Notation explanation:
---------
-5:--4:-- Time Signature changes.
---------
The important things needed to sound like Meshuggah is to nail the rhythms
accurately, and to palm mute the right notes. Pay attention to those
P.Ms.
Riff A - clean guitar, about as fast as you can play it
Bb|-----------0-------------0---------|-----------0-------------0-|
Gb|---------0---0---------0---0-------|---------0---0---------0---|
Db|4:-----4-------4-----4-------4-----|3:-----4-------4-----4-----|
Ab|4:---4-------------4-----------4---|4:---4-------------4-------|
Eb|---2-------------3---------------0-|---2-------------3---------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
Play Riff A 8x, with the following little solo after 4x:
Lead 1 played very loosely
Bb|------------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------|
Gb|---6------7\66----|---6------7\44-|---6----7/9-------|-----111112121111|
Db|4:----------------|3:-------------|4:----------------|3:---------------|
Ab|4:-4-----55\44----|4:-4-----55\22-|4:-4----5/7-------|4:--99-9-10109-9-|
Eb|------------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------|
Bb|------------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------|
Bb|--------------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
Gb|-------/14141212----|-----11126----|-----66-7-9--9-----|-----9-6-4----|
Db|4:------------------|3:------------|4:-----------------|3:------------|
Ab|4:-----/12121010----|4:--99-104----|4:---44-5-7-77-----|4:--77-4-2----|
Eb|--------------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
Bb|--------------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------|
Riff B - distortion
Db|---4--4---4--4-4444|---4--4---4--4-|
Ab|4:-4--4---4--4-4444|3:-4--4---4--4-|
Eb|4:-2-22-223-33-3333|4:-2-22-223-33-|
Bb|-------------------|---------------|
P.M . .. . . ..
Play Riff B 6x, with vocals last 4x
Riff C /=== 1 ================\/=== 2 ================\/=
Db||-----------------|-------------------5--||----------------/8-8--||-
Ab||3:-------6\5-6\5-|4:-------6\5-6-5---4-*||4:-------6\5-6-5-----*||-
Eb||4:--4--4-6\5-6\5-|4:--4--4-6\5-6-5---3-*||4:--4--4-6\5-6-5/6-6-*||-
Bb||---2-32--4\3-4\3-|---2-32--4\3-4-3-22---||---2-32--4\3-4-3------||-
P.M ..... ..... .. .....
=\/=== 3 ================\/=== 4 ================\
Db -||----------------------||----------------/7-7--||
Ab -||4:-------6\5-6-5---4-*||4:-------6\5-6-5-----*||
Eb -||4:--4--4-6\5-6-5---3-*||4:--4--4-6\5-6-5/5-5-*||
Bb -||---2-32--4\3-4-3-222--||---2-32--4\3-4-3------||
P.M ..... .. .....
Play Riff C
Play Riff B 6x, with vocals last 4x
Play Riff C
Then play the following:
/=== 1,2,3,5 ====================\
Bb|-------3-------3-----3-------3-----||----1-------1-----1-------1-----||-
Gb|-----------4-------------4---------||--------4-------------4---------||-
Db|4:---4---4---4-----4---4---4-------||--4---4---4-----4---4---4------*||-
Ab|4:-2-------------2-------------2---||0-------------0-------------0--*||-
Eb|-----------------------------------||--------------------------------||-
Bb|-----------------------------------||--------------------------------||-
=\/=== 4 ==========================\/=== 6 ==========================\
Bb -||----1-----------------0---------||----1---------------------------||
Gb -||--------4---------2-------2-----||--------4-----------0-------0---||
Db -||--4---4---------5---5---5------*||--4---4-----------4---4---4----*||
Ab -||0---------0--------------------*||0---------0-----4-------4------*||
Eb -||--------------3-----------------||--------------3-----------------||
Bb -||-CleanGtr-----------------------||--------------------------------||
After the 2nd ending, play:
Lead 2
Bb|17---17\15-15-----------------20|19h20p19------------------------|-
Gb|--------------------------------|--------19-16-16--------~~~~~~~~|-
Db|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-
Ab|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-
Eb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-
Bb|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-
