"Insight" by Joy Division (from the album "Unknown Pleasures")
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transcribed by Gilles Velay
Any comments, corrections or suggestions ?
Please email me at gvelay@club-internet.fr
Notation :
w : whole
h : half R : rest
q : quarter / : slide up
e : 8th h : hammer on
s : 16th ++++ : tied notes
Riff 0
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e e e e e e e e [x4]
G-||12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--||
D-||--------------------------------||
A-||--------------------------------|| with crescendo
E-||--------------------------------||
Riff I
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e e e e q+e e ++++ e q q q e [x2]
G-||/12--12--11--11--9------------9---|--9---9-------9-------9-------9---||
D-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
A-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
E-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
e e e e q+e e ++++ e q+e e q e [x2]
G-||-7---7---9---9---5------------5---|--5---5-----------5---5-------5---||
D-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
A-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
E-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Riff II
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h sliding e e e e e e e e e e e e
G-|--5-------/-------19--19--19--19---|--19--19--19--19--19--19--19--19---|
D-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/joy_division/insight_btab.html ]
e e e e s s e e e s s e s s s s e e e
G-||-19--19--19--19--17h18-19-19-19---|--17h18-19-19-19--17h18-19-19-19---|
D-||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A-||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E-||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e e e e e e e e e e e e s s e e e [x4]
G-|--19--19--19--19--15--15--17--17---|--19--19--19--19--17h18-19-19-19--||
D-|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
A-|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
E-|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
e e e e s s e e e s s e s s s s e e e
G-|--19--19--19--19--17h18-19-19-19---|--17h18-19-19-19--17h18-19-19-19---|
D-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
h h w
G-|--19-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D-|------------------R----------------|--R--------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Intro : Riff 0
Riff I
1st Verse : Riff I (x4)
Chorus : Riff II
2nd Verse : Riff I (x4) with some rhythm variations
Chorus : Riff II
Note :
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All through the song, there is a 2d bass which seems to play :
q+e+s s e q+e
G-||----------------------------------||
D-||------------0-0-------------------||
A-||-R--------------------R-----------|| on verses
E-||----------------------------------||
and
e q+s s e q+s s
G-||----------------------------------||
D-||-0----------0-0----------------0--||
A-||-----R----------------R-----------|| on choruses
E-||----------------------------------||
