Signify Porcupine Tree
As recorded by Porcupine Tree
(From the 1996 Album SIGNIFY)
Transcribed by Johannes Zetterberg L.
Music by Steven Wilson
Arranged by Porcupine Tree
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Overdriven'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Intro
Q=160
[4/4] Gtr I
PM--------------------------| ~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 8x
||------------------|-----------------|| ||o-----------------|----------------o|| ||------------------|-----------------|| ||------------------|-----------------|| ||o-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-----6--o|| ||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----||
Main Riff #1
~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 4x
|-||------------------|-----------------|| |-||o-----------------|----------------o|| |-||------------------|-----------------|| |-||------------------|-----------------|| |-||o-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-----6--o|| |-||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----||
Main Riff #1 Alteration
[5/4] ~[4/4]
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q Q E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| ||------------------|-------------------|-----------------| ||------------------|-------------------|-----------------| ||o-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-----6--6--|-----6-----6-----| ||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|
[5/4] ~[4/4] [5/4]
E E E E E E q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|----------------------|| |-------------------|-----------------|---------------------o|| |-------------------|-----------------|----------------------|| |-------------------|-----------------|----------------------|| |-6-----6-----6--6--|-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-----5-------o|| |---0-0---0-0-------|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-3---0-6-3--||
Main Riff #2
[4/4]
PM--------------------------| ~ PM--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------| |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------| |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------| |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------| |-5-6-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----7--|-5-6-7-----7-----|-7-----7------| |-------0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0----|-------0-0---0-0-|---0-0--------|
Synth/Keyboard-melody
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 7x
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|| ||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o|| ||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|| ||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|| ||o-5-6-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----7--|-5-6-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----7---o|| ||--------0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0----|-------0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0------||
Guitar-solo/melody
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------| |-5-6-7-----7-----|-7-----7-------7----| |-------0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0--------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| |---3----|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------| |-8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---9---11-| |-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------|
PM---| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------------------|---------------------------| |----------5--6---7--------------7-----|---7------7----------7-----| |----------------------0------0----0-0-|------0-0-----0-0----------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| |---3---| |----3----|
| a +Q +E E E +H +H Q Q Q
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------------------|---------------------------| |-11b12==(11)r==(11)-9---11-(11)-------|-(11)-------/11---12---14--| |--------------------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|--------------------------|------------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------------| |-----5-6--7---------7-----|---7---------7--------7-------| |-------------0---0----0-0-|-------0--0-----0--0----------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
| a Q E E +H +E E E E E E E a E
|--------------------------|------------------------------| |---------15---------------|---------15----14-------------| |-14s16------16-(16)-------|-(16)-------------16-14-14s16-| |--------------------------|------14----14----------------| |--------------------------|------------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------------|
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|----------------------------|--------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------| |---5--6--7------------7-----|---7------7-----7---| |---------------0---0----0-0-|------0-0---0-0-----|
|
|~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +Q E a E +H +W
|----------------------------|--------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------| |-(16)-----------------------|--------------------| |--------14-14h16-(16)-------|-(16)---------------| |----------------------------|--------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------|
PM| PM---| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------------|-----------------------| |---5-6--7------7-----------|--7-----7---------7----| |----------0--0------0----0-|----0-0----0-0---------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| |----3----| |----3----|
| Q Q Q Q Q H Q Q Q
|---------------------------|--------------------14-| |-/16---16---16---16---16---|-16-------16---17------| |---------------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------------|-----------------------|
PM---| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------| |--5--6-7---------------7-------|---7------7--------7-----| |----------0-----0---------0--0-|------0-0----0--0--------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~
| Q. S S S +E. E E +H E E E E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------| |-15------14h15p14-(14)---------|------------------15-17--| |-------------------------16-16-|-(16)-------16-18--------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------|
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|--------------------------|------------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------------| |-----5-6--7---------7-----|---7---------7--------7-------| |-------------0---0----0-0-|-------0--0-----0--0----------|
|
| ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
| a Q E E +H +E E E E E E E a E
|---------17---------------|---------17----16-------------| |-17s19------19-(19)-------|-(19)-------------19-17-17s19-| |--------------------------|------16----16----------------| |--------------------------|------------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------------|
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|----------------------------|--------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------| |---5--6--7------------7-----|---7------7-----7---| |---------------0---0----0-0-|------0-0---0-0-----|
|
|~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +Q E a E +H +W
|----------------------------|--------------------| |-(19)-----------------------|--------------------| |--------16-16h18-(18)-------|-(18)---------------| |----------------------------|--------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------|
Main Riff #1 Alter./Bridge
[5/4] ~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q Q
|------------------|-------------------------| |------------------|-------------------------| |------------------|-------------------------| |------------------|-------------------------| |------6-----6-----|---6---------6-----6--6--| |--0-0---0-0---0-0-|------0---0----0-0-------|
|
| W +Q +W
|------------------|-------------------------| |------------------|-------------------------| |------------------|-------------------------| |-14---------------|-(14)---(14)-------------| |------------------|-------------------------| |------------------|-------------------------|
[4/4] [5/4] ~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q Q
|------------------|--------------------------| |------------------|--------------------------| |------------------|--------------------------| |------------------|--------------------------| |------6-----6-----|---6---------6-----6--6---| |--0-0---0-0---0-0-|------0---0----0-0--------|
