THE TEST THAT STUMPED THEM ALL (Bassline)
As recorded by Dream Theater
(From the 2002 Album SIX DEGREES OF INNER TURBULENCE)
Words and Music by Dream Theater
Transcribed by Luca Abete
Gtr I (B E A D G B) - 'Untitled'
Q=163
7/8
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-16-14-------18-14-------16-14----------14-|
|-------15-14-------15-14-------15-14-15----|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
6/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-16-14-------18-14-------16-14-------|
|-------15-14-------15-14-------15-14-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
7/8 6/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-9-7-----11-7-----9-7-------7-|-9-7-----11-7-----9-7-----|
|-----8-7------8-7-----8-7-8---|-----8-7------8-7-----8-7-|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
7/8 6/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-5-----9-5-----7-5-------5-|-7-5-----9-5-----7-5-----|
|-----6-5-----6-5-----6-5-6---|-----6-5-----6-5-----6-5-|
7/8 6/8
H.. +H.
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|
|-0---------|-(0)----|
|-----------|--------|
7/8 6/8
S S H. H.
|-------------|-------|
|-------------|-------|
|-------------|-------|
|-------------|-------|
|-------------|-------|
|-3-----------|-------|
7/8 6/8
H.. +H.
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|
|-----------|--------|
|-2---------|-(2)----|
7/8 6/8
S S H. H.
|-------------|-------|
|-------------|-------|
|-------------|-------|
|-------------|-------|
|-------------|-------|
|-3-----------|-------|
7/8 6/8 7/8 6/8
Q Q Q. H Q E H. H.
|-------------|---------|-----------|-------|
|-------------|---------|-----------|-------|
|--------2----|------2--|-----------|-------|
|-------(2)---|---------|-----------|-------|
|-0--0--------|-0-------|-----------|-------|
|-------------|---------|-3---------|-------|
7/8 6/8 7/8 6/8
Q Q Q. H Q E H. H.
|-------------|----------|-----------|-------|
|-------------|----------|-----------|-------|
|-------------|----------|-----------|-------|
|-------/4----|------/4--|-----------|-------|
|-------------|----------|-3---------|-------|
|-2--2--------|-2--------|-----------|-------|
7/8 6/8
Q Q E E E Q Q Q 4x
||--------------|-----------||
||o-------------|----------o||
||--------------|-----------||
||--------5-7-8-|-7-----7---||
||o-0--0--------|----0-----o||
||--------------|-----------||
7/8 6/8
Q Q E E E e s s e e s s e 4x
||--------------|------------------||
||o-------------|-----------------o||
||--------------|------------------||
||--------7-8-5-|------------------||
||o-0--0--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
||--------------|------------------||
$
7/8 6/8
Q Q E E E e s s e e s s e 5x
||--------------|------------------||
||o-------------|-----------------o||
||--------------|------------------||
||--------7-8-5-|------------------||
||o-0--0--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
||--------------|------------------||
7/8 6/8 7/8 6/8
Q Q E E E e s s e e s s e Q Q E E E e s s e e s s e
|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------7-8-5-|-----------------|-------7-8-5-|-----------------|
|-0--0--------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-0--0--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
7/8 9/8 7/8 6/8
Q Q E E E e s s e e s s e e s s e Q Q E E E e s s e e s s e
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------7-8-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-------7-8-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-0--0--------|-------------------------|-0--0--------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------|-----------------|
7/8 9/8 7/8 6/8
Q Q Q E e s s e e s s e e s s e Q Q E E E e s s e e s s e
|------------|-------------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|------------|-------------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|------------|-------------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-3--3--3--3-|-----------------2-2-2-2-|-------7-8-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|------------|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3---------|-0--0--------|-----------------|
|------------|-------------------------|-------------|-----------------|
7/8 9/8
Q Q Q E e s s e e s s e e s s e
|------------|-------------------------|
|------------|-------------------------|
|------------|-------------------------|
|-3--3--3--3-|-------------------------|
|------------|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
|------------|-------------------------|
7/8 6/8
s s s s s s s s s S Q 3x E E E E E E
||--------------------------||--------------|
||o------------------------o||--------------|
||--------------------------||-/2-----------|
||--------------------------||----3-2-------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------o||--------5-3-1-|
||--------------------------||--------------|
7/8 6/8
s s s s s s s s s S Q 3x E E E E E E
||--------------------------||--------------|
||o------------------------o||--------------|
||--------------------------||-/2-----------|
||--------------------------||----3-2-------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------o||--------5-3-1-|
