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Band: Death
Album: The Sound of Perseverance
Song: Spirit Crucher
Copyright (c) Nuclear blast records 1998
Version 1.1 - 05-15-05
Originally transcribed by: Kerry Vick(kvick@surfsouth.com)
Adds and corrections by: Niklas Spångberg(blood_throne@hotmail.com)
Solos transcribed by: Stefanos Danakos(slaytanic_gr@yahoo.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 D G C F A D
If you've got any comments, suggestions or corrections to make please email me.
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Bass intro
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------4--------------|--------4--------------------|
|-----2--------2-----3--|-----2--------2-----3--6-----|Bass gtr
|--0--------3-----1-----|--0--------3-----1--------4--|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
Play bass intro 4 times
Riff A
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|Gtr
|-----8--8/-9------|I&II
|---6----------7---|
|-4--------------5-|
. .
Play Riff A 4 times
Riff A
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|Gtr
|-----8--8/-9------| I
|---6----------7---|
|-4--------------5-|
| . . |
| |
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-----10-10/11-----|Gtr
|---8----------9---|II
|-6--------------7-|
|------------------|
. .
Play Riff B 4 times
Play Riff A 4 times
Play Riff B 4 times
Riff C
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------4-----2-------------------|Gtr
|-2-----4-----5-----------------4-----5-----4-|I&II
|---000---000---000---000---000---000---000---|
|---------------------------------------------|
... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Continuation of Riff C
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-----7-----9-----11----7----a.h.------------------|I&II
|-000-5-000-7-000-9-000-5-000-7--------------------|
|--------------------------------0-000-0-0-000-0-0-|
... ... ... ... ... . ... . . ... . .
Play Riff C twice
Riff D
|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-2-----4-----5-----4-----|-2--------4--------5--------4--------2--------4-|I&II
|---333---333---333---333-|---333333---333333---333333---333333---333333---|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
... ... ... ... ...... ...... ...... ...... ......
Continuation of Riff D
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------4~~~~-|Gtr
|--------5--------4---------4--------7--------5-----------------------|I&II
|-333333---333333----333333---555555---555555---555555-7-333333-------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ......
Play Riff D once(the song picks up speed during the second bar)
Fill A
|------|
|------|
|------|Gtr
|-/--\-|I&II
|-/--\-|
|-/--\-|
Play Fill A once
Riff E
|-------------------------------------|--0---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----0-------------------------------|
|----5-----------------5--------------|------5-----------------5---------7-|Gtr
|-2--5--5-5/7-7--2-2---5---2-2---a.h.-|-2----5--5-5/7-7--2-2---5---2-2---7-|I&II
|-2--3--5-5/7-7--2-2---3---2-2---5~---|-2----3--5-5/7-7--2-2---3---2-2---5-|
|-0-----3-3/5-5--0-0-0-----0-0-0------|-0-------3-3/5-5--0-0-0-----0-0-0---|
. . . .
Play Riff E twice
Fill B
|---------------|
|---------------|
|----5----------|Gtr
|-2--5--5-5/7-7-|I&II
|-2--3--5-5/7-7-|
|-0-----3-3/5-5-|
Play Fill B once
Bass Fill
|--------------------8----------7-------|
|-----7-7/8--------6---6------5---5---5-|
|---5-------6----4-------4--3-------3---|Bass gtr
|-3-----------4-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
Play Bass Fill once
Riff F
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------8----------7-------|Gtr
|-----7-7/8--------6---6------5---5---5-|I&II
|---5-------6----4-------4--3-------3---|
|-3-----------4-------------------------|
. .
Play Riff F 4 times
Riff G
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------9---7----------|------------------10---9-----------|Gtr
|-----7---9---10-----------9---10-|-----7---9---10------------9---10~-|I&II
|-0-0---0---0----0---0---0---0----|-0-0---0---0----0----0---0---0-----|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------12---10---9------|-------------------10---9-----------|Gtr
|-----9---10---12-----------------10-|-----9---10---12------------9---10~-|I&II
|-8-8---8----8----8----8----8---8----|-8-8---8----8----8----8---8---8-----|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Play Riff G once
Riff H
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|----------7h9-9~----------9h10-10~----------10h12-12~----------12p10-10~-|I&II
|-00000000--------00000000----------00000000-----------00000000-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
........ ........ ........ ........
