SOARING QUAILS (Bassline)
As recorded by HORSE The Band
(From the 2005 Album THE MECHANICAL HAND)
Transcribed by Tom Wall
Words and Music by HORSE The Band
Gtr I (D A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=146
4/4
Gtr I
H.. E W +H. Q
|-------------|----------|--------------||
|-------------|----------|--------------||
|-----------5-|-7--------|-(7)------2s==||
|-------------|----------|--------------||
Part I
|-3--|
W +W W +H +Q Q Q
|----------|------------|----------|----------------|
|----------|------------|----------|----------------|
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-4--------|-(4)----(4)-2-4-|
|----------|------------|----------|----------------|
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|----------|------------|-7--------|-(7)----||
|-5--------|-(5)--------|----------|--------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
Part II
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-7----7-7----7-|-7----7-7----7-|-4----4-4----4-|-4----4-4----4--|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------||
|---------------|---------------|-7----7-7----7-|-7----7-7----||
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5----5-|---------------|-------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------||
Part III
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-4--------|-(4)----|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|----------|------------|-7--------|-(7)----||
|-5--------|-(5)--------|----------|--------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
Part IV
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-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-|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Outro
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W +W +W W
|----------|------------|------------|------*|
|----------|------------|------------|------*|
|----------|------------|------------|------*|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|------*|
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
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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