||--------------------------||--------------|
5/4
e S S e q Q q e q e q. E q e
|--------------------|------------------|
|---------4----------|------4-----------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-------2--2-|-2--2--------2--2-|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
e S S e q Q q e q e q q q e
|--------------------|------------------|
|---------2----------|------2-----2-----|
|--------------------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-------0--0-|-0--0----0-----0--|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
e S S e q Q q e q e q q q E e S S e q Q q e
|--------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------4----------|------4-----4----|---------2-----------|
|--------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-------2--2-|-2--2----2-----2-|-0-0-0-0-------0--0--|
|--------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
s s s s E s s s s E s s s s s s s s
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-9-9-7------7-7-5-----5-4-----2-1-----|
|-------10-9-------9-7-----7-6-----3-2-|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
To Coda
7/8 6/8
s s s s s s s s s S Q s s s s s s s s s S Q E E E E E E
|------------------------||--------------------------||---------------|
|------------------------||o------------------------o||---------------|
|------------------------||--------------------------||-/2------------|
|-3----------------------||--------------------------||----3-2--------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------o||--------5-3-1--|
|------------------------||--------------------------||---------------|
D.S. al Coda
7/8 6/8
s s s s s s s s s S Q 3x E E E E E E
||--------------------------||--------------|
||o------------------------o||--------------|
||--------------------------||-/2-----------|
||--------------------------||----3-2-------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------o||--------5-3-1-|
||--------------------------||--------------|
&
7/8 6/8
s s s s s s s s s S Q 3x E E E E E E
||--------------------------||--------------|
||o------------------------o||--------------|
||--------------------------||-/2-----------|
||--------------------------||----3-2---2-3-|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------o||--------5-----|
||--------------------------||--------------|
7/4 15/8
H E E E Q Q Q E q q E E E E E E Q Q E
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------3b4r3-----------|
|------2-4-5-4-----2--4-|-------2-4-5-------5-4--2----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-2-------------2-------|-2--2----------------------2-|
7/4 15/8
q Q E E E Q Q Q E Q q E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------/6-4-3-----------|
|-------2-4-5-4-----2--5-|-------2-4-5--------5-4-4-----|
|------------------------|--------------------------2-2-|
|-2--2-----------2-------|-2--2-------------------------|
7/4 15/8
q q E E E Q Q Q E q q E E E E E E Q Q E
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------/4-3-----------|
|-------2-4-5-4-----2--5-|-------2-4-5------5-4--2--4-|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|-2--2-----------2-------|-2--2-----------------------|
7/4 15/8
q Q E E E Q Q Q E q q E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------/6-4-3-----------|
|-------2-4-5-4-----2--5-|-------2-4-5--------5-4-4-----|
|------------------------|--------------------------2-2-|
|-2--2-----------2-------|-2--2-------------------------|
7/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-17p15-------------------------------------|
|-------16-14-19p16-------16p14----------14-|
|-------------------19-15-------15-14-15----|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-16p14-------14p10-------10p9---------10-|
|-------15-14-------14-12------12-9-12----|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-14p10-------10p9-------9p7---------7-|-9p7------7p5p4---5p4p2-----2-|
|-------14-12------12-10-----10-9-10---|-----10-9-------7-------3-5---|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
6/8
S s s s s s s s s S Q s s s s s s s s s S Q E E E E E E
|------------------------||--------------------------||--------------|
|------------------------||o------------------------o||--------------|
|-2----------------------||--------------------------||-/2-----------|
|------------------------||--------------------------||----3-2-------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------o||--------5-3-1-|
|------------------------||--------------------------||--------------|
7/8 6/8
s s s s s s s s s S Q 3x E E E E E E
||--------------------------||--------------|
||o------------------------o||--------------|
||--------------------------||-/2-----------|
||--------------------------||----3-2-----3-|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------o||--------3-5---|
||--------------------------||--------------|
7/4 15/8
PM-| PM-|
q q E E E Q Q Q E q q E E E E E E Q Q E
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------/2-1-----------|
|-------0-2-3-2-----0--3-|-------0-2-3------3-2--0--3-|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0--0-----------0-------|-0--0-----------------------|
7/4 15/8
PM-| PM-|
q q E E E Q Q Q E q q E E E E E E Q E E E
