"Touching the Earth"
By James Murphy
from the album "Convergence"
Tab by Shane McFee
kazrog@silcom.com
http://silcom.com/~kazrog/
Updated 9-6-99 - Fixed a few mistakes in the tab.
-Performance notes-
Intro
Guitar one plays this first part between the repeat brackets,
and Guitar two plays the part between the second repeat brackets.
Both parts play simultaneously.
The part after the repeated bars is the lead guitar part (Guitar three).
This guitar comes in after the first two repetitions of the rhythm parts.
I did not tab out the entire intro lead, because the part after where
my tab stops is basically the same. It shouldn't be hard to figure out
by ear once you know the other part. Other sections of the song took
priority over this...
"Heavy" part
After the intro, I have tabbed out the heavier part of the song. The
first part is rhythm, second part is lead. These parts play at the
same time in the song.
Solos
There are two guitar solos. The first starts at about 4:00 into the song,
the second about 5:00 into the song. Look for patterns, and be sure and
listen to the CD.
General Notes
THIS SONG USES DROPPED D TUNING. Look at the tuning diagram next to every
line of tab. It won't sound right unless you tune right :)
I am positive that I learned the song correctly, but I may have made some
mistakes making the tab, such as getting strings mixed up, etc. If you find
any errors, let me know. I can be reached at kazrog@silcom.com
Bars are not always actual bars of music. Sometimes they are, sometimes
not. I mainly put in bar lines here to mark phrasing. It should make
sense. Also, look for patterns in the solos, particularly in any of
James' fast triplet runs. They are almost always some kind of
sequenced pattern. This will help you keep your head out of the tab
and keep you trying to actually make this sound right and get it up
to speed. If you need any further help, email me at kazrog@silcom.com
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== TABLATURE EXPLANATION ==
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---------- ---------- ----t---
----5h8--- Hammeron ----(8)--- Ghost ----6--- Tap
---------- ---------- Note --------
----5p8--- Pulloff ---------- --------
---------- ---------- -----p--
----5/8--- Slide Up -----x---- Dead -----7-- Pop
---------- ---------- Note --s-----
----5\8--- Slide Down ---------- --5----- Slap
---------- ||------|| Repeat ------------5~~~-- Vibrato ||*----*|| ---5^--- Bend---------- ||*----*|| ------------------ ||------|| --------
---------- ---------- ---------4:------- Time ---------- ---------4:------- Signature ---------- ------------------ ---------- --------
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== Created with a demo version of BUCKET O' TAB ==
== tablature creation software for Windows ==
== For more info email gse@his.com ==
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