|
| W +Q +W
|------------------|--------------------------| |------------------|--------------------------| |------------------|--------------------------| |-13---------------|-(13)---(13)--------------| |------------------|--------------------------| |------------------|--------------------------|
[4/4] [5/4] [6/4]
[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]
|--------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------|---------------------------|-----4-----------7--------| |--------6-----6-----|---6---------6-----5-------|-0-3---0-6-3-0-6---0-9-6--| |---0--0---0-0---0-0-|------0---0----0-3---0-6-3-|--------------------------|
|
| >
| +W +Q +W W
|--------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------| |-(13)---------------|-(13)---(13)---------------|--------------------------| |--------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
Main Riff #3/Synth-melody
[4/4] PM| PM| PM| PM PM-| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E 8x E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------||--------------------| ||o-----------------|----------------o||--------------------| ||------------------|-----------------||--------------------| ||------------------|-----------------||--------------------| ||o-----7-----6-----|-5-----0--2-5---o||--------7-----6-----| ||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0--------3--||---0--0---0-0---0-0-|
|
| <
| W W 8x W
||------------------|-----------------||-[14]---------------| ||o-----------------|----------------o||--------------------| ||------------------|-----------------||--------------------| ||------------------|-----------------||--------------------| ||o-----------------|----------------o||--------------------| ||------------------|-----------------||--------------------|
Guitar-melody
PM PM--| PM| PM| PM
E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------|------------------------| |----5-------0--2-5---|----------7-----6-----|----5-------0--2-5------| |--------0-0--------3-|----0---0---0-0---0-0-|--------0-0--------3----|
|
| +W +W +W
|-([14])--------------|-([14])---------------|-([14])-----------------| |---------------------|----------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
PM--| PM| PM| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|--------------------------------|---------------------| |--------------------------------|---------------------| |--------------------------------|---------------------| |--------------------------------|---------------------| |----------7----------6----------|----5-------0--2-5---| |----0---0---0----0-----0----0---|--------0-0--------3-|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +H Q. E W
|-([14])-------([14])-----([14])-|-([14])--------------| |--------------------------------|---------------------| |--------------------------------|---------------------| |----------------12---------12s==|===14----------------| |--------------------------------|---------------------| |--------------------------------|---------------------|
PM--| PM| PM| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|----------------------|---------------------| |----------------------|---------------------| |----------------------|---------------------| |----------------------|---------------------| |----------7-----6-----|----5-------0--2-5---| |----0---0---0-0---0-0-|--------0-0--------3-|
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +W
|-([19])---------------|-([19])--------------| |----------------------|---------------------| |----------------------|---------------------| |--(14)----------------|--(14)---------------| |----------------------|---------------------| |----------------------|---------------------|
PM| PM| PM| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|-------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------|--------------------------------| |-------7-----6-----|---5--------0----2-----5--------| |---0-0---0-0---0-0-|------0--0---------------3------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~
| W +Q E. Q Q +S
|-------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------|--------------------------------| |-/16---------------|-(16)---19----18---\14-----(14)-| |-------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------|--------------------------------|
PM-| PM| PM-| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|-------------------------|------------------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------------------| |----------7-----6--------|----5------------0----2--5----------| |---0--0-----0-0-----0--0-|--------0----0--------------3-------|
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~
| +Q H +Q Q +Q Q E. +S
|-------------------------|-([14])---([14])--------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------------------| |-(14)---\11-------(11)---|--(11)-----(11)----12---11----(11)--| |-------------------------|------------------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------------------|
PM-| PM| PM--| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |--------7-----6----------|----5-------0-----2-5---| |---0--0---0-0------0---0-|--------0-0-----------3-|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +H. Q +H H
|----------------([14])---|-([14])-----------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-(11)------------(11)----|--(11)------------------| |-------------------------|--------------/12-------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------|
PM-| PM| PM--| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |--------7-----6----------|----5-------0--2-5----------| |---0--0---0-0------0---0-|--------0-0--------3--------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +H. Q +W a
|----------------([17])---|-([17])--------------([17])-| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-(12)------------(12)----|--(12)-----------------12s==| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------|
Main Riff #1 Alter./Outro
[5/4] ~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q Q
|------------------|-------------------------| |------------------|-------------------------| |------------------|-------------------------| |------------------|-------------------------| |------6-----6-----|---6---------6-----6--6--| |--0-0---0-0---0-0-|------0---0----0-0-------|
|
| W +Q +W
|------------------|-------------------------| |------------------|-------------------------| |------------------|-------------------------| |-14---------------|-(14)---(14)-------------| |------------------|-------------------------| |------------------|-------------------------|
[4/4] [5/4] ~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q Q
|------------------|--------------------------| |------------------|--------------------------| |------------------|--------------------------| |------------------|--------------------------| |------6-----6-----|---6---------6-----6--6---| |--0-0---0-0---0-0-|------0---0----0-0--------|
|
| W +Q +W
|------------------|--------------------------| |------------------|--------------------------| |------------------|--------------------------| |-13---------------|-(13)---(13)--------------| |------------------|--------------------------| |------------------|--------------------------|
Q
[4/4] [5/4]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|--------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------|---------------------------| |--------6-----6-----|---6---------6-----5-------| |---0--0---0-0---0-0-|------0---0----0-3---0-6-3-|
|
| >
| +W +Q +W
|--------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------|---------------------------| |-(13)---------------|-(13)---(13)---------------| |--------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------|---------------------------|
=150 H.=H Q=138
[6/4] [4/4]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [B] [B]
|-------------------------|-----------*| |-------------------------|-----------*| |-------------------------|-----------*| |-----4-----------7-------|-----------*| |-0-3---0-6-3-0-6---0-9-6-|-7---------*| |-------------------------|-0---------*|
|
| W W
|-------------------------|-----------*| |-------------------------|-----------*| |-------------------------|-----------*| |-------------------------|-----------*| |-------------------------|-----------*| |-------------------------|-----------*|
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
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
-----------
| - 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
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