Bb -|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|-
Gb -|---------12--12\11-11~~-----7---|7/9---7------------------------|-
Db -|--------------------------------|----------7-7/9~~--------------|-
Ab -|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|-
Eb -|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|-
Bb -|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|-
Db -|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|-
Ab -|-----------10-9~~-------//12----|10----9-----------7~~----------|-
Eb -|--------------------------------|------------10-----------------|-
Bb -|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|-
Bb -|-------------------------------|--------------------------17----|19~~
Gb -|-------------------------------|------------------14-/16--------|---
Db -|-------------------------------|-----/9-p7-----12---------------|---
Ab -|/9-----------9------b10r---7p5h|7-------------------------------|---
Eb -|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|---
Bb -|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|---
Hold that last note over the following:
Play 8x, clean guitar
Bb|--------------------0-----0-----|
Gb|------------------0---------0---|
Db|----4-----4-----4-------------4-|
Ab|--2-----4-----4-----------------|
Eb|0-----3-----2-------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|
Play Riff B 12x, after 4x play Lead 1, after 8x is a crazy fast solo. I
bet it uses the 7th string, that's my excuse for not doing it. hehehe
Riff D (distortion)
Bb|-----------------------|
Gb|---3-------4--5--------|
Db|5:-3-------4--5--------|
Ab|4:-1-------2--3--------|
Eb|-----------------------|
Bb|-----------------------|
Play Riff D 4x
At the same time as riff D is a clean guitar riff which I can't hear well
enough. I can hear the open 7th string (high Eb), so it would probably be
hard to play on a 6 string anyways. Also, the solo winds down by playing
single notes as in riff D, dropping an octave each repeat.
Riff E /=== 1 =============================\/=
Db|-----------------5/6-------|-----------------5/6-----------8---||-
Ab|3:---4/5---7/8---5/6-------|4:---4/5---7/8---5/6-----------5--*||-
Eb|4:---4/5---7/8---3/4-------|4:---4/5---7/8---3/4---------6-6--*||-
Bb|---0-2/3-0-5/6-0-----0-0-0-|---0-2/3-0-5/6-0-----0-0-0-0-------||-
P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . .
=\/=== 2 =============================\
Db -||-----------------5/6-----------7---|
Ab -||4:---4/5---7/8---5/6---------------|
Eb -||4:---4/5---7/8---3/4---------5-5---|
Bb -||---0-2/3-0-5/6-0-----0-0-0-0-------|
P.M . . . . . . .
Play Riff E 4x
Play Riff A 6x, last 4x with vocals
Play Riff B 4x
Riff FA
Db|--------/8-------/6-------/7-7-|-----/8-------/7--------3-3--|
Ab|7:-22-22----22-22----22-22-----|22-22----22-22----22-22------|
Eb|4:-22-22/6--22-22/4--22-22/5-5-|22-22/6--22-22/5--22-22-1-1--|
Bb|---00-00----00-00----00-00-----|00-00----00-00----00-00------|
P.M .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Play Riff F 6x (fadeout)
Notation explanation:
---------
-5:--4:-- Time Signature changes.
---------
The important things needed to
..sound like Meshuggah is to nail
..the rhythms
accurately, and to palm mute the
..right notes. Pay attention to
..those
P.Ms.
Riff A - clean guitar, about as
..fast as you can play it
Bb|-----------0-------------0----
Gb|---------0---0---------0---0--
Db|4:-----4-------4-----4-------4
Ab|4:---4-------------4----------
Eb|---2-------------3------------
Bb|------------------------------
...
-|-----|-----------0-------------0
-|-----|---------0---0---------0--
-|-----|3:-----4-------4-----4----
-|-4---|4:---4-------------4------
-|---0-|---2-------------3--------
-|-----|--------------------------
...
-|-|
-|-|
-|-|
-|-|
-|-|
-|-|
Play Riff A 8x, with the following
..little solo after 4x:
Lead 1 played very loosely
Bb|------------------|--------
Gb|---6------7\66----|---6----
Db|4:----------------|3:------
Ab|4:-4-----55\44----|4:-4----
Eb|------------------|--------
Bb|------------------|--------
...
