BLEAK (Bassline)
As recorded by Opeth
From the 2001 Album BLACKWATER PARK
Words and Music by Mikael Åkerfeldt
Arranged by Opeth
Transcribed by Johannes Z.
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=100
4/4
Gtr I
W +W +W +W
|----------||-------------|------------|---------||
|----------||o------------|------------|--------o||
|----------||o------------|------------|--------o||
|-0--------||--(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)-----||
+H. Q E. S S S E s E s S S E E. S S S E s E s S S E
|---------------||---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------||o----------5---------------|----------5----------------|
|---------------||o------5h7-------(7)---5h7-|------5h7-------------5h7--|
|-(0)------12\--||--0--0-------0-0-----7-----|-0--0-------0-0-(0)-7------|
E. S S S E s E S S S E s s s s s s s E S S S S E.
|------------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------5-------------|-8-9-8------------------------o||
|------5h7-----------5S7-|-------10-9-7-10-9-7-9-7-6----o||
|-0--0-------0-0-5s7-----|---------------------------7\--||
Verse 1
E e S S E Q Q E e S S E S S E Q E S S E E. S E E E
||-------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
||o------------------|----------------6-----|--------------------|
||o---7---7-5-7--7\--|---7---7-5-/8p7---7\--|--------------------|
||--0----------------|-0--------------------|-4-4-4-4-5--4-4-1-1-|
1.,2.,3. 4.
E. S S S E Q Q 4x E. S S S E. S S S S S S S
|----------------------||---------------------------
|---------------------o||-------------6-------------
|------7-8-5-7--(7)\--o||------7-8-5----8-7-5-------
|-0--0-----------------||-0--0----------------8-7-5-
Bridge 1
Q E Q E S S E E. S S S E. S E E E E. S S S E. S E E E
||------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||o------6----6-----|------5s7s5----------|---------------------|
||o----6----6---6---|----5--------5---5---|-2--0---0-2--2---2---|
||--4-------------4-|-3-------------3---3-|------2--------2---2-|
1. 2.
Q E Q E S S E E S S E Q S S S S S S
|------------------||-------------10-9------------|
|------3----3-----o||---------3/-------10-8-------|
|----3----3---3---o||-----------------------10-8--|
|-1-------------1--||-1-1-1-1---------------------|
Pre-Verse
E. S S S E s E s S S E E. S S S E s E s S S E
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o----------5---------------|----------5---------------|
||o------5h7-------(7)---5h7-|------5h7-------------5h7-|
||--0--0-------0-0-----7-----|-0--0-------0-0-(0)-7-----|
E. S S S E s E S S S E s s s s s s s E S S S S E.
|------------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------5-------------|-8-9-8------------------------o||
|------5h7-----------5S7-|-------10-9-7-10-9-7-9-7-6----o||
|-0--0-------0-0-5s7-----|---------------------------7\--||
Verse 2
E e S S E Q Q E e S S E S S E Q
||-------------------|----------------------|
||o------------------|----------------6-----|
||o---7---7-5-7--7\--|---7---7-5-/8p7---7\--|
||--0----------------|-0--------------------|
1.,2.,3.
E S S E E. S E E E E. S S S E Q Q 4x
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|--------------------|------7-8-5-7--(7)\--o||
|-4-4-4-4-5--4-4-1-1-|-0--0-----------------||
4.
e E Q H Wx2 H S s s S S S S S
|-------------|------------|----------------------|
|-------------|------------|--------6-------------|
|-------------|------------|----------8-7-5-------|
|-0-----------|------------|----------------8-7-5-|
Bridge 2
Q E Q E S S E E. S S S E. S E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|------6----6-----|------5s7s5----------|
|----6----6---6---|----5--------5---5---|
|-4-------------4-|-3-------------3---3-|
E. S S S E. S E E E Q. E. E S S S E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|---------3---3-----|
|-2--0---0-2--2---2---|------3----3---3---|
|------2--------2---2-|-1---------------1-|
Q E Q E S S E E. S S S E. S Q E
|-----------------|--------------------|
|------6----6-----|------5s7s5---------|
|----6----6---6---|----5--------5------|
|-4-------------4-|-3-------------3--3-|
E. S S S E. S E E E E S S E E. S S S S S E
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------0-2-------|
|-2--0---0-2--2---2---|------------2-----------|
|------2--------2---2-|-1-1-1-1-1--------3-0---|
7/4
S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------2------------------------------|
|---2-0---2-------2-0---------3---2---0----------------|
|-------3---0---------3---0---------------2-2---3---x--|
Chorus 1
4/4
E. S S S E. S E E S S E S S E E S E S E +E 3x
||------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-2--0---0-2--2-2-2-2-x-|---------/7-7-5-5-4-(4)\-o||
||-------2----------------|-3-3-3-3------------------||
E. S S S E. E S S S E E S S E E. E. E +E
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|-9--7---7-9--9-9-9------|-----------------------|
|------9------------9----|---------/7--5--4-(4)\-|
|---------------------7\-|-3-3-3-3---------------|
E. S S S E. S E E S S E S S E E S E S E +E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-2--0---0-2--2-2-2-2-x-|---------/7-7-5-5-4-(4)\-|
|------2----------------|-3-3-3-3-----------------|
E. S S S E. S E E S S E S S E Q S S S S S S
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------7-5-----------|
|-2--0---0-2--2-2-2-2-x-|----------------8-7-5-----|
|------2----------------|-3-3-3-3-5------------8---|
S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------5---|
|-5---5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5---5---|---------------------3s5---5-|
|-----------------------------6-|---6-6-6---3-3---3-3---------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S 3x
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-------------------------5---o||
||o---5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-------|---------------------3s5---5-o||
||--------------------------6-6-|---6-6-6---3-3---3-3----------||
E. S S S E. S E E S S E S S E E S E S E +E 4x
||------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-2--0---0-2--2-2-2-2-x-|---------/7-7-5-5-4-(4)\-o||
