Textures - Awake
Transcribed by Travis Lausch
Bear in mind here that this song has so many tracks of guitar and keyboard that it's
impossible to tell what's
what in this song. This is going to be a pretty bare-bones arrangement, akin to
the band would play live.
The band has a pair of guitarists, whose parts are so indistinct that I'm just going to
and arrange this for one guitar.
Tuning is standard, 7-string (BEADGBE)
Intro
(This is the only distinct "lead" guitar part in the song.
It's probably layers of like 5 or 6 guitars or something. I've written it here for two.)
Gradually release palm mute
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
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|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
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This part may or may not be played over the entire "verse".
This song does not have a standard "verse/chorus" structure.
1st riff:
(This is half taken from a live version I saw on Youtube, half from a guitar cover video)
Let ring throughout
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|------------0----------|------------0----------|------------3----------|------------3----------|
|------------6----------|------------6----------|------------4----------|------------4----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--5-5---5--------------|--5-5---5--------------|--2-2---2--------------|--2-2---2--------------|
|--5-5---5--------------|--5-5---5--------------|--2-2---2--------------|--2-2---2--------------|
|--3-3---3--------------|--3-3---3--------------|--0-0---0--------------|--0-0---0--------------|
(notes in parenthesis may not be played, this is best guess based on tonality of the song)
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|------------0----------|------------0----------|------------3----------|------------3----------|
|------------6----------|------------6----------|------------4----------|------------4----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--5-5---5--------------|--5-5---5--------------|--2-2---2--------------|--2-2---2--------------|
|--5-5---5--------------|--5-5---5--------------|--2-2---2--------------|--2-2---2--------------|
|--3-3---3--------------|--3-3---3--------------|--0-0---0--------------|--0-0---0--------------|
|------------0----------|------------0----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------0----------|------------0----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------6----------|------------6----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--5-5---5--------------|--5-5---5--------------|--2-----2---2---2--2-2-|--2-2------------------|
|--5-5---5--------------|--5-5---5--------------|--2-----2---2---2--2-2-|--2-2------------------|
|--3-3---3--------------|--3-3---3--------------|--0-----0---0---0--0-0-|--0-0------------------|
|------------0----------|------------0----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------0----------|------------0----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------6----------|------------6----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--5-5---5--------------|--5-5---5--------------|--2-----2---2---2--2-2-|--2-2------------------|
|--5-5---5--------------|--5-5---5--------------|--2-----2---2---2--2-2-|--2-2------------------|
|--3-3---3--------------|--3-3---3--------------|--0-----0---0---0--0-0-|--0-0------------------|
2nd riff:
(I guess this part would be the "pre-chorus" of the song. Figured out by watching a
cover,
and the official music video. Chances are, this is more sophisticated than just power
if
you listen to all the layering here. From the music video, it seems another guitar is
higher
chords and I hear some chime-y stuff that's almost impossible to pick out)
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|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/|/10101010101010101010101010101010\|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/|/10101010101010101010101010101010\|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/|/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-\|
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|\5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/|/10101010101010101010101010101010\|
|\5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/|/10101010101010101010101010101010\|
|\3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/|/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-\|
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|\5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|\5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|\3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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|\5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/|/10101010101010101010101010121212\|
|\5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/|/10101010101010101010101010121212\|
|\3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/|/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-101010\|
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|\5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|\5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|\3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
| Rhythm Figure 1 |
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||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/10101010101010-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------||
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|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-1010101010101010-|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-1010101010101010-|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
(not overly sure about that last chord, but it fits the tonality of that bar)
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|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--0-------------|
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|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--x-------------|
|--10101010101010109-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|--10101010101010101010101010101010-|--10------------|
|--10101010101010109-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|--10101010101010101010101010101010-|--10------------|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|--8-------------|
I REFUSE TO PAY THE FERRYMAN!!!
(This is where the song gets heavy, and the meter gets poly!)
Note: from here until the end, barlines are not actually representative of where the actual
measures are. I'm using them here to separate distinct riff patterns.
