Skinny Puppy - Testure Chords & Tabs

 

Testure Chords & Tabs

Skinny Puppy Chords & Tabs

Version: 1 Type: Bass Tab

Testure Bass Tab

Artist: Skinny Puppy
Song: Testure
Album: VIVIsect VI
Transcriber: snowswine@hotmail.com

Synth bass arranged for 4-string electric bass

Synth intro for bass
G|------------------------------------| I've left the repeats out, obviously,
D|--17-15-14-15-14-12-17-19-14-15-12--| cos it's a real pain in the ass to do
A|------------------------------------| it and it won't look right, but these
E|------------------------------------| are the notes anyway.

Synth intro for guitar
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--555555555-33333333-22222222-33322200-55555555-33333333-77777777-33322200--|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Most of song
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|--10-10-10--8-8--88--|
E|---------------------|
Variation near the end of the song
G|---------------------|---------------|
D|---------------------|-------8-------|
A|--10-10-10--8-8--88--|-10-10----88-8-|
E|---------------------|---------------|

G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------8-----|
A|-----8-10---10-8-10---10--|
E|--10----------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/skinny_puppy/testure_btab.html ]
G|---------------------| 
D|---------------------|
A|--10--88-8-----8-10--|
E|------------10-------|

G|----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-------------------------|
A|--10-10---8-8-------8-------|-------------------------|
E|---------------8-10---------|--10-1010-10-8-88-8------|
                        "force the point of habit…eyes burn in a rabbit"

G|---------------------------------| this part comes in a little before the
D|---------------------------------| "I hope you make sure we're properly dead
A|-------------------------8-10----| before you start old rip-beak!" sample.
E|--10-1010-10-8-88--8--10---------| the last four notes are accented.
                     ^   ^ ^  ^
if the fret numbers are closer to each other it means 16th notes, 
usually.

Corrections welcome as long as they're not along the lines of "you're stupid,
that's not how you play the song!" - this is a synth song. Yes, I know that.
This is more or less what I play when I play along to it. You can hear the 
changes pretty easily. It sounds better if you run it through some effects
(mutron bi-phase and some reverb make it sound pretty good. Playing with a 
pick is recommended for the staccato sound that the synths in the song have.
If I get some requests I'll get the guitarist in my band to teach me how
he plays the melody synth parts and post it.

-pig.