Idioglossia Chords & Tabs
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IDIOGLOSSIA (Bassline)
As recorded by Pain Of Salvation
(From the 2000 Album THE PERFECT ELEMENT PART I)
Transcribed by Luca Abete
Words and Music by D.Gildenlow
Gtr I (B D A D G B) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=107
12/16 15/16 17/16
Gtr I
H. H.. S H.. S W S
|---------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
12/16 15/16
T T T T T
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-------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-2p0h2p0h2-5p0h2p0h2-5p0h|=2p0h2p0h2-7p0h2-7p0h2p0h2-7p0-|
||--------------------------|-------------------------------|
17/16
T T T T T T T
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 5x
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|-2p0h2p0h2-9p0h2p0h2-9p0h2-9p0h|=2p0h2p0h2-10p0h2-10p0h4p0h4-10p5-10p0--o||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
Breakdown 0:51
4/4
S E E T T S E E T T S E T T 3x S E E T T S E E T T S E.
||----------------------------------||-----------------------------|
||o--------------------------------o||-----------------------------|
||----------------------------------||-----------------------------|
||----------------------------------||-----------------------------|
||o-12-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-o||-12-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-12----|
||----------------------------------||-----------------------------|
S E E T T S E E T T S E T T 8x
||-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||
||o-12-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0--o||
||-----------------------------------||
Pre-Verse 1:16
Q=110
7/4
|-3-|
S S Q. E S S E S S S S E E S S S E E
||-----------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
||o-2-2--------2-2---2-2-2-2-----0-0-0-0---|
||-----------------------------------------|
|-3-|
S S Q. E S S E S S S S E E S S S E E
|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-2-2--------2-2---2-2-2-2-----x-0-0-0---o||
|-----------------------------------------||
Verse 1:31
|-3-|
S S Q. E S S E S S S S E E S S S E E
||-----------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
||o-2-2--------2-2---2-2-2-2-----0-0-0-0---|
||-----------------------------------------|
|-3-|
S S Q. E S S E S S S S E E S S S E E 4x
|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-2-2--------2-2---2-2-2-2-----x-0-0-0-----o||
|-------------------------------------------||
Guitar Break 2:02
Q=113
5/8
T T T T T T T T
|----6-----| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T T T T T
||-------------------------------||-||----------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------o||-||o--------------------------------------o||
||--12p5h7-12p5h7-12p5h7-12p5h7--||-||--12p0h5h7-12p0h5h7-12p0h5h7-12p0h5h7---||
||-------------------------------||-||----------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------o||-||o--------------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------||-||----------------------------------------||
Chorus 2:07
Q=77
7/8
Q. S Q +S S S Q +S S S S +Q S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3----(3)-3--(3)-(3)-(3)-|-3--(3)-(3)-(3)-3-(3)--5-5-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
Q +S S S S +Q S S Q.. E S S S S S
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|--------12-9-/12-(12)--9---|--------------------|
|-7--(7)------------------9-|-7-----7-5-5-5-5-5--|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
Q. S S E S S S S Q. S E S S e S
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|-3------3---3-3-3-3-|-3----3-3---------|
|------5-------------|----------5-5-5-4-|
|--------------------|------------------|
4/4
Q.. Q. S Q.. E S S S S S S S
|--------------|---------------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|
|-------2------|---------------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|
|-2----------2-|-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-(2)-|
|--------------|---------------------------|
"Ashes" Theme 2:30
Q=70
E E E S. T E E E S T T E E E E E E E S T T
|------------------------||---------------------|
|------------------------||---------------------|
|------------------------||---------------------|
|-0-0-0-0----------------||---------------------|
|----------0-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|------------------------||---------------------|
E E E S. T E E E E +S S E Q E E E E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0------------|----------------------|
|----------0-3-3-3-0-|-(0)-0-0-0--3-3-3-3---|
|--------------------|----------------------|
E E E S. T E E E S T T S S E E.. T Q S S S S
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0----------------|------------------------|
|----------0-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0---0-3--3-3-3-3-|
|------------------------|------------------------|
Q=65
E E E S. T E E E E +S S E E. S Q +Q
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0--0---------|-----------------------|
|------------3-3-3-0-|-(0)-0-0-0--3-3--(3)---|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
Breakdown 2:58
Q=110
S E E T T S E E T T S E T T S E E T T S E E T T S E T T 4x
||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o--------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o-12-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-|-12-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0--o||
||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Verse 2 3:15
Q=108
7/4
S S S S +S S E. S S S E S S S S S E S S S E S S
||----------------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
||o-0-2-2-2-(2)-0-2--0-0-2-/2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-|
||----------------------------------------------------|
S S S S +S S E. S S S E S S S S S E S S S E S S 4x
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-0-2-2-2-(2)-0-2--0-0-2-/2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0--o||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
Guitar Solo 3:46
Q=76
7/8
S S S S E. Q. S S S S S E. E S E S S
|-------------------|----------------------|
|------------5------|------------5---------|
|-----------------5-|--------------5-------|
|-3-3-3-3-3---------|-3-3-3-3-3------3-5-5-|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
Q. S Q. S S S S +Q e e S S S
|---------------|----------------------|
|---------------|----------------------|
|---------------|------------7-7-5-----|
|-7------7------|---5-7-(7)--------7---|
|------9------9-|----------------------|
|---------------|-5------------------5-|
Q.. Q. S Q.. Q +S S S Q. S E +S E S S Q. S Q E S
|--------------|------------------|---------------------|---------------|
|--------------|-------5--(5)-----|--------9-(9)s11-9---|---------------|
|-------5------|------------------|------9------------9-|---------------|