Continuation of Riff H
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------10h12-12~----------10p9-9~-|Gtr
|----------9h10-10~----------10h12-12~-------------------------------------|I&II
|-88888888----------88888888-----------88888888-----------88888888---------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
........ ........ ........ ........
Play Riff H twice
SOLO(Chuck Schuldiner)
Very fast tremolo picking, play this bar 4 times
|-19-20-24-20-19-24-20-19-------------------------|
|-------------------------19-20-19-20-19-20-19-20-|
|-------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-------------------------------------------------| I
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Very fast temolo picking
|-19-20-24"--19-20-19-20-19-24"--19-20-19-20-19-17-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-17h19-19-19-19-19h20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-19--19~--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------/17--17--17--17h16--16~-|Gtr
|----------------------------------------| I
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------15"---------------------|
|--14"-16"-14"-----17"-16h17p16-14-16~-|Gtr
|--------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
. . . . .
|-17h19p17----17--19--19h20~~---19h20p19----19--20--20h22~~--24fb~~-|
|----------18----------------------------20-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| I
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(24)-------------|
|------15/-17--17~-|
|------------------|Gtr
|------12/-14--14~-| I
|------------------|
|------------------|
Riff I(Played during Chuck's solo)
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------10------------------12----------9----------9------9-|Gtr
|-----------8----------10------10----------7----------7------7-|II
|-00000000----00000000--8-0000----00000000---00000000---0000---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
........ ........ .... ........ ........ ....
Play Riff I 4 times
SOLO(Shannon Hamm)
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14~---15---14h15p14----------------------------------------12-|
|-----------------------11~---11---13---14---13~---13---14------|Gtr
|---------------------------------------------------------------|II
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14---15---14---12-----------------------14h15p14----14-14-15-15-14-14-15-|
|---------------------14~---13h14---13~------------16----------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|II
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Very fast tremolo picking
|----------------------------------14-14-16-16-14-14-16-16-17-17-16-16-17-|
|-15-17-17-15-15-17-17-19-19-17-17----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|II
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Very fast tremolo picking
|-17-19-19-17-17-19-19-21-21-19-19-21-21-22-22-21-21-22-22-24-24-22-22-24-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|II
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-24fb~~---24fb~~---24fb~~-|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------|II
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
Riff J(Played during Shannon's solo)
|------------|
|------------|
|-6-----2----|Gtr
|-6--4--2--2-| I
|-4--4--0--2-|
|----2-----0-|
Riff J twice
Riff K
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-----------9---------------10----------------12----------------10-----|I&II
|--------7-----7---------8------8---------10------10---------8------8--|
|-0-000-----------0-000------------0-000--------------0-000------------|
. ... . ... . ... . ...
Continuation of Riff K
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|Gtr
|-999---9-9---9-|I&II
|-777---7-7---7-|
|-----0-----0---|
... . .
Play Riff K twice
Riff L
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-----------9---------------10----------------12----------------10-----| I
|--------7-----7---------8------8---------10------10---------8------8--|
|-0-000-----------0-000------------0-000--------------0-000------------|
| . ... . ... . ... . ... |
| |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------11--------------12----------------14----------------12-----|Gtr
|--------9-----9---------10-----10--------12------12---------10-----10-|II
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-000-----------0-000------------0-000--------------0-000------------|
. ... . ... . ... . ...
Continuation of Riff L
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|Gtr
|-999---9-9---9-|I&II
|-777---7-7---7-|
|-----0-----0---|
... . .
Play Riff L twice
Play Riff A 4 times
Play Riff B 4 times
Play Riff A 4 times
Play Riff B 4 times
Play Riff C twice
Play Riff D once(the song picks up speed during the second bar)
Play Fill A once
Play Riff E twice
Play Fill B once
Play Bass Fill once
Play Riff F 4 times
Play Riff G once
Play Riff H twice
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