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Song
CATHEDRAL - UTOPIAN BLASTER
From THE CARNIVAL BIZARRE
Copyright 1995 Earache Records
Transcribed by MARKUS MARJOMAA
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. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on 5b(7) - bend to
p - pull off (7)r5 - release bend from
tr - trill
I have omitted the solos, because they are nothing special and also very short. Improvisation is (as always!)
the key here.
Order of riffs:
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Riff I
Riff II
Riff III
Riff IV x 2
Riff II
Riff III
Riff IV x 2
Riff II
Riff III with Fill 1
Riff V
Riff VI
Riff V
Riff VI
Riff V
Riff VII
Fill 2
Riff III
Riff IV x 2
Riff II with End
Tune down to C
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RIFF I (intro) - play 4 times
1. 2. 3. 4.
|----------------------------------|--------|----------|-----------|-------------| |----------------------------------|--------|----------|-----------|-------------| |----------------------------------|--------|----------|-----------|-------------| |-4--4--4--2-/7/11--11-11--11-11\9-|-11\9\7-|-11/14\11-|-11\9\7/11-|-11/14\13--2-| |-2--2--2--0-/5/9---9--9---9--9-\7-|-9-\7\5-|-9-/12\9--|-9-\7\5/9--|-9-/12\11--2-| |----------------------------------|--------|----------|-----------|-----------0-|
RIFF II (chorus) - play 2 times
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|-7/9-7-------| |-----------------------------------------5-------------------------|-5/7-5-7/9-7-| |-5h7-7-7p5---5h7-7-7p5---5h7-7-7p5---5h7---5h7-7-7p5---5h7-7-7p5---|-------5/7-5-| |-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------------7-----------7-|-------------|
Substitute this part
for End as indicated
in the order of riffs.
RIFF III - play 2 times
|----------------------------------------------------------|-------------| |----------------------------------------------------------|-------------| |----------------------------------------------------------|-7/9-7-------| |----------------------------------------------------------|-5/7-5-7/9\7-| |-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-5-2-7--2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-|-------5/7\5-| |-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-3-0-5--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-|-------------|
. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . Substitute this
for Fill 1 when
appropriate.
RIFF IV (verse) - play 4 times
1,3 2. 4.
|-------------------------------|-------|-------|-------| |-------------------------------|-------|-------|-------| |-------------------------------|-------|-------|-------| |-------------------------------|-------|-------|-----5-| |-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-|-5/7\5-|-5-2-7-|-5-2-3-| |-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-|-3/5\3-|-3-0-5-|-3-0---|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF V - play 2 times
1. 2.
|---------------|---------------|-----------|-----------------------------| |---------------|---------------|-----------|-----------------------------| |---------------|---------------|-----------|-----------------------------| |-9--9-9--12\11-|---------------|-----------|-9--9-9--12\11-12-12-12------| |-7--7-7--10\9--|-12-12-12-9/12-|-12-7-9/12-|-7--7-7--10\9--10-10-10-9/12-| |---------------|-10-10-10-7/10-|-10-5-7/10-|------------------------7/10-|
.
RIFF VI (verse) - play 4 times
|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-4--4-4--7-0-4--4-4------4--4-4--7\6--7--7-7-----| |-2--2-2--5-0-2--2-2-4/7--2--2-2--5\4--5--5-5-4/7-| |--------------------2/5----------------------2/5-| |-------------------------------------------------|
Riff VII - play 4 times
1,3 2,4
|----------------------------------------|-----|------| |----------------------------------------|-----|------| |----------------------------------------|-----|-1tr2-| |-2h4-4-4p2------------------------2-2-2-|---2-|------| |-----------4--4-4-4-4-2-0-0-0h2h4-------|-4---|------| |----------------------------------------|-----|------|
Fill 1
play 4 times
|--------------|-------------------| |--------------|-------------------| |--------------|-------------------| |-7/9-7--------|-------------------| |-5/7-5-10-5-7-|-------------------| |-------8--3-5-|-5--5-8-8-5--5-8-8-|
Fill 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-6--6-6--4--4-4--2--2-2----------4--4-4--2--2-2--------------------| |-4--4-4--2--2-2--0--0-0--5--5-5--2--2-2--0--0-0--5--5-5--3--3-3--2-| |-------------------------3--3-3------------------3--3-3--1--1-1--0-|
End
|--------------| |--------------| |--------------| |-7/9-7--------| |-5/7-5-10-5-2-| |-------8--3-0-|
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*-Markus Marjomaa, mmarjoma@mail.student.oulu.fi*
*-http://www.student.oulu.fi/~mmarjoma/ *
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* "The higher we rise, the smaller we seem to *
* those who cannot fly." *
* -Nietzsche *
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