3-5\3-3-5-5-----3-3-----6-6-----6\5-5-5\3-3-|
|-----000-----000-----000-----------------000-----000-6-6-000-6\5-5-5\3-3-|
*PM* ... ... ... ... ... ...
Riff 8 x2
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------7\5-5-7\5-5-|
|-------------------5\3-3-5\3-3-|
|-0---1-0---1-0---1-------------|
Riff 4a x3
Riff 4b x1
End on
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