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------/4-2-1----2-1---|
|-------0-2-3-2-----0--3-|-------0-2-3--------2------3-|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-0--0-----------0-------|-0--0------------------------|
7/4 15/8
PM-| PM-|
q q E E E Q Q Q E q q E E E E E E Q Q E
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------/2-1-----------|
|-------0-2-3-2-----0--3-|-------0-2-3------3-2--0--3-|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0--0-----------0-------|-0--0-----------------------|
7/4 15/8
PM-| PM-|
q q E E E Q Q Q E q q E E E E E E Q E E E
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------/4-2-1----------|
|-------0-2-3-2-----0--3-|-------0-2-3--------2--2-4-5-|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-0--0-----------0-------|-0--0------------------------|
7/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-17p15-------------------------------------|
|-------16-14-19p16-------16p14----------14-|
|-------------------19-15-------15-14-15----|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-16p14-------14p10-------10p9---------10-|
|-------15-14-------14-12------12-9-12----|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-14p10-------10p9-------9p7---------7-|-9p7------7p5p4---5p4p2-----2-|
|-------14-12------12-10-----10-9-10---|-----10-9-------7-------3-5---|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
H.. +H Q. H..
|-----------|--------------|--------|
|-----------|--------------|--------|
|-----------|--------------|--------|
|-----------|--------/2----|-5------|
|-0---------|-(0)----------|--------|
|-----------|--------------|--------|
H Q. H.. +H Q. H.. H Q.
|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|-4----5----|-7---------|-(7)----1----|-4---------|------1----|
|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-3---------|
6/8
s s s s s s s s s S Q 3x E E E E E E
||--------------------------||--------------|
||o------------------------o||--------------|
||--------------------------||-/2-----------|
||--------------------------||----3-2-------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------o||--------5-3-1-|
||--------------------------||--------------|
7/8 6/8
s s s s s s s s s S Q 3x E E E E E E
||--------------------------||--------------|
||o------------------------o||--------------|
||--------------------------||-/2-----------|
||--------------------------||----3-2-------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------o||--------5-3-1-|
||--------------------------||--------------|
7/8
H.. +H Q. H..
|-----------|--------------|---------|
|-----------|--------------|---------|
|-----------|--------------|---------|
|-----------|--------/5----|-/8------|
|-3---------|-(3)----------|---------|
|-----------|--------------|---------|
H Q. H.. +H Q. H.. H Q.
|-----------|------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|-4----5----|-/7---------|-(7)----2----|-5---------|-----------|
|-----------|------------|-------------|-----------|-4----1----|
|-----------|------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
6/8
s s s s s s s s s S Q 3x E E E E E E
||--------------------------||--------------|
||o------------------------o||--------------|
||--------------------------||-/2-----------|
||--------------------------||----3-2-------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------o||--------5-3-1-|
||--------------------------||--------------|
7/8 5/8
s s s s s s s s s S Q 3x E E E E E
||--------------------------||------------|
||o------------------------o||------------|
||--------------------------||-/2---------|
||--------------------------||----3-2-----|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------o||--------5-3-|
||--------------------------||------------|
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------7----7-10-9-9-7----7-10-|
|-------------------------3-2-----|---3-2-3-6-7-9---10------------10------|
|-----------------2-5-3-5-----5-3-|-5-------------------------------------|
|-------1-0-1-4-5-----------------|---------------------------------------|
|-3-1-3---------------------------|---------------------------------------|
S T T S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-7------7------------7-10-------13-14-|
|-------10-9---10-9-7-6-9------14-15-------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------21-24--|
|-16-14-13-------------------17-19-22-21-22--------|
|----------15-14-15-18-19-21-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
W Q Q Q Q Q Q W +W +W
|-22--------|-------------|----------|------------|--------*|
|-----------|-------------|----------|------------|--------*|
|-----------|-------------|----------|------------|--------*|
|-----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
|-----------|-------------|----------|------------|--------*|
|-----------|-------------|----------|------------|--------*|
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
***************************************************************************************
* Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen - http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org *
***************************************************************************************
|
