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THE RITUAL (Bassline)
As recorded by Testament
(From the 1992 Album THE RITUAL)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com (slaya)
Words by Eric Peterson, Alex Skolnick, Chuck Billy, Del James Music by Eric
Peterson and Alex Skolnick
Arranged by Testament
Gtr I (Bb Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Bass'
Intro
Moderately Slow Ballad Q=59
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q Q. +S S S S E E S S E S S S S S S Q Q Q E. S
||-------------------|---------------------------|----------------|
||o------------------|---------------------------|----------------|
||-----2-----------3-|-3p2-2---------2-------2---|----2-----2--3--|
||o------------------|-----------------2---2---2-|----------------|
||--0-----0----(0)---|-------0-0-0-0-----0-------|-0-----0--------|
1.
S S Q. S S S S S S T +T S
|---------------7---7------------||
|-------------7---7---7---------o||
|-3p2-/5----5-----------5-(5)s7--||
|-------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------||
Rhy1 (Theme)
2Accel Q=62
S S Q +S S S S S S S S T +T S Q E. S Q. +S S
|-------------------7---7-----------||---------------------|
|---------------------7---7---------||---------------------|
|-3p2-/5--(5)-5---5---------5-(5)s7-||----2-------------3--|
|---------------5-------------------||---------------------|
|-----------------------------------||-0-----0-0----(0)----|
S S E E S S H Q E. S Q. +S S
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|-3p2-2------------|----2-------------3-|
|------------------|--------------------|
|-------0-0-0-0----|-0-----0-0----(0)---|
Rhy 2 (Theme)
Accel Q=64
S S H +E E E e S S e S S e S S S E.
|--------------------||--------------------------|
|--------------------||--------------------------|
|-3p2-/5----(5)-5-5\-||--------------------------|
|--------------------||--------------------------|
|--------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1----|
e S S e S S e S S S E. e S S e S S e S S S E. e S S e S S S S E Q
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------||
Verses
Slower Q=58
$
Q E. S Q. +S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S Q E. S Q E. S
||---------------------|-----------------------------|------------------|
||o--------------------|-----------------------------|------------------|
||-----2-------------3-|-3p2-2-----------2-------2---|----2-------2--3--|
||o--------------------|---------------2---2---2---2-|------------------|
||--0-----0-0----(0)---|-------0-0-0-0-------0-------|-0-----0-0--------|
S S Q +S S S S S S S S E
|----------------7-------7------|
|--------------------7-------7\-|
|-3p2-/5--(5)-/5---5---5---5----|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
Q E. S Q. +S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|----2-------------3-|-3p2-2-----------2-------2----|
|--------------------|---------------2---2---2---2--|
|-0-----0-0----(0)---|-------0-0-0-0-------0--------|
Pre-Verse/Pre-Chorus
Accel Q=60 Accel Q=63
Q Q Q E. S S S Q +S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|---------------|----------------7------------||------------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------7---7-7\-||------------------------------|
|----2-----2--3-|-3p2-/5--(5)-/5---5---5------||------------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------||-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-3--|
|-0-----0-------|-----------------------------||------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-3--|
|------------------------------|
1.
To Coda
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S E Q
|------------------------------|---------------------------||
|------------------------------|--------------------------o||
|------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0----|--------------------------o||
|---------------------------3--|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---------||
Chorus
2.
S S S S S S S S S Q E. E S S S E. E S S S E.
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|-------------------------||o-----------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|----------------------5--||o-2-2-2-2-5--1-1-1-1----|
|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-------||---------------------3--|
e S S e S S e S S S E.
