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Band: Death
Album: Symbolic
Song: Sacred Serenity
Copyright (c) 1995
Version 1.0 - 04-20-05
Originally transcribed by: Richard Broadhead
Andds and corrections by: Niklas Spångberg
Email: blood_throne@hotmail.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 anu comments, sugestions or corrections to make, please email me.
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Drum and bass intro
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|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
Riff A
|-13-12-10------------------13-12-10---------------------|
|----------13-12-10------------------13-13-12-10---------|
|-------------------12-10-9----------------------12-10-9-|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-9------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-9------------------------------------------------------|II
|-7------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
Continuation of Riff A
|-13-12-10------------------13-12-10---------------------|
|----------13-12-10------------------13-13-12-10---------|
|-------------------12-10-9----------------------12-10-9-|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-----------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-10-----------------------------------------------------|II
|-8------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
Continuation of Riff A
|-13-12-10------------------13-12-10---------------------|
|----------13-12-10------------------13-13-12-10---------|
|-------------------12-10-9----------------------12-10-9-|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-----------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-12-----------------------------------------------------|II
|-10-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
Continuation of Riff A
|-13-12-10------------------13-12-10---------------------|
|----------13-12-10------------------13-13-12-10---------|
|-------------------12-10-9----------------------12-10-9-|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-----------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-10-----------------------------------------------------|II
|-8------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
Continuation of Riff A
|-13-12-10------------------13-12-10---------------------|
|----------13-12-10------------------13-13-12-10---------|
|-------------------12-10-9----------------------12-10-9-|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-9------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-9------------------------------------------------------|II
|-7------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
Continuation of Riff A
|-13-12-10------------------13-12-10---------------------|
|----------13-12-10------------------13-13-12-10---------|
|-------------------12-10-9----------------------12-10-9-|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-----------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-10-----------------------------------------------------|II
|-8------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
Continuation of Riff A
|-13-12-10------------------13-12-10---------------------|
|----------13-12-10------------------13-13-12-10---------|
|-------------------12-10-9----------------------12-10-9~|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-7------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-7------------------------------------------------------|II
|-5------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
Play Riff A once
Fill A
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-16-16-16~---17-17-17~---16-16-16~---14-14-14~---14/16--16~-|Gtr
|------------------------------------------------------------| I
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-9-----------10----------9-----------7-----------9----------|II
|-7-----------8-----------7-----------5-----------7----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
Play Fill A once
SOLO(Chuck Schuldiner)
|----------------------------------17---20-19----------------------------|
|------------------------------18----18------18-17-15-17-18-17-15--------|
|-16/17--17~---------------17-------------------------------------17-16~-|Gtr
|--------------16-17-19~-------------------------------------------------| I
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Very fast tremolo picking
|-13"-12"-10"----------------------12"-13"-12"-10"---10"-12"-13"-17---17---|
|------------13"-12"-10"--------------------------13"------------20fb-20fb~|
|-----------------------12"-10"-9~-----------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff B(Played during Chuck's solo)
|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|-----|-----|-----|--3--|-----|-----|
|--4--|--7--|-----|--5--|--4--|--7--|Gtr
|--2--|--5--|--8--|--5--|--2--|--5--|II
|--2--|--5--|--8--|--5--|--2--|--5--|
|--0--|--3--|--6--|--3--|--0--|--3--|
Riff C
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|Gtr
|-------------------------------|-----------------------5-4-------|I&II
|-3-3-3-2---3-3-3-2---3-2-------|-3--333-2---3--333-2---3-2-5-----|
|-1-1-1-0---1-1-1-0-------4-3~--|-1--111-0---1--111-0-------3-4~--|
. . . . . . . ... . ... . . .
continuation of Riff C
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|Gtr
|-------------------------------|-----------------------5-4-------|I&II
|-3-3-3-2---3-3-3-2---3-2-------|-333333-2---333333-2---3-2-5-----|
|-1-1-1-0---1-1-1-0-------4-3~--|-111111-0---111111-0-------3-4~--|
. . . . . . ...... ...... . . .