|-3------------|-3------------5-5-|-7-------------------|---------------|
|------------5-|------------------|---------------------|---------------|
|--------------|------------------|---------------------|-5----5-5--5-0-|
Chorus 4:08
Q=74
Q. S Q +S S S Q +S S S S +Q S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3----(3)-3--(3)-(3)-(3)-|--------(3)-(3)-3-(3)--5-5-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-1--(1)--------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/pain_of_salvation/idioglossia_btab.html ]
Q.. Q +S S S Q +S S S Q E S
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|-7-----7--(7)-7-7-|-7--(7)-7-2----5-5-|
|------------------|------------2------|
|------------------|-------------------|
Q. S S E S S S S Q. S E S S e S
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|-3------3---3-3-3-3-|-3----3-3---------|
|------5-------------|----------5-5-5-4-|
|--------------------|------------------|
4/4
Q.. Q. S Q.. E S S S S S S S
|--------------|---------------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|
|-------2------|---------------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|
|-2----------2-|-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-(2)-|
|--------------|---------------------------|
Bridge 4:31
Q=71
Q.. E S S Q S E Q S E S S T T S E S
|------------------||------------------------|
|------------------||------------------------|
|-------7-7-7-7----||------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
|-0--------------0-||-0-0------------------0-|
|------------------||------------------------|
|------------------||------------------------|
E E +E. S +S S S S S S S S e E +E. S +S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------3-(3)-3-3-3-3---3---|---------3-(3)-3-(3)-3-(3)---3-----|
|-----------------------3---3-|---------------------------3---3---|
|-3-3-(3)---------------------|-3-3-(3)---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E Q S E S S T T S S S S E Q S E S S T T S S S S
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-----|------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0-0------------------3-2-|-0-0----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
Q E. +S E. T T S E S E E +E. S +S S S S S S S S
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-0--0--(0)-0--0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
"Ashes" Theme 4:58
Q=152
E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E
||----------------------||---------------------|
||o---------------------||---------------------|
||----------------------||---------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||---------------------|
||o---------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||----------------------||---------------------|
E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E 4x
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
Guitar Solo 5:23
E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------|
||o---------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||----------------------|---------------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
3/4
E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E 4x E S S E E E S S
|---------------------|----------------------||-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------o||-----------------|
|---------------------|----------------------||-----------------|
|---------------------|----------------------||-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---------------------|----------------------||-----------------|
Intro Theme 5:48
Q=109
12/16 15/16
T T T T T
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-------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-2p0h2p0h2-5p0h2p0h2-5p0h|=2p0h2p0h2-7p0h2-7p0h2p0h2-7p0-|
||--------------------------|-------------------------------|
17/16
T T T T T T T
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||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|-2p0h2p0h2-9p0h2p0h2-9p0h2-9p0h|=2p0h2p0h2-10p0h2-10p0h4p0h4-10p5-10p0--o||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
Guitar Break 6:04
Q=105
7/4
|-3-|
S S Q. E S S E S S S S E E S S S E E
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-2-2--------2-2---2-2-2-2-----0-0-0-0---|
|----------------------------------------|
|-3-|
S S Q. E S S E S S S S E E S S S E E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-2-2--------2-2---2-2-2-2-----x-0-0-0----|
|-----------------------------------------|
Pre-Verse 6:13
|-3-|
S S Q. E S S E S S S S E E S S S E E
||-----------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
||o-2-2--------2-2---2-2-2-2-----0-0-0-0---|
||-----------------------------------------|
|-3-|
S S Q. E S S E S S S S E E S S S E E
|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-2-2--------2-2---2-2-2-2-----x-0-0-0-----o||
|-------------------------------------------||
Verse 3 6:29
Q=107
|-3-|
S S Q. E S S E S S S S E E S S S E E
||-----------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
||o-2-2--------2-2---2-2-2-2-----0-0-0-0---|
||-----------------------------------------|
|-3-|
S S Q. E S S E S S S S E E S S S E E
|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-2-2--------2-2---2-2-2-2-----x-0-0-0-----o||
|-------------------------------------------||
S S +S S +S S E. S S S E S S S S S E S S S E S S
||------------------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------|
||o-0-2-(2)-2-(2)-0-2--0-0-2-/2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-|
||------------------------------------------------------|
S S +S S +S S E. S S S E S S S S S E S S S E S S 6x
|--------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------||
|-0-2-(2)-2-(2)-0-2--0-0-2-/2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0---o||
|--------------------------------------------------------||
Outro 7:31
S S +S S +S S E. S S S E S S S S S E S S S E S S
||------------------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------|
||o-0-2-(2)-2-(2)-0-2--0-0-2-/2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-|
||------------------------------------------------------|
1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.
S S +S S +S S E. S S S E S S S S S E S S S E S S 7x
|--------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------||
|-0-2-(2)-2-(2)-0-2--0-0-2-/2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0---o||
|--------------------------------------------------------||
7.
S S +S S +S S E Q W W H.
|-------------------------------|----------------*|
|-------------------------------|----------------*|
|-------------------------------|----------------*|
|-------------------------------|----------------*|
|-0-2-(2)-2-(2)-0-2-------------|----------------*|
|-------------------------------|----------------*|
Duration Legend
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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
