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                    M O U R N F U L   C O N G R E G A T I O N

                                       -

                    T H E   M O N A D   O F   C R E A T I O N
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                             THE MONAD OF CREATION
                       (c) Weird Truth Productions - 2005
                       http://www.mournfulcongregation.tk/


                              Tune Down Four Steps
                                  Ab  Db  Gb B

                                 Tempo = 62 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
 (4b6)      -  Bend note to the specified pitch
 (4b6r4)    -  Bend note to specified pitch, then return to original pitch
 (/)        -  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)
 |_3_|      -  Triplet Notes



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Riff 1: Play 6 times
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||--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
||-----------5--------|--------------------|-----------10--------|
||--3-----------------|--6--------5--------|--6------------------|


|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------| |
|--------------------|--------------------|-----------10--------|*|
|-----------5--------|--------------------|--6------------------|*|
|--3-----------------|--6--------5--------|---------------------| |



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Riff 2: Play twice
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||----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||--3--------(3 / 4)----|--(4 \ 1)----1--------|--3--------(3 / 7)----|


|----------------------| |
|----------------------|*|
|----------------------|*|
|--(7 \ 4)----4--------| |



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Play Riff 1 twice [ Tempo = 78 BPM ]
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Riff 3: Play 4 times
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| |-------------------------|-------------------------|
|5|-------------------------|--8--------7----7--------|
|/|--5----5----5------------|-------------------------|
|4|-------------------------|-------------------------|


| |---------------------R- -| |-------------------------|
|4|---------------------E- -|5|-------------------------|
|/|--10----10----8----8-S- -|/|--7----7----7------------|
|4|---------------------T- -|4|-------------------------|


|-------------------------| |----------------------| |
|-------------------------|4|----------------------|*|
|--8--------7----7--------|/|--5----5----3----3----|*|
|-------------------------|4|----------------------| |



For the 4th repeat, replace the entire riff with this variation:



| |-------------------------|-------------------------|
|5|-------------------------|--8--------7----7--------|
|/|--5----5----5------------|-------------------------|
|4|-------------------------|-------------------------|


| |-------------------------| |----------------------------|
|4|-------------------------|5|----------------------------|
|/|--10----10----8----8  /  |/| -13----13----13------------|
|4|-------------------------|4|----------------------------|


|-------------------------------| |----------------------------R-   -||
|-------------------------------|6|----------------------------E-   -||
|--13----13---------12----12----|/|----------------------------S-   -||
|-------------------------------|4|--12------------12----12\  -T-   -||



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Riff 4: (Clean guitar section) Play once [ Tempo = 54 BPM ]
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  1                   2                   3
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--5----------------|--(5)--------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|--6----------------|

 4                   5                   6
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|--5----------------|--(5)--------------|
|--(6)--------------|-------------------|-------------------|

 7                   8                   9
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--4----------------|--(4)--------------|--5----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

 10                  11                  12
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--(5)--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|--6----------------|--(6)--------------|

 13                  14                  15
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--5----------------|--(5)--------------|--6----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

 16                  17                  18
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--(6)--------------|--5----------------|--(5)--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

 19                  20                  21
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--5----------------|
|--6----------------|--(6)--------------|-------------------|

 22                  23                  24
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--(6)--------------|--4----------------|--(4)--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|


[ Tempo = 50 BPM ]

   26              27              28        29
| |---------------|---------------|--R-    -|--R-    -||
|3|---------------|---------------|--E-    -|--E-    -||
|/|--6------------|--(6)----------|--S-    -|--S-    -||
|4|---------------|---------------|--T-    -|--T-    -||



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Riff 5: Play once
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||-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
||-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--6--6----6------|--6--6----6----6--|--6--6----6------|--6--6----6--6----|
||-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|


|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|--6--6----6------|--6--6----6----6--|--6--6----6---  /  |
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|


|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----------9--9-(9)-9-(9)-|
|-----------------------|4|----------------------|--------------------------|
| -18--18----18--18  \  |/| -7------7------2  /  | -7--7--7-(7)(7)-7-(7)-7--|
|-----------------------|4|----------------------|--------------------------|


|-----------9--9-(9)-9--9--|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--7--7--7----(7)-7-(7)(7)-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||



