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(Opera IX) - (First Seal)
From the Album (Black Opera)
Copyright (Released 2000)
Version 1.0 - (Febuary - 2003)
Transcribed by: (Slinn)
For Questions, Comments, Newest Version, or Corrections contact
(Slinn): at (emperors_chamber@hotmail.com)
. - palm mute ph - pinched harmonic
/ - slide up to ah - artificial harmonic
\ - slide down to th - tap harmonic
~ - vibrato hr - natural harmonic
h - hammer on b - bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap with finger f - full bend h - half bend
" - tremolo picking r - release t - tap bend
X - percussion mute p - pick when bent
> - accented note Prefixes
() - ghost note, sustained note p - pre-bend w - use bar
* - see comment d - don't pick start of bend
First Seal
Riff A
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------| Repeat 4 times then palm mute similar progrssion
|----2----2-2-2-3----|
|----0----0-0-0-1----|
Riff B
|--------------------------------| |------------------------|
|--------------------------------| |------------------------|
|--------------------------------| |------------------------|
|--------------------------------| X2 then |--------2--5---4/5\4----| X2
|----2-3-4---2-2---7-8--7/8\7----| |----2---0--3---2/3\2----|
|----0-1-2---0-0---5-6--5/6\5----| |----0-------------------|
Riff C
|---------------------------| |------------------|
|---------------------------| |------------------|
|---------------------------| |------------------|
|---------------------------| X3 then |------------------|
|----2-2--------------------| |----9--8--7--5----|
|----0-0--7-8-10-8-7-8-7----| |----7--6--5--4----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/o/opera_ix/first_seal_tab.html ]
Riff D
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------9--8----| Repeat the B to Bb twice on
|----0-0--7-8-10-8-7-8-7----X3----7--6----| the last time.
Fiff E
|-------------------| |--------------|
|-------------------| |--------------|
|-------------------| |--------------|
|-------------------| X3 then |--------------|
|----2-2--2-3--2----| |----5----4----|
|----0-0--0-1--0----| |----3----2----|
Riff F
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|----2"----5"----4"--------|
|----0"----3"----2"--------|
Riff G
|---------------------------------------------------|------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------|
|---------------------------------------------------|----9-|
|-------------------------------------------7--6----|-7----|
|----0-2-3-5-3-2--0-2-3-5-3-2--0-2-3-5-3-2----------|------|
Repeat Riff F
Riff H
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|----4-----3-----4-----3--------------------|
|----4-----3-----4-----3--------------------| X2
|----2-----1-----2-----1-----9--9--8-8------|
|--------------------------------------9----|
Riff I
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------9----12-11-11----9----12-11-11----|
|----7----10--8-8---7----10--8-8---------------------------------------|
Riff J
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3--7-7-7-7----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
The rest of this verse is switvched between the above Tremlo picked
and palm muted.
Riff K
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------5-----------2-----------5-----------9~----|
|-----------5-----------2-----------5-----------7~----|
|----0-0-0--3----0-0-0--0----0-0-0--3----0-0-0--0~----|
Riff L
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------9-----10-----9-10-10----| Repeat last bit
|----2"-3"-2"-5"-2"-3"-2"-7"----7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-----| X2
|-------------------------------------------------------|
Ending repeat Riff k X2
There are some lead parts which I have'nt tabbed out but can email to
you should you want them. They are very basic and just follow the
verse rhythm usually tremlo picking a Penatonic Scale.
