Symphony - X - The Odyssey Part VI bass tab
THE ODYSSEY - PART VI: SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS (Bassline)
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 2002 Album THE ODYSSEY)
Music by Michael Romeo
Transcribed by Linus Abrahamson
Edited by Cory Knickerbocker (cory_aglet@hotmail.com)
Tuning, low to high: D-G-C-F (full step down)
Note: All notes in [brackets] are played by the keyboard with the patch notated
above the transcription. Lepond did not play these notes in the studio version,
but he does play some of them live. Pinnella only has two hands, you know. ;)
Gulf of Doom (16:42)
Q=138
4/4 6/4 5/4
Gtr I
Wx10 W. Q +H +H
|-------------|---------------|------------------|
|-------------|---------------|------------------|
|-------------|---------------|------------------|
|-------------|---------------|-3--(3)----(3)----|
4/4 5/4
+H. +H E E E E E E E E E E H H
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-(3)------(3)----|---3---3---3---3-|-3-------------|
[w/Orchestra patch]
2/4 4/4 5/4
H. H H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------|------|-[7]---[7]-----[7]---[7]-|-[7]-----[7]---[7-7]-------||
|--------------|------|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------|------|-----5-----5-5-----5-----|-----5-5-----5-------5-5---||
|--------------|------|-------------------------|---------------------------||
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|---------5-4-----o||
||o-------7-6-5-----|-------5-----6---o||
||--3-6-5-------6-2-|-3-6-5---------5--||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|---------4-3-----o||
||o-------6-5-4-----|-------4-----5---o||
||--2-5-4-------5-1-|-2-5-4---------4--||
This part can be a little tricky. It's all in 4/4, and I've notated the beat for
each bar. An alternate way of nailing the timing in this section is to count the
number of bass drum hits between each strike.
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------5-------|---5-------5-----|-------5---------|-5-------5-----5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------5-----|-----5-------5---|---------5-------|---5-------5-----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
[w/Piano patch]
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 7x W +W Wx2
||--[----------------|------------------||----------|-----------]-|--------||
||o-[----------------|---------5-4-----o||----------|-----------]-|--------||
||o-[------7-6-5-----|-------5-----6---o||----------|-----------]-|--------||
||--[3-6-5-------6-2-|-3-6-5---------5--||-3--------|-(3)-------]-|--------||
3/4 5/4
|-3-|
Wx16 E E E E E S S E E E E Q E E E E E
||-------------||---------------|----------------------||
||o-----------o||---------------|----------------------||
||o-----------o||-0-----0---0-0-|-0-----0----0-0-0-0---||
||-------------||---------------|----------------------||
4/4
E E Q H Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E
|-------------|---------------|----------------|
|-------------|---------------|----------------|
|-5-----------|----4-4-5------|----4-4-5---7---|
|-------------|---------------|----------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|----2-----2--|----2-----2--|----2-----2--|
1. 2.
|-3-| |3| |3-| |-3-| |3| |3-| |--3--|
Q E E E Q E +Q E Q E E E Q E +Q E H Q Q Q
||---------------------|---------------------||--------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------o||--------------|
||o-5--4-3-2-1-3-(3)-3-|-5--4-3-2-1-3-(3)-3-o||-5----4--3--2-|
||---------------------|---------------------||--------------|
|--3---|
W +H +Q Q Q W +W
|----------|-------------------|----------|----------||
|----------|-------------------|----------|----------||
|-1--------|-(1)----(1)--------|----------|----------||
|----------|-------------5--4--|-3--------|-(3)------||
Drifting Home (18:58)
Wx12 (approx.)
|*----------*|
|*----------*|
|*----------*|
|*----------*|
[w/Timpani patch]
|-3-| |-3-|
H. E E E W +H. E E E W
|---------------|----------|----------------|------|
|---------------|----------|----------------|------|
|---------------|----------|----------------|------|
|--------[3-3-3-|-3--------|-(3)------3-3-3-|-3----|
|-3-|
+Q E E E H +W +W +W
|-----------------|------------|-------------|--------|
|-----------------|------------|-------------|--------|
|-----------------|------------|-------------|--------|
|-(3)--3-3-3-3----|-(3)--------|-(3)---------|-(3)----|
|-3-| |-3-|
+H. E E E W +H. E E E W
|----------------|----------|----------------|------|
|----------------|----------|----------------|------|
|----------------|----------|----------------|------|
|-(3)------3-3-3-|-3--------|-(3)------3-3-3-|-3----|
|-3-|
+Q E E E H +W W +W
|-----------------|------------|-----------|--------||
|-----------------|------------|-----------|--------||
|-----------------|------------|-----------|--------||
|-(3)--3-3-3-3----|-(3)--------|-3---------|-(3)]---||
Wx20 (approx.)
|*----------*|
|*----------*|
|*----------*|
|*----------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
