A Moment of Clarity Death
A MOMENT OF CLARITY (Bassline)
As recorded by Death
(From the 1998 Album THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE)
Transcribed by livingzombie
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner
Gtr I (A D G C F) - 'Scott Clendenin'
Intro
Q=124
[4/4] Gtr I
E S S E E H E S S E E H E S S E E H E S S E E H
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|| ||o----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------o|| ||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|| ||o-4-4-4-3--------|-4-4-4-3--------|-4-4-4-3--------|-4-4-4-3--------o|| ||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
Q. E Q E E +Q. E H
||----------------|--------------| ||o---------------|--------------| ||----------------|--------------| ||o-3----3-3------|--------------| ||------------3-3-|-(3)---3-3----|
E S S E S S E S S E E +E E E E E E E E 4x
|-----------------------|---------6-6-6-6-6---|| |-----------------------|-------6------------o|| |---------------------4-|-(4)-4---------------|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|--------------------o|| |-----------------------|---------------------||
Verse
Double time Q=240
$
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 4x Q Q Q Q
||-----2--------|-------4------||-||--------------| ||o----------5--|----4-----4--o||-||o-------------| ||--0-----3-----|-2------------||-||--0--0--3--3--| ||o-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------| ||--------------|--------------||-||--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------||-||-----2--------|-------4-------|| |-------------o||-||o----------5--|----4-----4---o|| |-2--2--2--2---||-||--0-----3-----|-2-------------|| |-------------o||-||o-------------|--------------o|| |--------------||-||--------------|---------------||
Q=132
~
Q Q Q Q S S S S q S S S S Q
||--------------|-----------------------| ||o-------2--3--|-3-------2--3-------2--| ||--0--1--------|---1-0-0------1-0-0----| ||o-------------|-----------------------| ||--------------|-----------------------|
~
Q Q Q Q S S S S q S S S S Q
|-------------|------------------------|| |-------0-----|-3-------2--3-------2--o|| |-0--1-----1--|---1-0-0------1-0-0-----|| |-------------|-----------------------o|| |-------------|------------------------||
Q=124
|-3-| |-3-|
e. E. E E E E E q q q q q q Q. S S Q. S S Q. S S H
|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|----------------| |-----------------|---------7---|-------------------|----------------| |-------7-----7---|---7-8-5---8-|-7----7s8-5----5s7-|----------------| |-0--0----0-7---7-|-0-----------|-------------------|-8----8s10-5----| |-----------------|-------------|-------------------|----------------|
H S S E Q H S S E Q H S S E Q H S S E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |------------3--|------------2--|---------------|---------------| |---------------|---------------|------------3--|---------------| |-0----0-0------|-0----0-0------|-0----0-0------|-0----0-0---1--| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
e. E. E E E E E q q q q q q Q. S S Q. S S Q. S S H
|-----------------|-------------|---------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|---------7---|----------10---------|-12---------7----| |-------7-----7---|---7-8-5---8-|-7----7s8--8----8s10-|-10----10s5-5----| |-0--0----0-7---7-|-0-----------|---------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------|---------------------|-----------------|
H S S E Q H S S E Q H S S E Q H S S E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| |------------3--|------------2--|---------------|---------------|| |---------------|---------------|------------3--|---------------|| |-0----0-0------|-0----0-0------|-0----0-0------|-0----0-0---1--|| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
Chorus
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|-------------------0-2-3-5-3------| ||--------0-2-3-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-----|-------------0-2-3-----------5-3--| ||o-0-1-3-----------------------3-1-|-------0-1-3----------------------| ||----------------------------------|-3-3-3----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-------------------0-2-3-5-3-----o|| |-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-----|-1-1-0-------0-2-3-----------5-3--|| |-----------------------------3-1-|-------3-1-3---------------------o|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|-------------------0-2-3-5-3------| ||--------0-2-3-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-----|-------------0-2-3-----------5-3--| ||o-0-1-3-----------------------3-1-|-------0-1-3----------------------| ||----------------------------------|-3-3-3----------------------------|
1.,D.S.
To Coda
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-------------------0-2-3-5-3-----o|| |-0-0-0-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-5-3-2-0-----|-1-1-0-------0-2-3-----------5-3--|| |-----------------------------3-1-|-------3-1-3---------------------o|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Solo (Hamm)
2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. E. E H
||----------------------------------|--------------| ||o---------------------------------|-3--2--3-3----| ||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|--------------| ||o---------------------------------|--------------| ||----------------------------------|--------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e. e. e H 5x
|---------------------------------|---------------|| |---------------------------------|-2--3--2-2----o|| |---------------------------------|---------------|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------o|| |---------------------------------|---------------||
Solo (Schuldiner)
W W W H H
||-----------|----------|----------|------------|| ||o----------|----------|----------|-----------o|| ||-----------|-3--------|----------|-5----------|| ||o-0--------|----------|-3--------|------5----o|| ||-----------|----------|----------|------------||
1.,2.,3.,4. 5.
D.S. al Coda
W W W W 5x H H
||-----------|----------|----------|-----------||-----------|| ||o----------|----------|----------|----------o||-----------|| ||-----------|-3--------|----------|-----------||-5---------|| ||o-0--------|----------|-3--------|-5--------o||------5----|| ||-----------|----------|----------|-----------||-----------||
Interlude
&
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 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||------------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|| ||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-------------------||
[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]
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Outro Solo (Schuldiner)
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 9x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
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
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