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BENEATH (Bassline)
As recorded by Meshuggah
(From the 1995 Album DESTROY, ERASE, IMPROVE)
Transcribed by Olie NcLean
Words by Tomas Haake Music by Fredrik Thordendal
Gtr I (Bb Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Untitled'
Quiet Intro Main Intro
H=155 Q.=177
Bsus4add9 Badd9b5 Badd9
12/8
Gtr I
Wx16 Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E
|-----------------||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------||o-(11)---------------(11)---|-------------(11)----------|
|-----------------||---(7)----------------(8)---|--------------(9)----------|
|-----------------||o---7------------------7----|---------------7-----------|
|-----------------||-----------0-0---0-0--------|---0-0---0-0----------0-0--|
Main riff exposition
Badd9b5N.C. N.C.
6/8
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM
E E E Q. E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------||-||--------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------(11)---------------o||-||o-------------|-------------|--------------|
|--------(8)----------------||-||--------------|-------------|--------------|
|---------7----------------o||-||o-------------|-------------|--------------|
|---0-0--------5S4-1-5S4-1--||-||--5S4-1-1-1-5S|=4-1-1-1-5S4-|-1-1-1-5S4-1--|
PM| PM----| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM
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||
|-1-1-5S4-1-1-|-1-5S4-1-1-1-|-5S4-1-1-1-5S|=4-1-1-1-5-4-|-1-1-1-5S4-1--||
Verse 1
N.C.
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM----| PM----| PM--|
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-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
||--5s4-1-1-1-5s|=4-1-1-1-5s4-|-1-1-1-5s4-1-|-1-1-5s4-1-1-|-1-5s4-1-1-1--|
Post-verse
N.C.
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E Q E E E E
|-------------|-------------|--------------||-||--------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------||-||--------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------|
|-5s4-1-1-1-5s|=4-1-1-1-5-4-|-1-1-1-5s4-1--||-||--0-2-0-3-0-4-|----0-6-0-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-0-4-----5s6-|-0-3s4-0-5s6-|-0-3-0-4----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-0-3-0-6-0-4-|---3s2-0-3s2-|-4s3-7-0-4s3--||
Tommy bit (Pre-chorus)
Aadd9bN.C.(D)
PM------------------------------------------|
Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||--4--4------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--6--6------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-5--5------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--------3-4-|-3-3-4-3-3-4-|-3-3-4-5-4-2-|-2-3-4-3-3-4--||
Chorus
Aadd9b5 N.C. D D#
Q. +Q E E E E Q. +Q E E E E E Q +Q. 8x
||--4----(4)----|------------|--------------|-------------||
||o-------------|------------|--------------|------------o||
||--6----(6)----|------------|--------------|-------------||
||o-5----(5)----|------------|--------------|------------o||
||------------3-|---5---3----|-(3)----3---3-|---4--(4)----||
Riff and Verse 2
N.C.
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-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
||--5s4-1---1-5s|=4-1---1-5s4-|-1---1-5s4-1-|---1-5s4-1---|-1-5s4-1---1--|
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-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------||-||--------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|--------------|
|-5s4-1---1-5s|=4-1---1-5s4-|-1---1-5s4-1--||-||--5s4-1---1-5s|=4-1---1-5s4--|
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
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-1---1-5s4-1-|---1-5s4-1---|-1-5s4-1---1-|-5s4-1---1-5s|=4-1---1-5s4-|
Solo
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-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|--------------||-||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-1---1-5s4-1--||-||--5s4-1---1-5s|=4-1---1-5s4-|-1---1-5s4-1-|---1-5s4-1----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/meshuggah/beneath_btab.html ]
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||
|-1-5s4-1---1-|-5s4-1---1-5s|=4-1---1-5s4-|-1---1-5s4-1--||
Post Verse 2
N.C.
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
||--------------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||o-------------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||--------------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||o-------------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||--0-2-0-3-0-4-|----0-6-0-3-|-0-4-----5s6-|-0-3s4-0-5s6-|-0-3-0-4-----|
Re-capitulation
Bsus4add9 Badd9b5
12/8
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q.
|-------------|-------------|--------------||-||-----------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||-||o-(11)---------------(11)----|
|-------------|-------------|--------------||-||---(7)----------------(8)----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||-||o---7------------------7-----|
|-0-3-0-6-0-4-|---3s2-0-3s2-|-4s3-7-0-4s3--||-||-----------0-0---0-0---------|
Badd9
E E E E E E Q. E E E
|--------------------------|
|-------------(11)---------|
|--------------(9)---------|
|---------------7----------|
|---0-0---0-0----------0-0-|
Badd9b5 Cadd9b5
9/8
E E E Q. E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E 7x
|---------------------------||-||----------------------||
|-------(11)---------------o||-||o-12--12-------------o||
|--------(8)----------------||-||---9---9--------------||
|---------7----------------o||-||o--8---8-------------o||
|---0-0--------5S4-1-5S4-1--||-||----------1-1---1-1---||
Rhythm Bit
N.C.(B°)
12/8
E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------||------------------------|
|-------------------||o-----------------------|
|-------------------||------------------------|
|-------------------||o-----------------------|
|---1-1-1---1-1-1---||--0----0-0-----0-0-0----|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-0-0-----0-0----0-0-0---|---0-0-----0-0----0-0-0-|
Q E E Q E E E E E E 4x E Q E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------||------------------------|
|-----------------------o||------------------------|
|------------------------||------------------------|
|-----------------------o||------------------------|
|----0-0----0-0-----0-0--||-0----0-0-----0-0-0---1-|
Verse 3
N.C.
6/8
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-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||--5s4-1---1-5s|=4-1---1-5s4-|-1---1-5s4-1-|---1-5s4-1---|-1-5s4-1---1-|
Post-verse 3
N.C.
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E Q E E E E
|-------------|-------------|--------------||-||--------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------||-||--------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------|
|-5s4-1-1-1-5s|=4-1-1-1-5-4-|-1-1-1-5s4-1--||-||--0-2-0-3-0-4-|----0-6-0-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-0-4-----5s6-|-0-3s4-0-5s6-|-0-3-0-4----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-0-3-0-6-0-4-|---3s2-0-3s2-|-4s3-7-0-4s3--||
Chorus 2
Aadd9b5 N.C. D D#
Q. +Q E E E E Q. +Q E E E E E Q +Q. 8x
||--4----(4)----|------------|--------------|-------------||
||o-------------|------------|--------------|------------o||
||--6----(6)----|------------|--------------|-------------||
||o-5----(5)----|------------|--------------|------------o||
||------------3-|---5---3----|-(3)----3---3-|---4--(4)----||
Tommy bit (outro)
1.,2.,3.
Aadd9bN.C.
PM------------------------------------------|
Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||--4--4------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--6--6------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-5--5------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--------3-4-|-3-3-4-3-3-4-|-3-3-4-5-4-2-|-2-3-4-3-3-4--||
4.
PM----------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E W W
|-------------|-------------||--------|------*|
|-------------|-------------||--------|------*|
|-------------|-------------||--------|------*|
|-------------|-------------||--------|------*|
|-3-3-4-5-4-2-|-2-3-4-3-x-4-||--------|------*|
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
