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WISHMASTER (Bassline)
As recorded by Nightwish
(From the 2000 Album WISHMASTER)
Transcribed by Ivan - (peekaboo104@hotmail.com)
Words and Music by Nightwish
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Moderately Q.=175
6/4
Gtr I
Q E Q. Q. Q E H Q Q. Q.
||----------------------|-------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------|
||o------3----3---------|---------1----1----|
||----------------------|-------------------|
Q E Q. Q. Q E H. Q. Q.
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------1----------o||
|------3----3---------|--------------1-----o||
|---------------------|-4-------------------||
E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q.
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|-------------------1----|
||o-------------------4----|------------------------|
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------|
1. 2.
E E E E E E E E E Q. +H. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|------------------------|---------------------||-----------------------||
|------------------------|---------------1----o||-----------------------||
|-------------------4----|-(4)------1---------o||-(4)---4----1----3-----||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------|---------------------||-----------------------||
W H Q Q Q E E W H Q Q Q Q
||---------------|-------------------|--------------|-------------------|
||o--------------|-------------------|--------------|-------------------|
||o--------------|---------6--4--3-1-|--------------|---------4--4--6---|
||---------------|-------------------|--------------|-------------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q Q E E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|------------1---------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3----4--3-1-|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-4--4--6----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q Q E E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|------------1---------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3----4--3-1-|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-4--4--6----||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
1st and 2nd Verses
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q. Q.
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------1----|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-4---------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|------------1--1--1----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q. Q. W. H. H.
|-----------------------|----------------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|---------------|---------1-----|
|-----------------------|-----------------1----|---------------|-1-------------|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-4---------|-0-------------|---------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q. Q.
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------1----|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-4---------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q. Q.
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------1-----|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-4----------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q. Q.
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------1----|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-4---------|
W +E E E E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. E E E Q. Q.
|--------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|-1---------1---------|------------1----------||
|-1--------(1)-1-1-1-|------2---------2----|-1----4-4-4------2-----||
Chorus
E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q. Q.
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------3----------|-----------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3------3-3-3-|-------------1----1----|
|------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------|
E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q. Q.
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------3----------|-------------1----------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3------3-3-3-|------------------1-----|
|------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4------------|
E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q. Q.
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------3----------|-----------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3------3-3-3-|-------------1----1----|
|------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------|
E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q. Q.
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------3----------|-------------1----------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3------3-3-3-|------------------1-----o||
|------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q.
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|-------------------1----|
||o-------------------4----|------------------------|
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------|
1. 2.
E E E E E E E E E Q. +H. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|------------------------|---------------------||-----------------------||
|------------------------|---------------1----o||-----------------------||
|-------------------4----|-(4)------1---------o||-(4)---4---------------||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------|---------------------||------------6----8-----||
W. +W. +W. +W.
|---------------|----------------|----------------|--------||
|---------------|----------------|----------------|--------||
|---------------|----------------|----------------|--------||
|-1-------------|-(1)------------|-(1)------------|-(1)----||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nightwish/wishmaster_btab_ver_3.html ]
Interlude
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
1. 2.
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q. Q. Q E E E E Q. Q.
|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------o||------------1----------||
|-----------------------|-----------------1----o||-----------------1-----||
|-4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-|-3--3-3-3-3-4----------||-3--3-3-3-3------------||
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
1. 2.
Q E E E E Q E E E E H. H. H. H.
|-----------------------|------------------||---------------||
|-----------------------|-1---------------o||-1-------------||
|-----------------------|---------3-------o||---------1-----||
|-4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-|------------------||---------------||
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
1. 2.
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q. Q. Q E E E E Q. Q.
|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------o||------------1----------||
|-----------------------|-----------------1----o||-----------------1-----||
|-4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-|-3--3-3-3-3-4----------||-3--3-3-3-3------------||
Bridge
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||--1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-|-4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E W
|-----------------------|------------------------||------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------o||------||
|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-o||------||
|-----------------------|------------------------||------||
Guitar Solo E.Vuorinen
H Q Q Q Q Q E E E E Q E E E E
|------------------||------------------------|
|------------------||o-----------------------|
|---------4--4--6--||o-----------------------|
|------------------||--1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|
Q E E E E H. Q E E E E Q E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|-1--1-1-1-1-4-------|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1---|
1.,2.,3. 4.
Q E E E E H. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. E E E Q. Q.
|---------------------||---------------------|----------------------||
|------------1-------o||---------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------o||-1---------1---------|------------1---------||
|-1--1-1-1-1----------||------2---------2----|-1----4-4-4------2----||
Chorus
E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q. Q.
||-------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------3----------|-------------1---------|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3------3-3-3-|------------------1----|
||-------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------|
E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q. Q.
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------3----------|-------------1----------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3------3-3-3-|------------------1-----o||
|------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------||
Outro-Chorus
E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q.
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|-------------------1----|
||o-------------------4----|------------------------|
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------|
E E E E E E E E E Q. +H. Q. Q.
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------1-----|
|-------------------4----|-(4)------1----------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q. Q.
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-------------1----3----|
|-------------------4----|-----------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------|
E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|------------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------o||
|-------------------4----|-4----4----1----3-----o||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------|-----------------------||
Outro
W H Q E E E Q.
|--------------|--------------------*|
|--------------|--------------------*|
|--------------|---------6-6-6-8----*|
|--------------|--------------------*|
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
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - 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
