CONVEX CONCAVE (Bassline)
As recorded by Biffy Clyro
(From the 2002 Album BLACKENED SKY)
Transcribed by Bungshal
Words and Music by Biffy Clyro
Arranged by Adam Hutchison
Intro
E=255
7/8 1/4 3/4 7/8 6/8
Gtr I
W W E E E q q Q W W E E E q e
|---------|---------|-------------|----|--------|---------|--------------|
|---------|---------|-------------|----|--------|---------|--------------|
|---------|---------|-------------|----|--------|---------|--------------|
|---------|---------|-------3--3--|----|--------|---------|-------3--3---|
Pre Verse + Verse
Q=128
$
4/4
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q 3x
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||--0-7-0-3-3-3----|-0-7-0-3-3-3----|-0-7-0-3-3-3----|-0-7-0-3-3-3------||
Bridge
D.S.
Wx6 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------|-/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9S11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|-/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9S11-11-11-11-11-11-11---|
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-------5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-------|-------5-5-5-5---|------------------o||
||--7-0-0-----------|-----------0-0-0-|-7-0-0---------5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||--0-0-0-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
1.,2.,3.
E S E S E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-----------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------o||
|-----------------------|-------------------------o||
|-3-x-2-x-0-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
Verse
4.
Wx2 H +Q +E E H +Q +E E H +Q +E E
|------------||------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|------------||o-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|------------||o-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|------------||--8----(8)--(8)-8-|-8----(8)--(8)-8-|-10----(10)--(10)-10-|
1.,2.,3.
H +Q +E E H +Q +E E H +Q +E E 4x
|---------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-10----(10)--(10)-10-|-0----(0)--(0)-0-|-0----(0)--(0)-0----||
Interlude
4.
E Q +E +T Q +E.. E Q +E +T Q +E..
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------5--(5)--|--------------5--(5)--|
|-0-0--(0)-(0)---------|-0-0--(0)-(0)---------|
E Q +E +T Q +E.. E Q +E +T Q +E..
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------7--(7)--|--------------7--(7)--|
|-0-0--(0)-(0)---------|-0-0--(0)-(0)---------|
E Q +E +T Q +E.. E Q +E +T Q +E.. E Q +E +T Q +E.. W
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|------|
|--------------3--(3)--|--------------3--(3)--|--------------1--(1)--|------|
|-0-0--(0)-(0)---------|-0-0--(0)-(0)---------|-0-0--(0)-(0)---------|-0----|
E +S E S E H E +S E S E H E +S E S E H E +S E S E H
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------5----|-------------5----|-------------7----|-------------7----|
|-0-(0)-0-0-0------|-0-(0)-0-0-0------|-0-(0)-0-0-0------|-0-(0)-0-0-0------|
>
E +S E S E E Q E E +S E S E Q +Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-3-(3)-3-3-3-3\------|-3-(3)-3-3-3-3--(3)--|
|---------------------|---------------------|
<
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
Outro
Q Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o--------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o----5----3----|-0----1-------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--0-----0----0-|----0----0-0--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Q Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o--------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o----5----3----|-0----1-------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--0-----0----0-|----0----0-0--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-|-7---7-7-7-7----*|
Duration Legend
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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
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| - 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