Song:An Elegy of Icaros
Artist:Emperor
Album:IX Equilibrium
Tabbed by:thegreateye@hotmail.com
This song is difficult . I make note of most of the little
inflictions that I play , like I use lots of slides
when I play this . Not neccesarily in the song (maybe ?) but It definetly
sounds good . If anyone has any corrections please
mail them to me ...
Key:
p=pull-off
h=hammer-on
/=slide
pm=palm mute
tr=trill
...=tremelo
vv=vibrato
hv=horizontal vibrato
ah=artificial harmonic
()=ring out
Riff 1a:(Clean Vocals)
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--/2--------------------/2---------/4--6-------
-----------6-4--6tr7------------2--------7--2--
-----3-4-------------------3-4-----------------
Riff 1bx1:
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--/7--7----------/7--7------------/7--7-----------------------
---------hv2------------------------------2----------7--5--7--
--/5--7----0-----/5--7--0-----0---/5--7---0---/5--7--0--------
---------------------------b3---------------------------------
Fill 1:If I had to pick one thing In here that could be wrong this would be
It . It sounds alot like It but who knows ???
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------8-7--------------------------7--
--4-8-7-6-5--4----6--7------7------8--
--2-8-7-6-5--4-5--6--7------7------8--
--2-6-5-4-3--2-5--4--5-5555-5-5555-6--
-------------2-3--4-------------------
pm .... ....
Riff 2 X2: The whole thing is really just an F# minor chord . The first
three notes are arpeggiated quickly ...
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-------------/10-v9--/10--9-----------/10-v9----------------
------11-------------------------11-------------------------
---------11-----------/7--6--------11--------------9h10p9---
----9--------------------------9--------------(12)----------
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Riff 2x2:Samoth-Tremelo picked of course...
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---------/7-6-------------------------/7-6----------
-----4------------4----0h2h3p2-----4-------0h2h3p0--
--2------------2----------------2-------------------
Fill 2 X4:Ihsahn
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------4h5p4-----
---7---------6--
--(0)------------
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Fill 2:Samoth
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------2h3p2-----
---5---------4--
Riff 3:Samoth It's played very fast with the right hand with a funny little
groove to your left hand movement . IMO .
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--00-11-22-33----
pm.. .. .. ..
Riff 3:Ihsahn , slide and then bend all of theses
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---/b12---11---10----9--
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---/b10----9----8----7--
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Riff 4x2: Do a downwards sweep on here and mute it immediatly after . This
could be an effect on 2 guitars , but who cares ??
---------2-----------------------------------2-------------------------
----------2-----------------------------------2------------------------
-----------5------------7/10/7/10/7------------5------------4/3/4/3/4--
-2-222--4---4----2-222---------------2-222--4---4----2-222-------------
-2-222--3----3---2-222--5/-8/5/-8/5--2-222--3----3---2-222--2/5/2/5/2--
-1-000--2-----2--1-000---------------1-000--2-----2--1-000-------------
pm ... . ... . ... . ...
Then back to 3 and 4 again ...
Fill 3:
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--7/4/7/3-----
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--5/2/5/1-----
Riff 5:This is a tricky one but I assure you It's all correct
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-------------------------------------------------------------------9/10/6----------------------------------
--4----4-3-2---/4-6-7--4---4-3-2--4/7/4--3----3/4/5---4----4-3-2---------------4----4-3------4-3----3/4/5--
--4--2-4-3-2--------0--4-2-4-3-2--------------3/4/5---4--2-4-3-2---7/-8/4-ah7--4--2-4-3----2-4-3----3/4/5--
--2--0-2-1-0---/2-4-5--2-0-2-1-0--2/5/2--1p0--1/2/3---2--0-2-1-0---------------2--0-2-1-0--0-2-1-0--1/2/3--
pm . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Riff 6:
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---------------------------------------------------------------------6/8-8/9-9/11-11/12---
--9-7-9---------------------------------9-7-9---------------------------------------------
--9-7-9--/910-9tr10--6---------------5--9-7-9--9-10-9tr10--6----2/3-3-3/5-5/6-6/8---8/9---
--7-5-7----------------8---7-------6----7-5-7----------------8----------------------------
--0----------------------8---8--/7------0-------------------------------------------------
Done ! not all the arrangment is here so just listen . It's easy .