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|------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--3---------|--3--3----3--3----3--3---------|--3--3----3--3----3--3---------|
|--3---------|--3--3----3--3----3--3---------|--3--3----3--3----3--3---------|
|--1/13--13--|--1--1----1--1----1--1/13--13--|--1--1----1--1----1--1/13--13--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--8--6---8--6---8--6---------|--9--9----9--9----9--9---------|
|--8--6---8--6---8--6---------|--8--8----8--8----8--8---------|
|--6--4---6--4---6--4/13--13--|--7--7----7--7----7--7/13--13--|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
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|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
|--4--4----4--4----4--4---------|--4--4----4--4---------|
|--4--4----4--4----4--4---------|--4--4----4--4---------|
|--2--2----2--2----2--2/13--13--|--2--2----2--2/13--13--|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|---------6--6--/11--11---13--13---|
|--4--4---6--6--/11--11---13--13---|
|--4--4---4--4--/9---9----11--11---|
|--2--2----------------------------|
(Now for a somewhat trickier part. The rhythm in this part is kind of strange.
I'm not even sure I have it 100% right myself. But these are the notes)
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|---------||o----------------o||-----------||o-----------------o||
|---------||------------------||-----------||-------------------||
|---------||o-5-------5------o||--5-------5||o/7--7--7-7--7--7-o||
|---------||------------------||-----------||-/7--7--7-7--7--7--||
|--3-3-3--||----3--3----3--3--||----3--3---||-/5--5--5-5--5--5--||
||--------------------||-------------------||
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||o------------------o||o-----------------o||
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||o------------------o||o-4--4--4-4--4--4-o||
||--------10------10--||--4--4--4-4--4--4--||
||--6--6----6--6------||--2--2--2-2--2--2--||
Repeat that staff once, then:
I WON'T LET... I WON'T LET... GOOOOOO!
(Staccato the notes, palm mute a little too)
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|--4---4-4---4---4-4---|
|--4---4-4---4---4-4---|
|--2---2-2---2---2-2---|
|------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--3---------|--3--3----3--3----3--3---------|--3--3----3--3----3--3---------|
|--3---------|--3--3----3--3----3--3---------|--3--3----3--3----3--3---------|
|--1/13--13--|--1--1----1--1----1--1/13--13--|--1--1----1--1----1--1/13--13--|
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|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--8--6---8--6---8--6---------|--9--9----9--9----9--9---------|
|--8--6---8--6---8--6---------|--8--8----8--8----8--8---------|
|--6--4---6--4---6--4/13--13--|--7--7----7--7----7--7/13--13--|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
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|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
|--4--4----4--4----4--4---------|--4--4----4--4---------|
|--4--4----4--4----4--4---------|--4--4----4--4---------|
|--2--2----2--2----2--2/13--13--|--2--2----2--2/13--13--|
|----------------------------------|
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|---------6--6--/11--11---13--13---|
|--4--4---6--6--/11--11---13--13---|
|--4--4---4--4--/9---9----11--11---|
|--2--2----------------------------|
Then the little bridge before the second "chorus"
(There's a track of something that sounds like octave strumming, so I'm going to include
as well,
though it may be keyboard. I'm not putting in barlines here, but it's a six-over-four pattern)
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|-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6---6--6--6--6--6--|
|-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6---6--6--6--6--6--|
|-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4---4--4--4--4--4--|
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|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---|
|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---|
|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6---|
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|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2---2--2--2--2--2--|
|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2---2--2--2--2--2--|
|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0--0--0--0--0--|
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|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---|
|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---|
|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---|
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Now, for the next chorus, start with Rhythm Figure 1 (played with repeat),
while a second guitar plays this octave figure:
(Chord changes for the rhythm guitar are notated here)
C5 B5
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|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C5 B5
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|--10101011111110101011111110101111-|
|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--8-8-8-9-9-9-8-8-8-9-9-9-8-8-9-9--|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Then we have the very ending/second half of the chorus, which is essentially the
same as the last one, but with a couple changes for the end:
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
Let ring to fade.
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|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|--2----------------------------------------|
|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|--2----------------------------------------|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--0----------------------------------------|
And there you have it. It's not an overly difficult song to play, but it makes extensive
of layering,
reverb, and other effects to give it ambience, so that should be kept in mind when
this.
This is a fairly simplified arrangement (and it's still fairly complex!).
Sources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtPe85LBHDk (guitar cover performed by joranderaaff)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSYNhfkNGco (official video from Textures' youtube channel)
My own two ears.
Artist: Textures
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