Absence of Light Symphony X

 
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 Keyboard Solo 1


 S E S E S S +S S S S S S S S S E S E S S +S S S S S S E 4x


 

 
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 Guitar Solo 1


 7/8 4/4


 E. E. e E S S S S E. S +E e E S S S S S S 4x


 

 
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 9/8


 E. S +E E H S E. E. E E S S E S S S


 

 
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 7/8


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 Verse


 [4/4] 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


 

 
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 Pre-Chorus


 Q +E. S +H Q +E. S +H Q +E. S +H Q +E. S +E Q.


 

 
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{t:Absence of Light}
 {st:Symphony X}
 
 ABSENCE OF LIGHT (Bassline)
 As recorded by Symphony X
 (From the 2000 Album V)
 
 Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson
 
 Words by Romeo, Allen Music by Romeo, Pinnella
 
 Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Bass'
 
 Intro
 Q=117
 [5/4] Gtr I[4/4]
 Q E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
 
 {sot}
 |------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 |------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 |----------------------------6-|-(6)-------------8-7---7-6-----|
 |----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-8---|-----5-5-5-5-5-5-----5-----4-5-|
 {eot}
 
 E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E E +S E. Q S S S S
 
 {sot}
 |---------------------------|-------------------------|
 |---------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-------------------------6-|-(6)-8-(8)-7-------------|
 |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-8---|--------------8--4-4-4-5-|
 {eot}
 
 +E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
 
 {sot}
 |-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
 |---------------------------6-|-(6)-------------8-7---7-6-----|
 |-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-8---|-----5-5-5-5-5-5-----5-----4-5-|
 {eot}
 
 +E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E E +S E. Q S S S S
 
 {sot}
 |-----------------------------|-------------------------||
 |-----------------------------|-------------------------||
 |---------------------------6-|-(6)-8-(8)-7-------------||
 |-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-8---|--------------8--4-4-4-4-||
 {eot}
 
 Keyboard Solo 1
 S E S E S S +S S S S S S S S S E S E S S +S S S S S S E 4x
 
 {sot}
 ||--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
 ||o-------------------------------|------------------------------o||
 ||o-------------------------------|---------------------------3--o||
 ||--3-2-3-2-3-2-(2)-0-2h3-0-0-2h3-|-3-2-3-2-3-2-(2)-0-2h3-0-0-----||
 {eot}
 
 Guitar Solo 1
 7/8 4/4
 E. E. e E S S S S E. S +E e E S S S S S S 4x
 
 {sot}
 ||--------------------|---------------------------||
 ||o---------------1---|------------------1-------o||
 ||o-2--0--2-2-3-0---0-|-2--0-(0)-2-2-3-0---0-3-0-o||
 ||--------------------|---------------------------||
 {eot}
 
 Break
 9/8
 E. S +E E H S E. E. E E S S E S S S
 
 {sot}
 ||------------------|--------------------------||
 ||o-----------------|-------------------------o||
 ||o-----------------|-------------------------o||
 ||--2--0-(0)-2------|---2--0--2-2-2-0-2-3-2-0--||
 {eot}
 
 $
 7/8
 S E S E S S +S S S S S S S E S E S S +S S S S S S
 
 {sot}
 ||----------------------------|---------------------------|
 ||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
 ||o-------------------------1-|-------------------------1-|
 ||--3-2-3-2-3-2-(2)-3-2-0-3---|-3-2-3-2-3-2-(2)-3-2-0-3---|
 {eot}
 
 S E S E S S +S S S S S S
 
 {sot}
 |---------------------------|
 |---------------------------|
 |-------------------------1-|
 |-3-2-3-2-3-2-(2)-3-2-0-2---|
 {eot}
 
 5/8
 |-3-|
 S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
 
 {sot}
 |----------------------------||-|----------------------||
 |---------2h4p2-------------o||-|----------------------||
 |---------------5-4-2-1-2-4-o||-|-2-1------------------||
 |-3-2-3-2--------------------||-|-----3-2-0-5-3-0-7-5--||
 {eot}
 