-|-------|------------------|---
-|--7\44-|---6----7/9-------|---
-|-------|4:----------------|3:-
-|-55\22-|4:-4----5/7-------|4:-
-|-------|------------------|---
-|-------|------------------|---
...
-|--------------|
-|--111112121111|
-|--------------|
-|-99-9-10109-9-|
-|--------------|
-|--------------|
Bb|--------------------|----------
Gb|-------/14141212----|-----11126
Db|4:------------------|3:--------
Ab|4:-----/12121010----|4:--99-104
Eb|--------------------|----------
Bb|--------------------|----------
...
-|----|-------------------|------
-|----|-----66-7-9--9-----|-----9
-|----|4:-----------------|3:----
-|----|4:---44-5-7-77-----|4:--77
-|----|-------------------|------
-|----|-------------------|------
...
-|--------|
-|-6-4----|
-|--------|
-|-4-2----|
-|--------|
-|--------|
Riff B - distortion
Db|---4--4---4--4-4444|---4--4---4
Ab|4:-4--4---4--4-4444|3:-4--4---4
Eb|4:-2-22-223-33-3333|4:-2-22-223
Bb|-------------------|-----------
...
-|--4-|
-|--4-|
-|-33-|
-|----|
P.M . .. . . ..
Play Riff B 6x, with vocals last
..4x
Riff C /=== 1
..================\/=== 2
..================\/=
Db||-----------------|------------
Ab||3:-------6\5-6\5-|4:-------6\5
Eb||4:--4--4-6\5-6\5-|4:--4--4-6\5
Bb||---2-32--4\3-4\3-|---2-32--4\3
...
-|-------5--||----------------/8-8
-|-6-5---4-*||4:-------6\5-6-5----
-|-6-5---3-*||4:--4--4-6\5-6-5/6-6
-|-4-3-22---||---2-32--4\3-4-3----
...
-|--||-
-|-*||-
-|-*||-
-|--||-
P.M ..... .....
.. .. .....
=\/=== 3 ================\/===
..4 ================\
Db -||----------------------||--
Ab -||4:-------6\5-6-5---4-*||4:
Eb -||4:--4--4-6\5-6-5---3-*||4:
Bb -||---2-32--4\3-4-3-222--||--
...
-|--------------/7-7--||
-|-------6\5-6-5-----*||
-|--4--4-6\5-6-5/5-5-*||
-|-2-32--4\3-4-3------||
P.M ..... ..
.......
Play Riff C
Play Riff B 6x, with vocals last
..4x
Play Riff C
Then play the following:
.. /=== 1,2,3,5
..====================\
Bb|-------3-------3-----3-------3
Gb|-----------4-------------4----
Db|4:---4---4---4-----4---4---4--
Ab|4:-2-------------2------------
Eb|------------------------------
Bb|------------------------------
...
-|-----||----1-------1-----1------
-|-----||--------4-------------4--
-|-----||--4---4---4-----4---4---4
-|-2---||0-------------0----------
-|-----||-------------------------
-|-----||-------------------------
...
-|-1-----||-
-|-------||-
-|------*||-
-|---0--*||-
-|-------||-
-|-------||-
=\/=== 4
..==========================\/===
..6 ==========================\
Bb -||----1-----------------0-----
Gb -||--------4---------2-------2-
Db -||--4---4---------5---5---5---
Ab -||0---------0-----------------
Eb -||--------------3-------------
Bb -||-CleanGtr-------------------
...
-|----||----1--------------------
-|----||--------4-----------0----
-|---*||--4---4-----------4---4--
-|---*||0---------0-----4-------4
-|----||--------------3----------
-|----||-------------------------
...
-|-------||
-|---0---||
-|-4----*||
-|------*||
-|-------||
-|-------||
After the 2nd ending, play:
Lead 2
Bb|17---17\15-15----------------
Gb|-----------------------------
Db|-----------------------------
Ab|-----------------------------
Eb|-----------------------------
Bb|-----------------------------
...
-|-20|19h20p19---------------
-|---|--------19-16-16-------
-|---|-----------------------
-|---|-----------------------
-|---|-----------------------
-|---|-----------------------
...
