'Silent Scorn' by Megadeth - Guitar Tutorial

            Megadeth:  Silent Scorn

transcribed by:  Russ Elton (vicelton@yahoo.com)

  
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Tuning: Standard

Riff 1 (clean)
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-------0-----0---------0-----0---|
D|-----2---4-2---2-----2---4-2---2-|
A|---2---------------2-------------|
E|-0---------------0---------------|

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-------0-----0---------0-----0---|
D|-----2---4-2---2-----2---4-2---2-|
A|---3---------------3-------------|
E|-0---------------0---------------|

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-------0-----0---------0-----0---|
D|-----2---4-2---2-----3-----4---4-|
A|---4---------------1-----2-------|
E|-0---------------0---------------|

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-------0-----0---------0-------0-|
D|-----2---4-2---2-----2-------2---|
A|---2---------------4-------3-----|
E|-0---------------0-------0-------|


Solo over Riff 1
e|----------------------------------------|
B|---5~~---7b8---5~~------------7b8---5~~-|
G|-4-------------------4-5~~--------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------8-7-5---7-5---------|
B|-----------7b8--5~---------------------8-----8---5~~-|
G|-4--5h6~~-----------6~--7~~~--x----------------7-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----8~--(8)-------7~-(7)--------5~-------------|
G|-4-5------------4-5----------4-5-5-----7~--5~--7~-|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|---------------7-9-10-9-7-6-7------10-9-7-9-10-|
E|-/7--7-6--7~~------------------/7~-------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------7-9-10-9-7-6-7--------7-10-9-7-9-10-|
E|-/8--8-7--8~~-------------------7/8----------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------7-9-------------------------|
D|--------------------7-9-10----10-9~~--8~--------------|
A|-------------7-9-10-----------------------10-7-10-7~~-|
E|-/9-9-8-9~~--------------------------------------------|

e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|----------1/9-|
A|-/4~--3~------|
E|--------------|


End solo


Riff 2 (clean)
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------2-------0---|
D|-----2-------0-----2-------2---2-|
A|---2-------2-----0-----2-3-------|
E|-0-----2-3-----3-----------------|

Final time
e|---------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------[quick strum]-|
G|---------------------2-------0---------|
D|-----2-------0-----2-------2---2-------|
A|---2-------2-----0-----2-3-------------|
E|-0-----2-3-----3-----------------------|


Solo over Riff 2
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------12--10~~--12-12h13-12~--10~-----|
G|-9~---11-11h12~------------------------------12~-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------12--10~~------------------------|
G|-9~---11-11h12~--------------------------------7-|
D|---------------------------10--9~-------7-9-10---|
A|-----------------------------------9-10----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------12--10~~--12-12h13-12~--10~------|
G|-9~---11-11h12~------------------------------12~-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|


e|-12~~--------15~~--------17~~---------------20~~~-|
B|-------12-12-------12-12-------12-12-12h13--------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

End solo


Notation:

10b12      = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret.
10b12r10   = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret,
             then release to the 10th fret.
[10]12r10  = bend to the 12th fret from the 10th fret, pick,
             then release to the 10th fret.
10b12 [14] = pick the 14th fret while holding the previous bend.

10b15*     = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 15th fret.
7d2*       = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 2nd fret. 
12~*       = tremolo bar vibrato.

x   =  mute with fret-hand
*   =  palm mute
X =  pick slide
h   =  hammer-on
p   =  pull-off
~   =  vibrato
t   =  finger tap
/   =  slide up
   =  slide down
h   =  natural harmonics
a   =  artificial harmonics
(9) =  ghost note
tm  =  trem picking
tr  =  trill