 Verse
 [4/4] 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
 
 {sot}
 ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 ||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 ||o-7-5---------------------7---7---|-7-5---------------------5---5\-4--|
 ||------0-0---0---0---0-5-7---7---7-|-----0-0---0-3-0---0-5-7---7-------|
 {eot}
 
 E S S S e 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
 
 {sot}
 |-----------------------------|----------------------------------||
 |-----------------------------|---------------------------------o||
 |---------------------7---7---|-7-5---7-5-----------------------o||
 |---0-0-6-0-0---0-5-7---7---7-|-----7-----6-5-0-3S5-0-5S6-0-6S5--||
 {eot}
 
 Pre-Chorus
 Q +E. S +H Q +E. S +H Q +E. S +H Q +E. S +E Q.
 
 {sot}
 |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------||
 |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------||
 |-3--(3)-5-(5)----|-3--(3)-5-(5)----||-6--(6)-8-(8)----|-6--(6)-8-(8)-9-----||
 |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------||
 {eot}
 
 Chorus
 $$
 E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
 |---------------------------|-------------------------------|
 |---------------------------|-------------------------------|
 |-------------------------4-|-(4)-------------6-5---5-4-----|
 |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-6---|-----3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-----2-3-|
 
 +E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E E +S E. Q S S S S
 |-----------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-----------------------------|-------------------------|
 |---------------------------4-|-(4)-6-(6)-5-------------|
 |-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-6---|--------------6--2-2-2-3-|
 
 +E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
 |-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
 |---------------------------4-|-(4)-------------6-5---5-4-----|
 |-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-6---|-----3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-----2-3-|
 
 D.S.
 D.S.
 +E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E E +S E. Q S S S S
 |-----------------------------|-------------------------||
 |-----------------------------|-------------------------||
 |---------------------------4-|-(4)-6-(6)-5-------------||
 |-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-6---|--------------6--2-2-2-2-||
 
 Guitar Solo 2
 S E S E S S +S S S S S S S S S E S E S S +S S S S S S E 4x
 ||--------------------------------|-------------------------------||
 ||o-------------------------------|------------------------------o||
 ||o-------------------------------|---------------------------3--o||
 ||--3-2-3-2-3-2-(2)-0-2h3-0-0-2h3-|-3-2-3-2-3-2-(2)-0-2h3-0-0-----||
 
 Bridge
 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
 |---------------------------------||----------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------||----------------------------------|
 |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------------|
 |-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
 
 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S +E E +S E. Q
 |---------------------------------||----------------------||
 |---------------------------------||----------------3-----||
 |-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-------------------4--||
 |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------||-3--6-(6)-5-(5)-------||
 
 Keyboard Solo 2
 7/8 4/4
 E. E. e E S S S S E. S +E e E S S S S S S 4x
 ||--------------------|---------------------------||
 ||o---------------1---|------------------1-------o||
 ||o-2--0--2-2-3-0---0-|-2--0-(0)-2-2-3-0---0-3-0-o||
 ||--------------------|---------------------------||
 
 Instrumental Bridge
 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
 |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
 |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
 
 D.S.S. al Coda
 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E W
 |-----------------|-----------------||---------------------||
 |-----------------|-----------------||---------------------||
 |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------||-8-8-8-8-8-8---------||
 |-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||-------------8-6-----||
 
 Out-Chorus
 &
 E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
 |---------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |---------------------------|-----------------10-9---9-8-----|
 |-------------------------1-|-(1)-----------7------7-----6-7-|
 |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3---|-----0-0-0-0-0------------------|
 
 +E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E E +S E. Q S S S S
 |-----------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-----------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-(7)-----------------------1-|-(1)-3-(3)-2-----6-6-6---|
 |-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3---|--------------3--------0-|
 
 +E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
 |-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------|-----------------10-9---9-8------|
 |---------------------------1-|-(1)-----------7------7-----6-7--|
 |-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3---|-----0-0-0-0-0-------------------|
 
 +E S S E S S E S S S S S S +E E +S E. E. S +E E +S E. Q H
 |-----------------------------|-------------------------|----------------*|
 |-----------------------------|-------------------------|----------------*|
 |-(7)-----------------------1-|-(1)-3-(3)-2-----6-(6)-9-|-(9)-7----------*|
 |-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3---|--------------3----------|--------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

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