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Riff 6: Play once [ Tempo = 80 BPM ]
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| |--------------------------------|-----------------11------11--11--R-  -|
|6|--------------------------------|---------------------------------E-  -|
|/|--9------9----9--9------9----9--|--9------9----9-(9)-----(9)---9--S-  -|
|4|--------------------------------|---------------------------------T-  -|


|-----------------11--------------|------------11----11----11----11----||
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--9------9----9-(9)------9----9--|--9------9-(9)---(9)---(9)---(9)----||
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------||



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Riff 7: (Guitar solo backing) Play once
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  1                                     2
||-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||--10------10--10--9--9------9--9--7--|--7------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--|
||-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

 3                                     4
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--10------10--10--9--9------9--9--7--|--7------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

 5                                     6
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--10------10--10--9--9------9--9--7--|--7------7--7----7------7--7--9--|

 7                                     8
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--10------10--10--9--9------9--9--7--|--7------7--7----7------7--7--7\ -||



The tempo gradually decreases to roughly 52 BPM during the last bar



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Riff 8: Play 4 times [ Tempo = 34 BPM ]
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||----------------------|--------------------------| |
||----------------------|------------(4    b 5 r4)-|*|
||--7------7--5----3----|--2----2------------------|*|
||----------------------|--------------------------| |



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Riff 9: Play twice
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||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
||--5------5--4------4--|--2------2--0---------|--5--------7--- \ 4----|
||----------------------|-----------------3----|-----------------------|


|---------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------4--  \-|----------------------|
|--7------7\ -(5/7)----9----|--5------5--5-----------|--3------3--5----3----|


|-------7----------6-----| |
|------------------------|*|
|--5-------5--4-------4--|*|
|------------------------| |



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Riff 10: Play twice
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||-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
||--0----------------|--0------------------|--0----------------|
||-------------------|---------------1--3--|-------------------|


|------------------------| |
|------------------------|*|
|----------------1--1----|*|
|--3--3----3--3----------| |



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Riff 11: Play twice [ Tempo = 40 BPM ]
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||------------------|-------------------|------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|------------------|
||--0----0--0----0--|--1----1--1--1--1--|--0----0--0----0--|
||------------------|-------------------|------------------|


|-------------------| |
|-------------------|*|
|--8----8--8--8--8--|*|
|-------------------| |


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Riff 12: Play 4 times
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| |------------------|------------------------------| |
|3|--7----7--7----7--|----------8--7--(8   b10 r 8)-|*|
|/|------------------|--8----8----------------------|*|
|4|------------------|------------------------------| |



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Riff 13: Play twice
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||-------------------------------|-------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-------------------------|
||--12----12--(12\10)-10--(10\8)-|--8----8--(8/10)-10--10/ |
||-------------------------------|-------------------------|


|-------------------------------|-----------------------------| |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|*|
| -12----13--(13\10)-10--(10\8)-|--8----8--(8/10)-10--(10/12)-|*|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------| |



After the second repeat play and hold the following note for 4 bars:


[ Tempo = 45 BPM ]


||--------||
||--------||
||--12----||
||--------||



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Riff 14.1: Play 5 times
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||----------------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------|
||--12------12--10----10--12--|--7------5--7----7----|
||----------------------------|----------------------|


|-----------------------|-----------------------| |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|*|
|--5------5--5----5--8--|--8------8--8----8--8--|*|
|-----------------------|-----------------------| |



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Riff 14.2: Play 11 times until fade [ Tempo = 48 BPM ]
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||-----------------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------------|----------------------|
||--12------12--10----10--12 \ | -7------7--7----7----|
||-----------------------------|----------------------|


|-----------------------|-----------------------| |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|*|
|--5------5--5----5--8--|--8------8--8----8  /  |*|
|-----------------------|-----------------------| |



On the third repeat, the tempo increases to 56 BPM



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End
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Tab summary:        Riff 1 x 6
                    Riff 2 x 2
                    Riff 1 x 2
                    Riff 3 x 4
                    Riff 4 x 1
                    Riff 5 x 1
                    Riff 6 x 1
                    Riff 7 x 1
                    Riff 8 x 4
                    Riff 9 x 2
                    Riff 10 x 2
                    Riff 11 x 2
                    Riff 12 x 4
                    Riff 13 x 2
                    Riff 14.1 x 5
                    Riff 14.2 x 11

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