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Zero Signal

Fear Factory
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4.3(6)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

transcribed by: thomas hassler

album: DEMANUFACTURE

SONG: zero signal

All guitars tune down a perfect fourth (B, E, A, D, F#, B)

LEGEND:

* -- palm-mute

H -- hit-on

P -- pull-off

~~~~ -- vibrato

A.H. -- Artificial Harmonic

N.H. -- Natural Harmonic

Intro with wind-like studio noises, and then the guitars crash in with

this

Riff A:

This rhythm follows the snare hits of the drums

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--2-------(2)----(2)-(2)---|
|--2-------(2)----(2)-(2)---|
|--0-------(0)----(0)-(0)---|

Riff B:

Natural Harmonics throughout, rapid trill picking

(Note: those are not "22"'s down there, they are "2"'s)

|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|

|--22222222--|

Riff C:

(Note: As before, those are not "11"'s or "10"'s down there; they are

"1"'s and "0"'s.

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

|-11101110-0-0-0-11101110-0-0-0-11101110-0-0-0-11101110--|

******** * * * ******** * * * ******** * * * ********

Riff D:

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

|-55555-55555-55555-55555-55555-55555-55555-55555--|

***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****

Riff E:

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------7---------------7---------------7---------------|
|-0-11111-1-1-1-5-0-11111-1-1-1-5-0-11111-1-1-1-5-0-1111111111--|

* ***** * * * * * ***** * * * * * ***** * * * * * **********

Riff F:

Let all chords ring out clearly

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------------------------|
|-7----------9--------------------5555555555--|
|------------7----------5555555555------------|

********************

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-9----------7----------6---------7-----------|
|-7----------5----------4---------5-----------|
|---------------------------------------------|

Riff G:

The section that is separated in the second line of tablature should be

replaced with a rest on the second repeat of this riff. If you don't

understand, listen to the recording and you'll hear what I'm talking

about.

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-4-4-77777-4-66666-4-55555-4-4-5-4-4--|

* * ***** * ***** * ***** * * * * *

|-------------------------|------------|
|-------------------------|------------|
|-------------------------|------------|
|-------------------------|------------|
|-------------------------|------------|
|-3-66666-3-55555-3-44444-|-3-3-4-3-3--|

* ***** * ***** * ***** * * * * *

Riff H

Let chords ring

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-6----------5----------6----------2-----4-------|
|-4----------3----------4----------0-----2-------|

Riff I

Let last two chords ring out

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----6-----6---6-----6--------------5-----5---5-----5-----------|
|-----6-----6---6-----6-66666666-----5-----5---5-----5-55555555--|
|-4-4---4-4---4---4-4------------3-3---3-3---3---3-3-------------|

* * * * * * * ******** * * * * * * * ********

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----6-----6---6-----6--------------2-----2---4-----4-----------|
|-----6-----6---6-----6-66666666-----2-----2---4-----4-44444444--|
|-4-4---4-4---4---4-4------------0-0---0-0---2---2-2-------------|

* * * * * * * ******** * * * * * * * ********

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----6-----6---6-----6--------------5-----5---5-----5-----------|
|-----6-----6---6-----6-66666666-----5-----5---5-----5-55555555--|
|-4-4---4-4---4---4-4------------3-3---3-3---3---3-3-------------|

* * * * * * * ******** * * * * * * * ********

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----6-----6---6-----6------------------------------------------|
|-----6-----6---6-----6-66666666--2----------4-------------------|
|-4-4---4-4---4---4-4-------------0----------2-------------------|

* * * * * * * ********

Riff J

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-----------------7-----9-----7-----6-----7--------------------|
|-9-----9-----7-----7-----9-----7-----6-----7--------------------|
|-7-----9-----7-----5-----7-----5-----4-----5--------------------|
|-------7-----5--------------------------------------------------|

Riff K

The first chord in this riff is actually played by the guitar. The

other notes are the piano outro transcribed to the guitar (for those of

you who don't have a keyboard player).

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9----------------------------------------------------5---7---------|
|-7------------5---7---5---4---5---7-----------5---7-----------9-----|
|-0----7---5---------------------------7---5-----------------------0-|

Song Structure:

Intro-about 24 seconds of studio effects

Riff A 4 times

Riff B repeat as necessary

Riff C 4 times

Riff D 2 times

Riff E 2 times

Riff B repeat as necessary

Riff E 2 times

Riff F 2 times

Riff G 6 times (after 2nd repeat, remember to omit the barred off

section and replace it with a rest)

Riff H 1 time

Riff I 1 time

Riff E 4 times

Riff F 4 times

Riff J 4 times

Riff K 1 time and hold final note and fade out

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