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PESTILENCE - TWISTED TRUTH
From the Album TESTIMONY OF THE ANCIENTS
Copyright 1991 The All Blacks B.V./
Roadrunner Records
Version 1.0 - May 96
Transcription Done By: Richard Broadhead II()
For Questions, Comments, Corrections, or Newest Version;
please contact Rich Broadhead at
. - palm mute ph - pinched harmonic
/ - slide up to ah - artificial harmonic
\ - slide down to th - tap harmonic
~ - vibrato hr - natural harmonic
h - hammer on b - bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap with finger f - full bend h - half bend
repeat measure r - release t - tap bend
X - percussion mute p - pick when bent
> - accented note Prefixes
() - ghost note, sustained note p - pre-bend w - use bar
* - see comment d - don't pick start of bend
Normal Tuning
Opening
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------| GTR I
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2-4---7-5---2-4---9-8---|-2-4---7-5---2-4---9-10---|
|-0-2---5-3---0-2---7-6---|-0-2---5-3---0-2---7-8----|
|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------| GTR II
|-------------Pick Slide--|--------------------------|
|---------------\\\\------|-2-4---7-5---2-4---9-10---|
|---------------\\\\------|-0-2---5-3---0-2---7-8----|
Riff A (end of Riff A)
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------| GTR I & GTR II
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2-4---7-5---2-4---9-8---|-2-4---7-5---2-4---9-10---|
|-0-2---5-3---0-2---7-6---|-0-2---5-3---0-2---7-8----|
Play Riff A two more times for a total of three times
Riff B (end of Riff B)
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------11\10-|--------------------------11\-| GTR I &
|--------------------------11\10-|--------------------------11\-| GTR II
|--------------------------9-\8--|--------------------------9-\-|
|-000000000000000000000000-------|-000000000000000000000000-----|
........................ ........................
Play Riff B a total of two times.
Rhythm under Uterwijk's solo
|-0--------0----0--------0----|-0--------0----0--------0----|
|-1--------1----1--------1----|-0--------1----0--------1----|
|-2--------2----2--------2----|-0--------0----0--------0----|
|-2--------2----2--------2----|-2--------2----2--------2----|
|-0------3-3--0-0-----3--3----|-2--------2----2--------2--0-|
|---------------------------0-|-0-----3--3--0-0------3-3----|
. . . . . . . .
That Rhythm is repeated twice under Uterwijk's solo
Play Riff A two more times
Play Riff B 4 more times
Riff C (end of Riff C)
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------| GTR I & GTR II
|-1-----1-----0---1-----1---------|
|---0-----0-----0---0-----0---4-0-|
|-----2-----2---------2-----2-----|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Play Riff C 3 more times for a total of four times.
Riff D (end of Riff D)
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------| GTR I
|----------------------------------|
|-3-2---4-3---5-4-6-5---7-8----8-9-|
|-----3-----4---------6-----7------|
|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------| GTR II
|-5-4---6-5---7-6-8-7---9-8---10-9-|
|-----5-----6---------8-----9------|
|----------------------------------|
Rhythm under Mameli's solo
|-0------0----0------0----|--------0-----------0----|
|-3------1----3------1----|-------------------------|
|-2------2----2------2----|-7------9----7------9----|
|-2----X-2----2----X-2----|-7----X-9----7----X-9----|
|-2----X-3----2----X-3----|-5----X-7----5----X-7----|
|-0----X------0----X------|-7----X-0----7----X-0----|
Play That Rhythm twice under Mameli's solo.
Then Gtr I plays Riff A, While Gtr II finishes the solo
Play Riff A twice
Riff B four times
Riff C 5 times
Riff D
Uterwijk's Solo
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------8-7-8-7-------7-8-10-8-7--------------|
|---------9~-------------7-9------------9-7-9-7------|
|-7~--7-9--------------9------------------------10-9-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
. .
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-9~--------------------------------------------|
|-----7/9---------------------7-9-10-9-7----7-9-|
|---------7~----7-9-10-9-9-10------------10-----|
|-------------7---------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
sweep
|-----8-7-8~--------12-10-12bh-12-10-------------|
|-8bf---------12~--12----------------13-12-10----|
|---------------------------------------------12-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------15~---\---|
|-------------------------------------10-----------|
|-11~--12-9~----------9----9~---12-11--------------|
|----------------9-12---12-------------------------|
|-------------12-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
Mameli's Solo
|----------15-14h15p14----14---------------
|-13-15-17-------------15----15-13-17-12~--
|------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------
continuation of above measure
---------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------|
--14-12-11bhr-11~--11h12-11~--11-12----|
------------------------------------14-|
---------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------
|--------------------------------9h10h12-
|------------------9-10-12-10-12---------
|-14~---10-9-10-12-----------------------
|----------------------------------------
Continued from above trill
-------------------12-14-15(14)-12------12~-----15-|
----------12----12-----------------15bf-----17-----|
-11-14-12----14------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
|-19~-19bh-17~-17bf-15~-15bf-14-------|
|-------------------------------15----|
|----------------------------------14-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|----------*14-|
|-------sl.------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|-16~---/-\--11-12-9-11----9-------------------------------|--------------|
|-----------------------12---10-12-9-10----9---------------|--------------|
|---------------------------------------12---10-12-9bh-----|-\9-9~--------|
|------------------------------------------------------12--|--------------|
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