-|---------|-
-|-~~~~~~~~|-
-|---------|-
-|---------|-
-|---------|-
-|---------|-
Bb -|-----------------------------
Gb -|---------12--12\11-11~~-----7
Db -|-----------------------------
Ab -|-----------------------------
Eb -|-----------------------------
Bb -|-----------------------------
...
-|---|----------------------------
-|---|7/9---7---------------------
-|---|----------7-7/9~~-----------
-|---|----------------------------
-|---|----------------------------
-|---|----------------------------
...
-|---|-
-|---|-
-|---|-
-|---|-
-|---|-
-|---|-
Db -|-----------------------------
Ab -|-----------10-9~~-------//12-
Eb -|-----------------------------
Bb -|-----------------------------
...
-|---|----------------------------
-|---|10----9-----------7~~-------
-|---|------------10--------------
-|---|----------------------------
...
-|---|-
-|---|-
-|---|-
-|---|-
Bb -|--------------------------
Gb -|--------------------------
Db -|--------------------------
Ab -|/9-----------9------b10r--
Eb -|--------------------------
Bb -|--------------------------
...
-|-----|-------------------------
-|-----|------------------14-/16-
-|-----|-----/9-p7-----12--------
-|-7p5h|7------------------------
-|-----|-------------------------
-|-----|-------------------------
...
-|-17----|19~~
-|-------|---
-|-------|---
-|-------|---
-|-------|---
-|-------|---
Hold that last note over the
..following:
Play 8x, clean guitar
Bb|--------------------0-----0----
Gb|------------------0---------0--
Db|----4-----4-----4-------------4
Ab|--2-----4-----4----------------
Eb|0-----3-----2------------------
Bb|-------------------------------
...
-|-|
-|-|
-|-|
-|-|
-|-|
-|-|
Play Riff B 12x, after 4x play
..Lead 1, after 8x is a crazy fast
..solo. I
bet it uses the 7th string, that's
..my excuse for not doing it.
..hehehe
Riff D (distortion)
Bb|-----------------------|
Gb|---3-------4--5--------|
Db|5:-3-------4--5--------|
Ab|4:-1-------2--3--------|
Eb|-----------------------|
Bb|-----------------------|
Play Riff D 4x
At the same time as riff D is a
..clean guitar riff which I can't
..hear well
enough. I can hear the open 7th
..string (high Eb), so it would
..probably be
hard to play on a 6 string
..anyways. Also, the solo winds
..down by playing
single notes as in riff D,
..dropping an octave each repeat.
Riff E /===
..1
..=============================\/=
Db|-----------------5/6-------|--
Ab|3:---4/5---7/8---5/6-------|4:
Eb|4:---4/5---7/8---3/4-------|4:
Bb|---0-2/3-0-5/6-0-----0-0-0-|--
...
-|---------------5/6-----------8-
-|---4/5---7/8---5/6-----------5-
-|---4/5---7/8---3/4---------6-6-
-|-0-2/3-0-5/6-0-----0-0-0-0-----
...
-|--||-
-|-*||-
-|-*||-
-|--||-
P.M . . . . . .
... . . . . . .
=\/=== 2
..=============================\
Db -||-----------------5/6--------
Ab -||4:---4/5---7/8---5/6--------
Eb -||4:---4/5---7/8---3/4--------
Bb -||---0-2/3-0-5/6-0-----0-0-0-0
...
-|---7---|
-|-------|
-|-5-5---|
-|-------|
P.M . . . . . . .
Play Riff E 4x
Play Riff A 6x, last 4x with
..vocals
Play Riff B 4x
Riff FA
Db|--------/8-------/6-------/7-7
Ab|7:-22-22----22-22----22-22----
Eb|4:-22-22/6--22-22/4--22-22/5-5
Bb|---00-00----00-00----00-00----
...
-|-|-----/8-------/7--------3-3--|
-|-|22-22----22-22----22-22------|
-|-|22-22/6--22-22/5--22-22-1-1--|
-|-|00-00----00-00----00-00------|
P.M .. .. .. .. .. ..
.... .. .. .. .. ..
Play Riff F 6x (fadeout)
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