Play Riff C twice
Riff D (guitar 1)
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---10h12h13~----8h10h12~----7h8h10~-|---10h12h13~----8h10h12~----7h8h10~-|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|Gtr
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------| I
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| |
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|Gtr
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|II
|-2----------------------------------|-3----------------------------------|
|-0----------------------------------|-1----------------------------------|
Play Riff D once
Riff E
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|I&II
|-------444444555555------444444------------444444555555------4444445-----|
|-222222------------333333------333333222222------------333333------3-----|
..................................................................
Continuation of Riff E
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------7-----6------|Gtr
|-------------------------------------------------------5-----5-----4------|I&II
|-------444444555555------444444------------4444445555555-----5-----4------|
|-222222------------333333------333333222222------------3------------------|
......................................................
continuation of Riff E
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|I&II
|-------444444555555------444444------------444444555555------444444-------|
|-222222------------333333------333333222222------------333333------333333-|
........................................................................
Continuation of Riff E
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------7-----6------|Gtr
|-------------------------------------------------------5-----5-----4------|I&II
|-------444444555555------444444------------4444445555555-----5-----4------|
|-222222------------333333------333333222222------------3------------------|
......................................................
Play Riff E once
Riff F
|----------------------------------------------------13-12---------------|
|-13-12-10-12~--------------------15---13---12--13~-------13-12--15fb~~~-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|------------------------------------------------------------------------| I
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------5-------------7-----5----------------5~------10-9----------------|Gtr
|-7--------------9----------------9-----7-----------------10-9---7-------|II
|---000---000000--000---000---000---000---000----------------------8-7---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
... ...... ... ... ... ... ...
Play Riff F twice
SOLO(Chuck Schuldiner)
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-9~--------9fb~~------(9)~~~~----9--10--9--7--9----------|Gtr
|---------------------------------------------------10--9-| I
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-12--13--12--12h13p12--10--12------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------13-12-------12--12--12~-------13~-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| I
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------10-13-12-10-12-10----------------------10-13-12-10-12-13-|
|-9-10-9-7-9-10-12-----------------12-10-9-10-9-7-9-10-12------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-9-10-12-12-10-9-7-9----------|Gtr
|--------------------12-10-9-9-| I
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------12-12-12~-|
|-9~----------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------10--9--7-----12~--------12--10--9--10--9--7--9~------------| I
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Very fast tremolo picking
|--------------------------------12"-13-13-13-12-12-12-10-10-|
|-12-12-13-13-12-12-10-10-12-12~-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|------------------------------------------------------------| I
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
Very fast tremolo picking
|-19"-20-20-19-19-17-17-19-19-17-17-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------18-18-17-17-15-17-15---------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------17-------------------|Gtr
|------------------------------------------------------------15--14--12--14~| I
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff G(played during the first part of Chuck's solo)
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|Gtr
|---------9--10---------4-5-4-------------------|II
|-2-------7--8---2------2-3-2---2-------2-------|
|-0---0-0--------0--0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Play Riff G 4 times
--BRAKE--
SOLO(Chuck Schuldiner) continued
|-5/-7--7/-8--8/-10--10~-----5/-7--7/-8--8/-7-------------|
|----------------------------------------------8/-10--10~-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|---------------------------------------------------------| I
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-5/-7--7/-8--8/-10--10--10~----------18---19---22---22fb~~-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-----------------------------------------------------------| I
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Riff H (acoustic, played during the 2nd part of Chuck's solo)
|-------------|--------------0------|
|-------0-----|--------0-------0----|
|-----5---5---|------5---5-------5--|Gtr
|---2---------|----2----------------|II
|-0-----------|--0------------------|
|-------------|---------------------|
Play Riff H 4 times
Now go back and:
Play Riff C twice
Play Riff D once
Play Riff E once
Play Riff F twice
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