Opeth - The Grand Conjuration (my Original Version W/ Corrections) bass tab
Band:Opeth
Album:Ghost Reveries
Song:The Grand Conjuration
G I'm submittiing another "Grand Conjuration" tab because I have made some
corrections
D from my last version.
A
D Drop D tuning
I have spent lots of time working on this tab, and it's a very good tab.
So enjoy. A lot of things that he does is hard to hear, but if you
really listen hard enough you can hear it. The speakers that I used
to figure some of the little things out, you could hear the bass
perfectly, and I just saw them live on Feb. 15 (2006,) so this is
VERY accurate. Once again,
enjoy!:)
*=sticato note h=hammer on p=pull off S=slap P=pop /=slide up \=slide down
X=mute
He uses distortion on parts of the song. I'll tell you when to turn it on and
when to trn if off.
Intro (distortion off)
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[0*---0*---0*-0*---0*---0*-0*---0*---0*-0--0--0/12-12\0]
Main Riff (distortion off)
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[-------------------------------]repeat 4 times
[1-0-4---5-4-7---12-10-6---7-6-0]
Repeat Main Riff (distortion on)
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[-----------------------------------------------]Repeat 4 times
[1-0-4--4-4-4-5-4-7--7-7-7--12-10-6--6-6-6-7-6-0]
Verse (distortion on)
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[-------------------------------]
[-------------------------------]repeat 2 times
[0-1-0---0-1-0---0-1-0---12-10-6]
play this riff right before the chorus (distortion off)
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[-------------]
[1-0--1-0-0--0]
Chorus (distortion off)
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[0/12\0--0-0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0]
Repeat Verse (distortion on)
Repeat Chorus(distortion off)(also include the riff right before the chorus)
Guitar Solo (distortion off)
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[--------------------------------------]repeat 3 times
[0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1p0--0-1p0]
this is a fill that he does at the fourth and last riff during the guitar solo
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[0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12-13-12-10-11-10-8-9-8-6-7-6-1p0--0-1p0]
Then play this part when it slows down (distortion off)
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[-----0-----0-----0---------12--7---6---3---1--]
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[-0-1---1-3---3-6---5-10-12---7---6---3---1----]
S S P S S P S S P S S S P S P S P S P S P
Next part (this is where the singing comes back in)(Distortion off) (these
two riffs go together)
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[------------------3-----1--------------------------]
[----2-----4-------------------2-----4--1/2-2--2/5-5]
[0h1---0h1---0h1h3---0h1---0h1---0h1----------------]
Repeat these riffs 3 times
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[----------------3-----1-----------------------------]
[----2-----4-----------------2-----4-----------------]
[0h1---0h1---0h1---0h1---0h1----------X-X-1--X-X-0--3]
Play this riff while it's nothing but the guitar (distortion off)
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[--------------]
[--------------]
[8/9-9--9/12-12] Let the 12 ring out a little, then slide down the fretboard.
Then play this riff (distortion off)
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[X-X-1--X-X-0--3--0----0]
This play this riff (distortion off) (well call it the A riff. It needs a name
for later on, you'll see why.)
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[7-7-7-8-7--7-10p7-8p7--7-7-7-8-7--7-10p7-12p7]repeat 7 times
Then play this riff when the screaming comes back in. (distortion off)
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[-----------------------]Repeat 8 times
[-----------------------] It's something like this. It's very hard to tell
[1-0-0-0h1-0h1h2-0h1h2h3] what it's doing this part.
Repeat Riff A
During the part that sounds like the Intro(distortion off)
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[0/12-0-0-0/12-0-0---0-0/12-0-0-0/12-0-0]
[----------------------------------------] Play these two riffs once.
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[----------------------------------------]
[0-0/12-0-0-0/12-0-0---0*-0*-0*-0/12-12\0]
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[-------------------------------------------]
[0/12-0-0-0/12-0-0---0-0-0-0/12-0-0-0/12-0-0]
[--------------------------------------------]Then play these two riffs 3 times.
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[0-0-0-0/12-0-0-0/12-0-0---0*-0*-0*-0/12-12\0]
Then play this riff
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[0*-0*-0/12-12\0--0*-0*-0/12-12\0]
Then repeat the Main Riff once (distortion off)
Repeat Verse (distortion on)
Then play the Main Riff with distortion on from the 7:44 point to
the 8:38 point. Then play the Main Riff without distortion until
the song is over. Although you do play this one riff a couple of times
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[1-0-4---5-4-7---12-10-6---3-0-0-4-0-0-5-0-0-1/13-13-12-12]
Thank God I'm finally done with this tab. For anyone who learns this song
from my tab, please contact me and tell me what you think of it. Thx.