||-------2----------------|-3-3-3-3------------------||
Interlude
H Q. E +H Q. E +E E e E E. E. E +E E e E E. E. E
|-------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------5-|-(5)-5-----------5-|-(5)-5-------------|
|-2---------2-|-(2)-----------|-------5-----------|-------5---------2-|
|------3------|--------3------|-----------6--3----|-----------6--3----|
+H Q. E +H Q. E +E E e E E. E. E +E E e E E. E. E
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------------5-|-(5)-5-----------5-|-(5)-5-------------|
|-(2)---------2-|-(2)-----------|-------5-----------|-------5---------2-|
|--------3------|--------3------|-----------6--3----|-----------6--3----|
+H Q. E +H Q. E E E e E E. E. E E E e E E. E. E
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------------5-|-(5)-5-----------5-|-(5)-5-------------|
|-(2)---------2-|-(2)-----------|-------5-----------|-------5---------2-|
|--------3------|--------3------|-----------6--3----|-----------6--3----|
+H Q. E +H Q. E E E E E E. E. E E E E E e Q E
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------|-------------5-|-(5)-5-----------5-|-(5)-5-------4-------|
|-(2)---------2-|-(2)-----------|-------5-5---------|-------5-(5)---------|
|--------3------|--------3------|-----------6--3----|------------------5--|
6/4 4/4
+E E E q E E E +E Q. S S S S S S E +H W E. E. E. E. Q
|------------------|------------------------|-------------|----------------|
|------------4-----|------------------------|-------------|-------------9--|
|---------6----7-7-|-(7)--------2-----------|-------------|-------6--9-----|
|-(5)-5------------|-----0----5---0-3-2-0-3-|-(3)----5----|-7--8-----------|
Interlude 2
7/4 4/4
>
+W +H +Q Q. E. Q +E. Q. Q. S E. 8x
|------------------------||-----------------|------------------||
|-(9)--------(9)----(9)--||o----------------|-----------------o||
|------------------------||o----------------|-/4----3---------o||
|------------------------||--0----2--0--(0)-|------------3-2---||
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S 4x
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-----------3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-o||
||--0-0-0-0---------------------|------------------------------||
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 S S S S 4x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||o-------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------|-----------------------------------||
Interlude 3
E. S E E +S E. E E E. S E E +S E. E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|----------9-(9)S10--7---|----------9-(9)S10--7---|
|--------7-------------7-|--------7-------------7-|
|-5--(5)-----------------|-5--(5)-----------------|
E. S E Q E S S E E S E. E. S S S S S S S
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|--------5----5-----|---------------------------|
|------5----5---5---|-----------7-5-------------|
|-3--x------------3-|-1-1-0--1/-----8-7-5-7-8---|
E. S E Q E E E E. S E Q E E E
|------------------|------------------|
|--------9--10-7---|--------9--10-7---|
|------7---------7-|------7---------7-|
|-5--x-------------|-5--x-------------|
E. S E Q E S S E E S E. E. S S S S S S S
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|--------5----5-----|---------------------------|
|------5----5---5---|-----------7-5-------------|
|-3--x------------3-|-1-1-0--1/-----8-7-5-7-8---|
E. S E Q E E E E. S E Q E E E
|------------------|------------------|
|--------9--10-7---|--------9--10-7---|
|------7---------7-|------7---------7-|
|-5--x-------------|-5--x-------------|
E. S E Q E S S E E S E. E. S S S S S S S
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|--------5----5-----|---------------------------|
|------5----5---5---|-----------7-5-------------|
|-3--x------------3-|-1-1-0--1/-----8-7-5-7-8---|
E. S E Q E E E E. S E Q E E E
|------------------|------------------|
|--------9--10-7---|--------9--10-7---|
|------7---------7-|------7---------7-|
|-5--x-------------|-5--x-------------|
E. S E Q E S S E E S E. Q S S S S S S
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|--------5----5-----|--------------------------|
|------5----5---5---|------------5-3-2-0-2-3---|
|-3--x------------3-|-1-1-0--1/----------------|
Chorus 2
E. S S S E. S E E S S E S S E E. E. E +E 4x
||------------------------|------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||o-2--0---0-2--2-2-2-2-x-|---------/7--5--4-(4)\-o||
||-------2----------------|-3-3-3-3----------------||
S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S 4x
||--------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------5---o||
||o-5---5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-------|---------------------3s5---5-o||
||----------------------------6-6-|---6-6-6---3-3---3-3----------||
E. S S S E. S E E S S E S S E E S E S E +E 4x
||------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-2--0---0-2--2-2-2-2-x-|---------/7-7-5-5-4-(4)\-o||
||-------2----------------|-3-3-3-3------------------||
Breakdown
E E E H +E Q S S S E. +Q +E
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|-2-2---0----(0)-|-----------------------|
|----------------|-4----3---3--(3)--(3)\-|
Outro
E S S E S E S S S S S S S E S S E S E S S S S S E 4x
||----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o---------------------------|----------------------------o||
||o---------------------------|-----------7-9-9-9-9-9-9\---o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-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 E S S S S S E
||----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------|---------------7-9-9-9-9-9-9\--o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------||
e E Q H Wx7
|-------------|--------*|
|-------------|--------*|
|-------------|--------*|
|-2-----------|--------*|
Performance Notes
-----------------
Martin Mendez plays his basslines with a lot of variations live(and on the records to), but
I think I've managed to transcribe most of it!
Enjoy!
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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