Guitar tab for Descent (var.13) by Fear Factory free download and read or play online: file .txt, 6.53 kb has 320 views and 0 downloads.
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Artist: Fear Factory
Song: "Descent"
Album: "Obsolete"
Label: Roadrunner Records, copyright 1998, (The All-Blacks B.V.)
Dry Lung Vocal Martyr: Burton C. Bell
Heavy Duty Scarifier: Dino Cazares
Total Harmonic Distortion: Christian Olde Wolbers
Maximum Effective Pulse Generator: Raymond Herrera
Thanks a lot to Yani and Ray for giving me the opportunity to do this.
My name is Dimitrije Kostic and any questions about this tab or any
others in the Fear Factory Tablature Archive can be emailed to me at
martyr@fearfactory.com
I will gladly investigate any possible errors in any tablature on this site.
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This song sounded a little strange the first time I heard it. The intro
sounds a little like something Machine Head might have written.
Although that's definitely not a bad thing, it seems a little out of
style for Fear Factory.
The opening guitar riff is rather tricky to play (although it does not
sound so difficult) and much practice may be required to get it. You
should bar your first finger on the second fret and use your middle
finger to play the third fret on the F# string. Use your ring finger to
play the fourth fret on the low A string. Use your pinkie to play the
fifth fret on the low A string. Then, play the open E string and keep
your hand in position. With practice, you will be able to hold your
middle finger down on that F# string. It is tricky, but keep
practicing.
Another unfamiliar chord to you may be this...
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|--7--|
|--5--|
|--7--|
...which occurs in Riffs F and G. Remember that since your lowest
string is down to A, this is just a root-fourth chord. To play it, I
recommend this fingering...
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|--7--| <-- pinkie
|--5--| <-- index finger
|--7--| <-- ring finger
Have fun!
Tune top string down a perfect fifth (to A) and all other strings down a
perfect fourth (A, E, A, D, F#, B)
LEGEND:
* -- palm-mute
H -- hit-on
P -- pull-off
~~~~ -- vibrato
A.H. -- Artificial Harmonic
N.H. -- Natural Harmonic
/ -- slide up
\ -- slide down
X -- lay fingers on strings to cause a "thud"; a "dead note"
moderate speed
Intro: Song kicks right into Riff A
Riff A
Let high-pitched notes ring out. Let the final low A note sustain at
the end of the first measure
|---2-----2-----2-------2---------2-----2--------------|
|-----3-----3-----3---3---3---------3-----3------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------0----------------------------------|
|-2-----4-----5-------------(0)-2-----4-----0----------|
*
|---2-----2-----2-------2---------2-----2-----------------------|
|-----3-----3-----3---3---3---------3-----3---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------0-------------------------0--0-0--0-2--2-2--|
|-2-----4-----5-------------(0)-2-----4-----0-0--0-0--0-2--2-2--|
* * * *
Riff B
|---2-----2-----2-------2---------2-----2-----2-------2----|
|-----3-----3-----3---3---3---------3-----3-----3---3---3--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------0--------------------------------------|
|-2-----4-----5-------------(0)-2-----4-----0-----2--------|
*
Riff C
Play chord and let it fade into the chorus
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|--2----------|
|--2----------|
|--2----------|
Riff D
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|
|-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|
|-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|
*
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4-------(2)---2-2-2--|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4--------0----2-2-2--|
|-(0)-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---(0)--0----2-2-2--|
* *
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|
|-(0)-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|
*
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4-----------------------|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4-----0--0-0--0-2--2-2--|
|-(0)-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---0-0--0-0--0-2--2-2--|
* * * *
Riff E
Play chord and then mute it (no sustain)
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|--2----------|
|--2----------|
|--2----------|
Riff F
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-2--2-2/4-(4)-4-4-4---(4)-5--5--(5)/7-(7)-7-7-7--|
|-2--2-2/4-(4)-4-4-4---(4)-5--5--(5)/7-(7)-7-7-7--|
|-2--2-2/4-(4)-4-4-4---(4)-5--5--(5)/7-(7)-7-7-7--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-2-----(2)-(2)-----7-7------2-2------2--|
|-2------0---0------5-5------2-2------2--|
|-2------0---0------7-7------2-2------2--|
Riff G
Riff under "I am nothing..." etc.
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-2---2-----(2)---(2)-----7---7------2-2-----(0)-2--|
|-2---2------0-----0------5---5------2-2-----(0)-2--|
|-2---2------0-----0------7---7------2-2-----(0)-2--|
Song Structure
Riff A 1 time
Riff B 2 times
Riff C 1 time
guitar silence while Burton sings first verse backed
by the bass
Riff D 1 time
Riff B 2 times
Riff E 1 time
guitar silence while Burton sings second verse again
backed by the bass
Riff D 1 time
Riff B 2 times
Riff F 2 times
Riff G 8 times
Riff A 1 time
Riff B 4 times
Riff C and fade out