Asphyx - "Prelude Of The Unhonoured Funeral" Guitar Tab
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Band: (ASPHYX)
Album: (ASPHYX)
Song: (PRELUDE OF THE UNHONOURED FUNERAL)
Copyright (c) (Century Media) (1994)
Version 1.0 - (Jan/Feb 94)
Transcribed By: (BestialWarrior)
Email: (Bestialson2003@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
S - Sustained Note.
Tunning: Tune Low to High:
6=D 5=G 4=C 3=F 2=A 1=D
Note:From Riff#3 to Riff#7, Guitar 2 plays.
Guitar 1 plays Riff#1 while guitar 2 plays Riff#3,4 and 7.
Then of course, Guitar 1 plays Riff#2 during #5 and #6.
After Riff#7, both guitar 1 play Riff#1 and Guitar 2 plays #3.
This whole tune, as some guitarists know, is very slow.
Riff#1. Very Slow.
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S q^r(slow bend)
Riff#2. Very Slow.
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|2------------------------2-3----||
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S q^r(slow bend)
Riff#3.
Play 2 times.
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|2-------5-5----4-4----2-3-2-2---3----||
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S
Riff#4. 2 times.
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|0--------7-7~----0-8~----767~---8-||
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S
Riff#5. 2 times.
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|7/8-10--------8-8----7/8-7~----5--7-7-------||
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S
Riff#6.
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|8-10~----11-11~----13-13~----11-11~----10/11-10~------11-11~----13-13~--|
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S
Riff#6. Continued..
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|11-11~----11/12---||
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Riff#7.
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|0--------7-7~--0--8~----7\6-----0----------------------------0--0-1--||
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|----------------------------------2----4-5--------5-4--2---2---------||
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S . . . .
Repeat: Guitar 1: Riff#1.
Repeat: Guitar 2: Riff#3.
Both guitars Repeat:#2.
END.
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