Your River (Bass)
Tuning: Down 1 1/2 steps to C#
C# F# B E
Guitar Intro:
During the guitar intro, the bass does absolutely nothing. However, if you
get bored and decide you want to play along, here is a transposition of
the riff (this may be incomplete):
Note: This section is slightly "sharp" as far
as fitting in with the rest of the song is concerned. All of the chromatic
changes are either pull-offs or hammer- ons.
E -----------------------------15--17-17-18-17-15-17-13--
B --13-15-15-16-15--13--15-15-(15)------------------(13)-
F# -(13)--------------------------------------------------
C# -------------------------------------------------------
Section A:This arrangement of riffs occurs 1:19 into the
song. It's also interesting to note that the violin does almost exactly
the same notes as the bass (just a couple of octaves higher).
B -------------------------
F# -------------------0-----
C# -2--3-0-0-0--2--3--------
Section B:Section A is repeated twice before section B is
played once, then the song starts again at section A twice, then section B
once and so on.
B --------------------------------------------------------
F# ---------------------0--2-2----------------2-0----0-----
C# -7--7--3-2-3-2-2-2-3--------3-2-3-2--2--2-------3----2--
Section C:This part will be repeated later in the song.
The first three notes are in the same timing as the drums. The first three
notes are also replaced by the last three notes shown below. They're only
played the first time the whole riff is played.
B -------6-5-----6-5-----6-5-------------
F# -----------5-4-----4-3-----3-2---------
C# -5-4-3--------------------------0-5-3--
Section D:You may notice that a lot of sections end with
the last notes from the previous section.
B -------------------------------------------------------------------------
F# -------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------------------------------------
C# -0-5-3-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---
Section E:This part is the bass solo, which stays
unchanged when the other instruments come in for the thrashy bit. The
keyboards also seem to do something in the background here. But they are
so far back in the mix here that it's not easy to hear without headphones.
The first note is just the bass under the guitar chord and is only done
once. The rest of the solo commences when the guitars fade out.
E --------4-3--------
B ------------4-5----
F# ----6-7------------
C# -0-----------------
Section F:Finally, we see the song slow down into a more
MDB-like tempo. ;) This is also where the vocals finally
start. I won't bother detailing which words fit with what riff, it'd take
too long.
B ----------4--5--4--------------4--5--4-----
F# ----5--3-----------7-----5--3-----------7--
C# -0-----------------0--0-----------------0--
Section G:The first five notes here are only played one
time (again).
B --------------------------------------------------
F# -------------5--3--5-\8--7--5--3--5-\8--7---------
C# -2--3-0-0-0--------------------------------5------
Section H:To the best of my knowledge, the first three
notes mapped here only occur once. I started to get tired while we were
mapping this part out. :) The other notes are repeated a few times.
C# -5-8-12---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
The song ends by repeating section C, then the first five notes from
section A, like so:
B -------6-5-----6-5-----6-5-----6-5----------------
F# -----------5-4-----4-3-----3-2--------------------
C# -0-5-3-----------------------------2--3-0-0-0-----
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