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(Opera IX) - (Maleventum)
From the Album (Maleventum)
Copyright (Released 2002)
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
Tune Gtr to E, I think they might be tuned to D or maybe Eb, but this
sounds right in standard.
(Maleventum)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/o/opera_ix/maleventum_tab.html ]
Riff 1
|-------------------| |------------------| |-----------------|
|-------------------| |------------------| |-----------------|
|-------------------| |------------------| |-----------------|
|----4p2-5p4p2------| X8 |----9p7-10p9p7----| X8 |----7p5-8p7p5----| X8
|-------------------| |------------------| |-----------------|
|-------------------| |------------------| |-----------------|
The intro alts between the above riffs with some tremlo picking of the Root.
Riff 2
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------5-4---7-5-4----------------- X4
|----7---7-6--7---7-6-7-----7-------7-5-7----5------
|------------------------------------------7--------
Repeat above 4 times with vocals for Verse 2
Riff 3
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------| X2
|--2---------2---7"--6"--10"--9"-----|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------|
Riff 4
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------| X2 (This riff sounds good alternating
|----------3--2--0-------------| between octaves)
|--0--0-0-----------3--2--3----|
Riff 5
|-------------------------------------| --------|
|-------------------------------------| --------|
|-------------------------------------| --------|
|-------------------------------------| ----9---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--7-6/10-----| Second time end with -10---9-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------| --------|
Fill 6
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------7---------| Theres a second bit to this
|---9h10p9--7-9---9h10p9--7---10-9----| but it sounds just as good
|-------------------------------------| playing this all thru.
|-------------------------------------|
(Chanting "Maleventum")
Riff 7
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------9"----------------|
|--7"---6"---10"---9"------7"---9"---10"--------9"---10"-----|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat riff 5
Riff 8
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----9"-10"----10"-9"----9"-10"-13"-10"-9"-10"----| Repeat till end
|--7"--------7"--------7"--------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
