Old Machine Head
Old by Machine Head
Notation:
nh - natural harmonic
ah - artifical harmonic or pinch harmonic (same thing)
~ - virbrato
p - pull off
/ - slide up these are used for normal
\ - slide down and ghost note slides
I have written the beat numbers under the notes on the down beats.
In general I tried to keep one dash '-' equal to a thirty-second note.
Thus,
|-2---2---2---2--- are eight notes and |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2- are sixteenth notes.
Tuning:
[1] [-] [E]
[2] [-] [B]
[3]4 [-]- [G]C# <---- *Notice* I know it's weird but trust me, this is it.
[5] [-] [A]
[6] [-] [D]
In addition, tune all strings a 1/4 of a step lower to match the album.
OOO L D D
O O L D D
O O L D D
OOO LLLL D D
(Bar Dive + Pick Scr*pes) (Lower and then raise bar) (Tap bar)
|-------------------------------------/~~~~~~~~--------------------------| |--------------------------------nh--/-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------/------------------------------------| |--------------------------------4-/----------------------7--\--/-\/---| |-------------------------------------------------------------\/-- \/---| |---------------------------------------------------------6--------------|
actual pitch: F
This isen't written exactly but it should give you a good idea
of how to play the beginning.
right before intro riff
|------------------------------------| |-----bar-dive-----------------------| |------------------------------------| |-7-----\--/------nh-----------------| |--------\/--------------------------| |-6---------------2.9-%-%-%-%-%-%-%--| ( % means repeat the 2.9)
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intro riff
||---------------------------------|------------------------------------| ||---------------------------------|------------------------------------| ||-------------------------5/7-7\5-|-5/8---7-------------------5/7-7\5--| ||---------------------------------|------------------------------------| ||-6---0-------1-------0---3/5-5\3-|-3/6---5-------6-------0---3/5-5\3--| ||-6---0---0-0-1---0-0-0-----------|-----------0-0-6---0-0-0------------|
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|------------------------------------|| |-------------------------5/7-7\5-|-5/8---7----------------------------|| |---------------------------------|------------------------------------|| |-6---0-------1-------0---3/5-5\3-|-3/6---5-------6--------------------|| |-6---0---0-0-1---0-0-0-----------|-----------0-0-6---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
3rd time play this as the last measure
(aproximate harmonics)
|---------------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------nh--nh---nh---nh---nh---nh---nh---nh--|| |-5/8---7-------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------1.7-2.0--2.4--2.9--3.1--3.6--4.0--4.5-|| |-3/6---5-------6-----------------------------------------|| |-----------0-0-6-----------------------------------------||
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verse riff
||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|| ||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|| ||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|| ||--p--------6---9-----------------|--p--------6---9---------------|| ||-6^3---6---3---6-----------------|-6^3---6---3---6---------------|| ||-----0-6-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-6-0---0---0-3~~~-0-3~~~-||
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Chorus
play 3 times 4th time
||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||-------------------------4--------|| ||-0---1---4-1---0---1---4-1---0----||-0---1---4-1---0-------3---5-4-3--|| ||-0---1---4-1---0---1---4-1---0----||-0---1---4-1---0---3-6------------||
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
play 3 times again 4th time
||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|| ||-0---1---4-1---0---1---4-1---0----||-0---1---4-1---0-3----------------|| ||-0---1---4-1---0---1---4-1---0----||-0---1---4-1---0-3----------------||
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
play intro riff 2 times
- 2nd time with harmonics at end.
verse riff.
Chours.
