Nightfall Blind Guardian
NIGHTFALL (Bassline)
As recorded by Blind Guardian
(From the 1998 Album NIGHTFALL IN MIDDLE-EARTH)
Transcribed by James C
Words and Music by Blind Guardian
Arranged by Blind Guardian
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=96
6/8
Gtr I
H. H E E H. H.
|---------|----------|---------|-------| |---------|----------|---------|-------| |-0-------|------3-2-|-0-------|-2-----| |---------|-1--------|---------|-------|
H E E H. a Q E Q E H E E
|----------|---------|-------------|----------|| |-3----2-0-|-2-------|-5h7--5-3S=5-|-2--------|| |----------|---------|-------------|------3-2-|| |----------|---------|-------------|----------||
1st Verse
H +E E H E E Q. Q. H.
|------------|----------|-----------|-------| |------------|----------|-----------|-------| |-0----(0)---|------3-2-|-0----0----|-2-----| |----------0-|-1--------|-----------|-------|
H E E H. a Q E Q E E E E E E E
|----------|---------|-------------|-------------| |-3----2-0-|-2-------|-5h7--5-3S=5-|-2-2-2-2-----| |----------|---------|-------------|---------2-3-| |----------|---------|-------------|-------------|
E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E
||------------------|---------------| ||o-----------------|---------------| ||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------| ||------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
1. 2.
E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E S S E E E E
|-----------------|----------------||----------------| |-----------------|---------------o||----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------o||-------2--------| |-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-3-3-3---3-0-3--|
H. E Q. E E E Q. E E E E E E E E
|---------|--------------|-2----------|-------------| |---------|-3-------2--0-|--------2-3-|-------------| |-0-------|--------------|---0--------|-------------| |---------|---1----(1)---|------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-2---2-5-4-2-|-2---2-7-5-4-|-2-0-2-5-4-2-|-------------| |---2---------|---3---------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E S S E E E E E S S E E E E E S S E E E E E S S E E E E
||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|| ||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------o|| ||o-2-2-2-2-2-----|-2-2-2-2-2-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------o|| ||------------5-5-|-----------5-5-|---------------|-5-5-5-5-5-2-2---||
Chorus
$
Q E S E E S Q E S E E S Q E S E E S Q E E E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|------------| |--------------|--------------|--------------|------------| |-2--2-2-2-2-2-|--------------|-5--5-5-5-5-5-|------------| |--------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-|--------------|-0--0-2-2-2-|
To Coda
Q E S E E S Q E S E E S Q E S E E S Q. Q.
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------| |--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------| |-2--2-2-2-2-2-|--------------|-5--5-5-5-5-5-|-----------| |--------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-|--------------|-0----2----|
Q E S E E S Q E S E E S Q. Q. Q. Q.
|--------------|--------------|-----------|------------|| |--------------|--------------|-----------|------------|| |-2--2-2-2-2-2-|--------------|-5---------|-5----------|| |--------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-|------3----|------5-----||
Bridge
S S S S S S E E E E E E Q. E S S E Q. E S S E E E E
|-------4-7-6-4---4-|------------|--------------|----------------| |-----4---------4---|------------|-2-2-2-2------|----------------| |---5---------------|-3-3-3-2----|---------2----|-3-3-3-3--------| |-7-----------------|------------|--------------|---------2-0-2--|
S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S E E E S S E E S S E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|| |-------------------|-------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------||
2nd Verse
Q. Q. Q. E E E Q. Q. Q. E E E
|-----------|------------|-----------|------------| |-----------|------------|-----------|------------| |-2----5----|-0----0---0-|-2----5----|-0----0---0-| |-----------|--------2---|-----------|--------2---|
Q. Q. Q. +Q E Q. Q. H.
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------| |-----------|-------------|-----------|-------| |-2----5----|-0----(0)----|-2----5----|-0-----| |-----------|-----------2-|-----------|-------|
H. +Q. a Q. a Q. a Q. a Q. a Q.
|---------|--------------|---------------|----------------| |---------|--------------|---------------|----------------| |-4-------|-(4)---2h4----|-2h4----2h4----|-2h4----2h4-----| |---------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |-0----0----|-0----0----|-0----0----|-0----0----|-0----0----|-0----0----| |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D.S. al Coda
E +Q. Q Q. Q. E +Q. Q Q. Q.
||--------------|-----------|-------------|------------|| ||o-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------o|| ||o-------------|-0----7----|-------------|-0----7----o|| ||--7-(7)\------|-----------|-7-(7)\------|------------||
&
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|----------------------------|| |-------------------------|----------------------------|| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------|| |-------------3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5----||
Bridge
S S E E E E E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E S S E E S S E E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------| |---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------| |---------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|| |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|| |-5---------|-5---------|-5---------|-5---------|| |------3----|------5----|------3----|------5----||
Interlude
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |-2---------|-0---------|-2---------|-----------| |------2----|------0----|------2----|-0----3----|
E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5--| |-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|------------------|
S S S S 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-| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |---------2-2-2-2-|-----------------|---------2-2-2-2-|------------------|| |-2-2-2-2---------|---------5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2---------|---------5-5-5-5--|| |-----------------|-5-5-5-5---------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5----------||
3rd Verse
E S S E E E E E S S E E E E E S S E E E E E S S E E E E
||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|| ||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------o|| ||o-2-2-2-2-2-----|-2-2-2-2-2-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------o|| ||------------5-5-|-----------5-5-|---------------|-5-5-5-5-5-2-2---||
Q. Q. Q. E E E Q. Q. Q. E E E Q. Q.
|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------| |-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------| |-2----5----|-2----2-2-4-|-5---------|------2-2-4-|-5---------| |-----------|------------|------5----|-2----------|------5----|
3/8 6/8
Q. H. H. H. Q. Q.
|------||----------|---------|---------|------------|| |------||o---------|---------|---------|-----------o|| |------||o-2-------|-5-------|-0-------|------0----o|| |-2----||----------|---------|---------|-3----------||
Chorus
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|-------------------------| ||o-------------------------|-------------------------| ||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------| ||--------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|----------------------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------o|| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------------------o|| |-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2----||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|----------------------------|| |-------------------------|----------------------------|| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------|| |-------------3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5----||
Outro
Q. +Q E H E E Q. Q. H E E
|-------------|----------|-----------|----------| |-------------|----------|-----------|----------| |-2----(2)----|------5-4-|-2----2----|----------| |-----------2-|-3--------|-----------|-2----0-2-|
H. H. H. H E E
|---------|---------|---------|----------| |---------|---------|---------|----------| |---------|---------|---------|----------| |-3-------|-2-------|-3-------|-2----0-2-|
Q. +Q E H E E Q. Q. H E E
|-------------|----------|-----------|----------| |-------------|----------|-----------|----------| |-2----(2)----|------5-4-|-2----2----|----------| |-----------2-|-3--------|-----------|-2----0-2-|
H.=H
H. H. H. H.
|---------|---------|---------|-------| |---------|---------|---------|-------| |---------|---------|---------|-------| |-3-------|-2-------|-3-------|-2-----|
H. +H. +H.
|---------|----------|--------*| |---------|----------|--------*| |-2-------|-(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
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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