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Rakim Tab by Dead Can Dance

Rakim tab by Dead Can Dance

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TAB:Rakim by Dead Can Dance

From CD-Movie: Toward The Within(1994)
Trans/noted: Andretti Benavides
ISSUE# 4 from GTML.
A very difficul song to transcribe and play it correctly.  This is 90 % O.k.
and i think i will make it.
First: Tunning :You may say WHAT¡¡¡ four strings?. Yes Four strings, this is
for mandolin (i think it is played with that) but if you have a guitar just
put a capo on 5th fret and play on the thinner strings. Notated as fret
5(capo)=0.For non capo just add 5 to every note.
Second: Trills: Move quikcly, very quickly up and down the pick under notes
that says Trill.
Third: The chords are arranged for main deep music layer, an here comes the
scales: For DM part is a A minor.-a,b,c,d,e,f,g,a. For D part is a
G major.-g,a,b,c,d,e,f#,g. Noy you can figure out arrangements and voicing.
Thats all,for corrections, comments, contributions or anything else:
mailto://al448482@academ01.cem.itesm.mx
http://www-lce.cem.itesm.mx/alumnos/al448482/
🎸
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  Dm                        Trill                           Trill
A-------5---7---8---7---5-----------5---7---8---7---5----------------------
E---8-----------------------8---8-----------------------8---7-------8------
C--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                                    Trill
A---5---7---8---7---5------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------8---7---5---3---5---3---5---3-------3---3---1------
C--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------


        Trill----
A-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------
E---0---0---3-----------|--------------------------------------------------
C-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------


    Faster                          Trill               Dm
A---------------5---7---8---7---5-----------5---7---8---7---5--------------
E-----------8-----------------------8---8-----------------------8----------
C--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------


    Trill
A---------------5---7---8---7---5------------------------------------------
E---7-------8-----------------------7---8---5---3---5---3---5---3---1------
C--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------


                            Trill           Trill
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---0---3---0-----------------------0-------0---------------0-------1------
C---------------2---0---2---0-----------2-----------0---2-------0----------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                                            Trill
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------0---1---0---1---------------0----------------------------------
C---2---0-------------------2---0---2-------0---2---0---2---0--------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------


    Trill    Big silence  D (second part)
A-----------|---||----3---5---7---8----||----------------------------------
E-----------|---||*-------------------*||----------------------------------
C---3---5---|---||*-------------------*||----------------------------------
G-----------|---||---------------------||----------------------------------


    w   Very fast                             Norm
A---r---3---5---7---8---7---5-------|---||----8---7---5--------||----------
E---e---------------------------8---|---||*---------------8---*||----------
C---s-------------------------------|---||*-------------------*||----------
G---t-------------------------------|---||---------------------||----------



A--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---8---8\7---5---7---5---3---5---3---2---0---2---0---2---3---3---2--------
C--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------


        Trill Long                          Moderate
A-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------
E---0-------------------|--------------------------------------------------
C-------2---------------|--------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------



    Moderate   Trill                w  Trill                     2x
A---||------------------------------r----------------------------||-----
E---||*-----------0--3--0--3--2--0--e--------0-----0\2/0--------*||-----
C---||*-----------------------------s-----2-----2---------2--0--*||-----
G---||------------------------------t----------------------------||-----
               Riff 1

         Trill    x        w  Trill        2x
A---||------------0--3--0--r---------------||---------------------------
E---||*--------3-----------e--0--2--3--2--*||---------------------------
C---||*--------------------s--------------*||---------------------------
G---||---------------------t---------------||---------------------------
            Riff 2



    Outro      D  q  q  q  q  Am    q  q  q  q     G  q  q  q  q
A---||------------0--0--0--0--|-----0--0--0--0--|-----2--2--2--2--|-----
E---||------------2--2--2--2--|-----0--0--0--0--|-----3--3--3--3--|-----
C---||*-----------2--2--2--2--|-----0--0--0--0--|-----2--2--2--2--|-----
G---||*-----------2--2--2--2--|-----2--2--2--2--|-----0--0--0--0--|-----
D---||------------0--0--0--0--|-----2--2--2--2--|-----0--0--0--0--|-----
A---||------------0--0--0--0--|-----0--0--0--0--|-----x--x--x--x--|-----
    And now the lady sings.

       D  q  q  q  q
A---------0--0--0--0---||-----------------------------------------------
E---------2--2--2--2---||-----------------------------------------------
C---------2--2--2--2--*||-----------------------------------------------
G---------2--2--2--2--*||-----------------------------------------------
D---------0--0--0--0---||-----------------------------------------------
A---------0--0--0--0---||-----------------------------------------------




                                  From http://www.nets.com/dcd/
===========================================================================
==                         TABLATURE EXPLANATION                         ==
===========================================================================

----------                ----------                ----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
----------                ||*----*||                --------
----------                ||------||                --------

Rhythm:
  w = whole note            W = dotted whole
  h = half note             H = dotted half
  q = quarter note          Q = dotted quarter
  e = eighth note           E = dotted eighth
  s = sixteenth note        S = dotted sixteenth
  t = 32nd note             T = dotted 32nd
  x = 64th note             X = dotted 64th
  ^ = triplet

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