Bridge
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||-2--------------------------------|-(2)------------------------------| ||-2--------------------------------|-(2)------------------------------|
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|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------| |----------------------x-7-7/9-9\7--|-7/10--9-------3--------------------| |----------------------x------------|------------------------------------| |-(2)------------------x-5-5/7-7\5--|-5/8---7-------1--------------------| |-(2)-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
2x
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||---------nh-----------nh------nh---|---------nh-----------nh----------| ||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||---------4------------4-------4----|---------4------------4--------4--| ||-2---2-------2-2---2------2-2------|-2---2-------2-2---2-----2-2-2-1--| ||-2---2-------2-2---2------2-2------|-2---2-------2-2---2-----2-2-2----|
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|| |---------nh-----------nh-----------|------------------------------------|| |--------------------------7/9-9\7--|-7/10--9-------3--------------------|| |---------4------------4------------|------------------------------------|| |-2---2-------2-2---2------5/7-7\5--|-5/8---7-------1--------------------|| |-2---2-------2-2---2---------------|------------------------------------||
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4x
||------------------------------|| ||------------------------------|| ||------------------------------|| ||------------------------------|| ||-0-----------0-2---1----------|| ||-0-----------0-2---1----------||
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gtr1 plays this 8x
gtr2 plays this 2x gtr2: 3rd and 4th time
||------------------------------| |------------------------------| ||------------------------------| |------------------------------| ||------------------------------| |-------------------------ah---| ||------------------------------| |------------------------------| ||------------------------------| |-0---2---1---0-2---1---0-1~~~-| ||-0---2---1---0-2---1---0-1~~~-| |------------------------------|
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
gtr2 5th time 6th time
||------------------------------|------------------------------| ||------tremolo-pick------------|--------tremolo-pick----------| ||-9---/---/---/---/---/--------|-10--/---/---/---/---/---/----| ||-----/---/---/---/---/--------|-----/---/---/---/---/---/----| ||-7---/---/---/---/---/--------|-8---/---/---/---/---/---/----| ||------------------------------|------------------------------|
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
gtr2 7th time 8th time
|------------------------------|------------------------------| |------tremolo-pick------------|--------tremolo-pick----------| |-11--/---/---/---/---/---/----|-15--/---/---/---/---/---/----| |-----/---/---/---/---/---/----|-----/---/---/---/---/---/----| |-9---/---/---/---/---/---/----|-13--/---/---/---/---/---/----| |------------------------------|------------------------------|
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
both guitars 8x
|------------------------------| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |-0---2---1---0-2---1---0-1----| |-0---2---1---0-2---1---0-1----|
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(pause)
play 3 times 4th time
||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||-------------------------6--------|| ||-2---3---6-3---2---3---6-3---2----||-2---3---6-3---2-------5---7-6-5--|| ||-2---3---6-3---2---3---6-3---2----||-2---3---6-3---2---5-8------------||
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play 3 times again 4th time
||----------------------------------||------------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||------------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||------------------------------------|| ||----------------------------------||-----------------nh-----------------|| ||-2---3---6-3---2---3---6-3---2----||-0---1---4-1---0--------------------|| ||-2---3---6-3---2---3---6-3---2----||-0---1---4-1---0-2.3-%-%-%-%-%-%-%--||
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intro riff again
||---------------------------------|------------------------------------| ||---------------------------------|------------------------------------| ||-------------------------5/7-7\5-|-5/8---7-------------------5/7-7\5--| ||---------------------------------|------------------------------------| ||-6---0-------1-------0---3/5-5\3-|-3/6---5-------6-------0---3/5-5\3--| ||-6---0---0-0-1---0-0-0-----------|-----------0-0-6---0-0-0------------|
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|-------|| |---------------------------------|------------------------------|-------|| |-------------------------5/7-7\5-|-5/8---7----------------------|-------|| |---------------------------------|-----------%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%-|-------|| |-6---0-------1-------0---3/5-5\3-|-3/6---5---^-nh-slide-thing---|-6---0-|| |-6---0---0-0-1---0-0-0-----------|------------------------------|-6---0-||
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The nh (natural harmonic) slide thing starts at about 1.5 on the
fretboard.
These notes are played as sixtuplets. These means in one beat there are
six notes played.
*If you like Machine Head maybe you'll like my band.*
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