Therion - Grand Finale / Postludium

      
 
 GRAND FINALE/POSTLUDIUM (Bassline)
 As recorded by Therion
 (From the 1996 Album THELI)
 
 Transcribed by rumitema@freemail.hu
 
 Music by C. Johnsson
 
 Gtr I (G# C# F# B E) - 'Picked Bass'
 Gtr II (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Piano'
 
 Pre-Verse
 Q=144
 4/4   
  Gtr I
 H Q E E Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E

 |-------------||---------------|--------------|
 |-------------||o--------------|--------------|
 |-------------||---------------|--------------|
 |-----------4-||o-5--5-5--5--1-|-4--4-4--4--0-|
 |-------------||---------------|--------------|
 

 
 Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E

 |--------------|-----------------||
 |--------------|----------------o||
 |--------------|-----------------||
 |-1--1-1--1--4-|-0--0-0--0--4---o||
 |--------------|-----------------||
 

 
 Verse
 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 
                                 

 ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
 ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
 ||------------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
 ||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|------------------|
 ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
 

 
 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 
                                 

 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
 |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
 

 
 Chorus
 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 
                                 

 ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
 ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
 ||--0-0-0-0---------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0---------|-------------------||
 ||o---------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|---------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--o||
 ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
 

 
 Guitar Break
 6/4    
  Gtr II
 E E E E E E E E E E E E 
             

 ||--------------------------------------|
 ||o----17-19----19-22----20-23----19-22-|
 ||--16-------18-------19-------18-------|
 ||--------------------------------------|
 ||o-------------------------------------|
 ||--------------------------------------|
 

 
                         4/4 
 E E E E E E E E E E E E  W

 |--------------------------------------||------|
 |----17-19----19-22----20-23----19-22-o||------|
 |-16-------18-------19-------18--------||------|
 |--------------------------------------||------|
 |-------------------------------------o||------|
 |--------------------------------------||------|
 

 
 Interlude
 $
 Gtr I
 Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E +E E

 |---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
 |---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
 |---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
 |-5----5-7----7-|-8----8-7----7-|-5----5-7----7-|-8----10-8-7-(7)-7-|
 |---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
 

 
 Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E

 |---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
 |---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
 |---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
 |-5----5-7----7-|-8----8-7----7-|-5----5-7----7-|-8----11-10-8-7-8-|
 |---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
 

 
 D.S.
 Q. Q E Q +H. +E E Q. Q E Q +W

 ||---------------|----------------|--------------|----------||
 ||o--------------|----------------|--------------|---------o||
 ||----------7-6--|-(6)------(6)---|---------7-6--|-(6)------||
 ||o-5----8-------|--------------3-|-5----8-------|---------o||
 ||---------------|----------------|--------------|----------||
 

 
 ( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/therion/grand_finale_postludium_btab.html )
 6/4 
  
 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 
                         

 ||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
 ||o------------------------------|------------------------------o||
 ||----5-7---7-10-----8-11---7-10-|---5-7---7-10-----8-11---7-10--||
 ||o-5-----7-------8-------7------|-5-----7-------8-------7------o||
 ||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
 

 |
 | Gtr II

 | PM-------------------------------------------------------|
 

 | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

 ||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
 ||o------------------------------|------------------------------o||
 ||----7-9---9-12----10-13---9-12-|---7-9---9-12----10-13---9-12--||
 ||--7-----9------10-------9------|-7-----9------10-------9-------||
 ||o------------------------------|------------------------------o||
 ||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
 

 
 Pre-Verse
 4/4                                     
  Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E

 ||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
 ||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||
 ||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
 ||o-5--5-5--5--1-|-4--4-4--4--0-|-1--1-1--1--4-|-0--0-0--0--4-o||
 ||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
 

 
 Verse
 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 
                                 

 ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
 ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
 ||------------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
 ||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|------------------|
 ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
 

 
 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 
                                 

 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
 |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
 

 
 Chorus
 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 
                                 

 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-0-0-0-0---------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0---------|-----------------|
 |---------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|---------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 

 
 H H H H H H H H 
         

 |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
 |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
 |-2---------|-----------|-2---------|-----------|
 |------2----|-3----5----|------2----|-3----5----|
 |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
 

 
 H H H H H H H H 
         

 |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
 |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
 |-4---------|-----------|-4---------|-----------|
 |------4----|-5----7----|------4----|-5----7----|
 |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
 

 
 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 
                                 

 ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
 ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
 ||--0-0-0-0---------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0---------|-------------------||
 ||o---------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|---------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--o||
 ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
 

 
 Outro
 Q=80
 Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 4x

 ||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
 ||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
 ||--2--4--5--4--|-2--4--5--4--|-2--4--5--4--|-2--4--5--4----||
 ||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
 ||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
 

 
 
 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