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Band:  Virus
Album: The Black Flux
Song:  Strange Calm

Copyright (c) Season of Mist 2008
Version 1.1 - 21/11/2008

Transcribed By: Trognz
Email:          trognz@gmail.com

Comments:

Strange Calm is one of Virus most accomplished composition
(some parts are 15 years old, from Czral saying), and my favourite song,
if I ever could distinguish one better than another...
I love them all.

Here the so devious harmony and sound textures create a really unique
atmosphear, mind does not go back to reality easily after this :-)
So any feedback or critic would be greatly appreciated!

Virulently yours,
Trognz

Special note about Part A:
The whole song is played on DGCFAD tuning (I believe), however it seems
that this part A only is played on tuning D# G# C# F# A# D#.
For convenience (you probably don't want to add/remove a capo while playing,
and of course you won't be able to change the tuning on-the-fly)
I worked on DGCFAD and could have something quite approaching.

Notation legend:
~ : Notes followed by '~' symbol should be let ring as much as
    possible while playing the notes that follows.
T : play the bass note with thumb
/ : slide
* : short 1/4 bend
P : pull-off
H : Hammer-on


Tuning D G C F A D

Part A:

D||---7---7----7--7--7~---------------------------------------|
A||---7---7----7--7--7~---7~----7~----------------------------|
F||*--10*-10*--10-10*10~-----10~---10-10~---10~---10~---10~---|
C||*--9---9----9--9--9~------------------7~----7~----7~-------|
G||---8---8----8--8--8~------------------------------------8--|
D||-----------------------------------------------------------|


D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-11--11---11-11-11---------------------------------------|
F|-8---8----8--8--8----------------------------------------|
C|-8---8----8--8--8----------------0~-------0~----0~----0--|
G|-8---8----8--8--8-------------------6--6~----6~----6~----|
D|-7---7----7--7--7-----7\6--6--6--------------------------|


D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-----1~---------0~----------1~------------------|
F|-4-2~----2/-4----4~------4-2~----2~---------------|
C|-6-4~----4/-6----6~------6-4~----4~--------4/-6-\-|
G|-6-4~----4/-6----6~------6-4~----4~--------4/-6-\-|
D|----------------------4~---------------2---2/-4-\-|
                        T                T   T  T


D|------1---------2--2--2*-2*--2*------||
A|------4---------4--4--4--4---4-------||
F|------1---------1--1--1--1---1------*||
C|------1-----------------------------*||
G|-3----3------------------------------||
D|-1----1------------------------------||

                  ^
                  | don't play these on last time (around 2'22")


Part B - 2'24"

D|---7~------------------------||-6~----------------------------|
A|---------------0~------------||----0~-------------------------|
F|-----------10~---------------||*------9~----------------9-----|
C|-------10~-------------------||*---------8~-----8~------8-----|
G|-----------------------------||---------------------0~--------|
D|-----------------------------||-------------------------6-----|
                                                          T

D|-3~---------------1~-------------------|-------1---------||
A|----0~---------------0~----------------|-------1---------||
F|-------5~---------------3~-------------|-------4----3/--*||
C|----------5~---------------3~----------|-3-----3----3/--*||
G|-----------------------------------2---|-2-----2---------||
D|---------------------------------------|-1-----1---------||


Part C - 3'17"

D||--1P-0~---------------------------------|
A||--------3~------------3----3----3---3---|
F||*----------2~---------2----2----2---2-/-|
C||*---------------------X----0----0---0---|
G||------------------0-----0--1----1---1-/-|
D||----------------------------------------|


D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
F|-5----6---6--6P-5--------------------|
C|-------------------0~----------------|
G|-4----4~--------------4----------4---|
D|-------------------------------------|


D|---------||
A|---------||
F|--------*||
C|-0~-----*||
G|-4~------||
D|-6~------||


Part D - 3'59

D||---------0~----------0-----------|----------------------------0----||
A||---3/-6--6-----------X----9---9--|-9--10-10--10--10-10-9--9~-------||
F||*--2/-5--5-------7/--10---10--10-|-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-10~-----*||
C||*--0---------0~------10---10--10-|-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-10~-----*||
G||---------------------8----8---8--|-8--8--8---8---8--8--8--8~-------||
D||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||


Then play Part B (not the first measure), Part C and Part D again.
Then at the end of part D again (around 6'26"),
play this instead of previous measure:

D|---------------------------------|---------------------||
A|-9--10-10--10--10-10-12-12--12---|-12~-----------------||
F|-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-10--10---|-10~----------------*||
C|-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-10--10---|-10~----------------*||
G|-8--8--8---8---8--8--8--8---8----|-8~------------------||
D|---------------------------------|---------------------||

Part E - 6'30"

The strumming: I let you feel the rythm....

D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1-----|
C|-2-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2-----|
G|-3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1-----|
C|-2-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2-----|
G|-3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4-----|
F|-4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4-----|
C|-5-----5--5--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5-----|
G|-6-----6--6--6--6--6-----6--6--6--6--6-----6--6--6--6--6-----6--6--6--6-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4-----|
F|-4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4-----|
C|-5-----5--5--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5-----|
G|-6-----6--6--6--6--6-----6--6--6--6--6-----6--6--6--6--6-----6--6--6--6-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Drums enter here - 6'42"

D||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A||-(0)---(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)---(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)---(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)---(0)(0)(0)(0)-|
F||*-1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--|
C||*-2-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2--|
G||--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3--|
D||--1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--|


D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|(0)---(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)---(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)---(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)---(0)(0)(0)(0)-|
F|-1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--|
C|-2-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2--|
G|-3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3--|
D|-1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--|


D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4-----|
F|-4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4-----|
C|-5-----5--5--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5-----|
G|-6-----6--6--6--6--6-----6--6--6--6--6-----6--6--6--6--6-----6--6--6--6-----|
D|-4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4-----|

                                                              repeat until coda
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4----||
F|-4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4---*||
C|-5-----5--5--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5---*||
G|-6-----6--6--6--6--6-----6--6--6--6--6-----6--6--6--6--6-----6--6--6--6----||
D|-4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4--4-----4--4--4--4----||

coda

D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1-----|
C|-2-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2-----|
G|-3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3-----|
D|-1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1-----|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1-----|
C|-2-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2-----|
G|-3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3-----|
D|-1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1-----|

D|--------------||
A|-0~-----------||
F|-1~-----------||
C|-3~-----------||
G|-2~-----------||
D|-1~-----------||


Part F - can be 1 hour later:
go back to reality  :-)

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