|--------------------------||
|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------||
|---------------------5---o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------||
Interlude
E S S S E. E S S S E. W +H.. E W
|-----------------------||----------|---------------|------|
|-----------------------||----------|---------------|------|
|-----------------------||----------|---------------|------|
|-2-2-2-2-5--1-1-1-1----||-0--------|-(0)--------5\-|-0----|
|--------------------3--||----------|---------------|------|
Bridge
Accel Q=66
H +E. S T +T S T +T S Q Q Q E E
|------------------------------||---------------|
|------------------------------||o--------------|
|-/7-----(7)-------------------||---------------|
|-(0)----(0)-5-5-(5)s3-3-(3)s5-||o-2--2--1----0-|
|------------------------------||---------------|
+E E E. S S S S S T +T S T +T S
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-(0)-0-0--0-0-0-0-5-5-(5)s3-3-(3)s5--|
|-------------------------------------|
Guitar Solo
Slower Q=59
Q E. S S S S S T +T S T +T S Q Q Q S E. Q E. S Q. +S S
|----------------------------------||---------------||---------------------|
|---------------------------------o||---------------||o--------------------|
|----------------------------------||------------5--||-----2-------------3-|
|-0--0--0-0-0-0-5-5-(5)s3-3-(3)s5-o||-2--2--1-------||o--------------------|
|----------------------------------||---------------||--0-----0-0----(0)---|
S S E E S S S S S S S S S S Q E. S Q. +S S
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-3p2-2-----------2-------2---|----2-------------3-|
|---------------2---2---2---2-|--------------------|
|-------0-0-0-0-------0-------|-0-----0-0----(0)---|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/testament/the_ritual_btab.html ]
1Accel Q=60 2. Accel Q=62
S S Q +E S S S S S S E S S Q +E S S S S S S E
|-----------------7-----7----||-----------------7-----7---||
|---------------7---7-----7-o||---------------7---7-----7-||
|-3p2-/5--(5)-5-------5------||-3p2-/5--(5)-5-------5-----||
|---------------------------o||---------------------------||
|----------------------------||---------------------------||
Solo Rhy. Switch
Accel Q=64
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-3--|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-3--|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0------|
|---------------------------3----|
Harmonized Gtr. Section
Slow a bit Q=63
S S S S S S S S S S E Q e S S e S S e S S S E. e S S e S S e S S S E.
|--------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6---|
Solo Rhy. Switch
Accel Q=64 Slow a bit Q=63
e S S e S S e S S S E. S S S S S S S S S Q E. E S S S E. E S S S E.
|------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------5--||-2-2-2-2-5--1-1-1-1----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-------||--------------------3--|
Accel Q=64
e S S e S S e S S S E. E S S S E. E S S S E. e S S e S S e S S S E.
|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------5--|-2-2-2-2-5--1-1-1-1----|---------------------5---||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|--------------------3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----||
2nd Interlude
E S S S E. E S S S E. W H.. E W
|-----------------------||----------|--------------|------|
|-----------------------||----------|--------------|------|
|-----------------------||----------|-----------/7-|------|
|-2-2-2-2-5--1-1-1-1----||-0--------|-0------------|-0----|
|--------------------3--||----------|--------------|------|
2nd Bridge
Accel Q=66
S E H S T +T S T +T S Q Q Q E E
|----------------------------||--------------|
|----------------------------||--------------|
|----------------------------||--------------|
|-0--------5-5-(5)s3-3-(3)s5-||-2--2--1----0-|
|----------------------------||--------------|
+E E E. S S S S S T +T S T +T S
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-(0)-0-0--0-0-0-0-5-5-(5)s3-3-(3)s5--|
|-------------------------------------|
Accel Q=67
Q E. S S S S S T +T S T +T S Q Q Q E E
|---------------------------------|--------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------|
|-0--0--0-0-0-0-5-5-(5)s3-3-(3)s5-|-2--2--1----0-|
|---------------------------------|--------------|
+E E E. S S S S S T +T S T +T S
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-(0)-0-0--0-0-0-0-5-5-(5)s3-3-(3)s5-|
|------------------------------------|
Intro-Recap
Slower Q=62
Q E. S S S S S T +T S T +T S Q Q Q S E. Q E. S Q. +S S
|---------------------------------|---------------||---------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------||---------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------5--||----2-------------3--|
|-0--0--0-0-0-0-5-5-(5)s3-3-(3)s5-|-2--2--1-------||---------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------||-0-----0-0----(0)----|
S S E E S S S S S S S S S S Q E. S Q. +S S
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-3p2-2-----------2-------2---|----2-------------3-|
|---------------2---2---2---2-|--------------------|
|-------0-0-0-0-------0-------|-0-----0-0----(0)---|
D.S. al Coda
S S Q +S S S S S S S S E
|----------------7---------------||
|--------------------7---7---7\--||
|-3p2-/5--(5)-/5---5---5---5-----||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
2nd Chorus
Accel Q=64
&
S S S S S S S S S Q E. E S S S E. E S S S E. e S S e S S e S S S E.
|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------||o-----------------------|------------------------o||
|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||
|----------------------5--||o-2-2-2-2-5--1-1-1-1----|---------------------5--o||
|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-------||---------------------3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----||
Outro
E S S S E. E S S S E. W H.. E
|-----------------------||----------|--------------|
|-----------------------||----------|--------------|
|-----------------------||----------|--------------|
|-2-2-2-2-5--1-1-1-1----||-0--------|-0---------5\-|
|--------------------3--||----------|--------------|
H.=H
W +W +W
|----------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|--------*|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
|----------|------------|--------*|
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
