BLADECATCHER
As recorded by Mastodon
(From the 2006 Album BLOOD MOUNTAIN)
Music by Mastodon
Transcribed by GuitarHero_JP
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Clean I'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Clean II'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Distortion I'
Gtr IV (D G C F A D) - 'Distortion II'
Well I got some of this from Total Guitar but I added the harmonys coz no other
tab seems to have them. Enjoy!
Clean Intro
Q=204
7/8
Gtr I
Let Ring throughout
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E x3 E E E E E E E x4
| 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 14 15 | o 0 14 15 o | | o 0 15 17 o |
| | | | |
| 14 16 16 | 14 16 16 | | 16 16 18 |
| | o o | | o o |
| | | | |
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 2 3 | o 0 2 3 o | | o 0 3 5 o |
| | | | |
| 2 4 4 | 2 4 4 | | 4 6 6 |
| | o o | | o o |
| | | | |
E E E E E E E x4 E E E E E E E x3
| 0 | | 0 |
| o 0 17 19 o | | o 0 19 21 o |
| | | |
| 18 19 19 | | 19 21 21 |
| o o | | o o |
| | | |
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| 0 | | 0 |
| o 0 5 7 o | | o 0 7 9 o |
| | | |
| 6 7 7 | | 7 9 9 |
| o o | | o o |
| | | |
9/8
E E E E E E E E E
| | 0 |
| | o 0 19 21 0 |
| | 0 |
| | 19 21 21 |
| | o |
| | |
|
| E E E E E E E E E
Heavy Intro
Q=75
4/4 3/4
Gtr III
H. Q E Q E Q
| ^0 | |
| ^0 | 6 9 |
| ^9 | 8b10 11b13 |
| ^9 | 3 7 |
| ^7 | 3 7 |
| ^0 0 | 1 5 |
|
| Gtr IV
| H. Q E Q E Q
| | |
| 3b5 | 6 9 |
| 2 | 8b10 11b13 |
| | 3 7 |
| | 3 7 |
| 0 | 1 5 |
4/4 9/16
H. Q E E E E. E E E E.
| ^0 | | |
| ^0 | 6 7 8 9 | |
| ^9 | 8b10 9b11 10b12 11b13 | |
| ^9 | | 3 5 7 9\ |
| ^7 | | 3 5 7 9\ |
| ^0 0 | | 1 3 5 7\ |
|
| H. Q E E E E. E E E E.
| | | |
| 3b5 | 6 7 8 9 | |
| 2 | 8b10 9b11 10b12 11b13 | |
| | | 3 5 7 9\ |
| | | 3 5 7 9\ |
| 0 | | 1 3 5 7\ |
Blast Beat Riff
Q=142
4/4
Gtrs III, IV
|----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 5 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 3 6 3 |
|----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 5 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 3 6 3 |
|----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| |
| |
| |
| |
| 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 3 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 5 2 |
| |
|----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| |
| |
| |
| |
| 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 3 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 5 2 |
| |
|----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 5 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 3 6 3 |
|----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 5 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 3 6 3 |
Melody 1
Q.=142
6/8 7/8
Gtrs III, IV
~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
| | | |
| | | 0h8h10 |
| | 0 7 7/ | 9 9 |
| 0h5h7 | 7/9 9 | |
| 0h5h9 | | |
| | | |
12/8
~~
E E E E E E E E E Q.
| 10 |
| o 0h10h12 12 0h8h10 |
| 12 9 |
| |
| o |
| |
6/8
~~
E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E
| 10 | 10 |
| 0h10h12 12 0h8h10 | 0h10h12 12 |
| 12 9 | 12 |
| | |
| | |
| | |
1.,2.
7/8
Gtr III
~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
| | | |
| | 0 | 0h8h10 o |
| | 0 0 7/ | 9 9 |
| 0h5h7 | 7/9 | |
| 0h5h7 | | o |
| | | |
|
| Gtr IV
| ~~~
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
| | | |
| | 0 8/ | 10 0 8 10 o |
| 5h7 | 0 7/9 0 | [9] |
| 5h7 0 | | |
| 0 | | o |
| | | |
3.
6/8 7/8 6/8
~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. +H.
| | | | |
| | 0 | 0h8h10 | |
| | 0 0 7/ | 9 9 | (9) |
| 0h5h7 | 7/9 | | |
| 0h5h7 | | | |
| | | | |
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +H.
| | | | |
| | 0 8/ | 10 0 8 10 | |
| 5h7 | 0 7/9 0 | 9 | (9) |
| 5h7 0 | | | |
| 0 | | | |
| | | | |
Melody 2
Q=110
4/4
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
| 0 7 | |
| o 8 0 8 | 0h7 o |
| 9 0 9 | 0h7h 9 9 (9) |
| 10 0 7 | 0h7h9 |
| o 9 (9) | 0h7h9 o |
| | |
|
| ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
| S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
| 0 7 | 7 |
| o 8 0 8 | 8h10 0 10 (10) o |
| 9 0 9 | 7h9 0 |
| 10 0 7 | 7h9 0 |
| o 9 (9) | 0 o |
| | |
Gtrs III, IV
~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
| | |
| | |
| 4/7 (7) | 12h16p12 |
| 0h2p0 5p4 4h5 0 | 0h12h14 14p12 14p12 |
| 0 | 14 14 12\10 |
| 0 | 12 |
S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q +H.
| | | |
| | 5 | |
| 4 | 5 7 8 8 7 5 7 5 2 (2) | (2) |
| 0h2p0 5p4 4h5 0 6 (6) | 7 7 2 (2) | (2) |
| 0 | 0 (0) | (0) |
| 0 | | |
Bridge (Slowly increase in tempo)
Q=96H=H Q=125 H=H
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | |
| | 10 12 |
| | 8 10 9 11 |
| 7 9 | 7 9 |
| 6 8 6 8 | |
| 5 7 | |
Q=145
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W +W +W +W
Outro
Q=70
W W +W +W
| ^0 | | | |
| ^0 | | | |
| ^9 | | | |
| ^9 | | | |
| ^7 | | | |
| ^0 | 0 | (0) | (0) |
This bit fades in Yay now colony of birchmen! lol yeh...
2/4
PM--------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S Q E 8x S S S S S S S S S S S S 8x S S Q.
| | | | * |
| o o | | o o | * |
| 6 4 | | | * |
| 4 7 6 | | | * |
| o 5\4 x o | | o o | * |
| | | 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 | 2 2 * |
Duration Legend
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
- 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
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers -
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= BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths