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Aurora
Aurora
normal tuning
during most of the song, dave uses a boss delay pedal set to 250-270 ms and
about 5 repeats. this will be noted by delay on/off . be aware, however, that
I'll tab the repeats just as they were picked notes. also, the tone of the
guitar is rather interesting. the clean tone is very much an uncompressed
distortion channel with the volume on the guitar turned down. I'll still use the
names clean and distortion but keep in mind that there isn't much difference
between them in this song. and now to the song!
(all guitars have slight chorus)
intro/verse
(delay on) straight 8th notes
(guitar 1)
(Amaj11)
e|------------------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------------------|
g|---------------6--6--7--7-----9-----------6--7--7-----|
d|---7--6--6--9--------------7-----9--9--7--------------|
a|0--0--0--0--0--
(0)---------0-----0--0--0--------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|
guitar 1 doesn't actually play this specific riff 400 times in the song; just
fool with it, put the notes in different order, etc. just make sure there's a
big prominent A ringing at the bottom!
intro/verse
(delay off) guitar 2
Asus2
(F#m7)
(A/G#)
(A/B)
e|-7------------------------------|
b|10-------9~~~~~~~~--------------|
g|-9-------------9~~~~~~~~~-------|
d|-7------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------|
guitar 2 does similar embellishments on that theme.
aurora part
(delay off, more distortion) guitar 1
A Amaj7 E/A F#m11 A >
e|-------------------------------------------------0-----x----|
b|2---2---2--2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2--2--0---0--0--2-----2----|
g|2---2---2--2--2--2--1---1--1--1--1--1--1---2--2--2-----2----|
d|2---2---2--2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2--2--2---2--2--2-----2----|
a|0---0---0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0---x--x--0-----0----|
e|-------------------------------------------2--2-------------|
aurora part
(more dist) guitar 2
e|5-------------------------------------------------|
b|5-------5-----------------------------------5-----|
g|--------6----6--6--6--6--4------4---6-------6-----|
d|-----------------------------7---------7----7-----|
a|--------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------|
and now, the most enigmatic part in the whole song:
post-aurora part
(guitar 1 w/half-clean tone)
Amaj11/D D5/A E7 E7sus4 Bm Asus6 A/C#
(6)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------5---5---7---7-----10--10--10--10--10---|
g|7-------------7-------7---7---7---7---7---7-----11--11--11---9--11---|
d|6-------------7-------6---6---7---7---9---9-----11--11--11--11--11---|
a|--------------5------------------------------0-----------------------|
e|--------------5------------------------------------------------------|
post-aurora part
(guitar 2 with similar tone)
AM11/D D/A Dsus2 Bm A6/C# A A6
e|------------------0--0--2--2---5--5--5--5--5----|
b|3-----3-----3--3--3--3--3--3---7--7--7--5--7----|
g|1-----2-----1--1--2--2--4--4---6--6--6--6--6----|
d|------4-----------------------------------------| AM11 = Amaj11
a|------0-----------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------|
there folks, now you know how to do it.
chorus
(more dist, delay off) guitar 1
(D)
(A)
e|-----------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------|
g|7---6--4--------5------------------------------|
d|----------7--5-------7---6--4-----7--6--4------|
a|-------------------------------7-----------7---|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
chorus
(dist, delay off) guitar 2
D5 A
e|-----------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------2---2--2--2---2--2--2-----|
b|7---7--7--7--7--7----2---2--2--2---2--2--2-----|
d|7---7--7--7--7--7----2---2--2--2---2--2--2-----|
a|5---5--5--5--5--5----0---0--0--0---0--0--0-----|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
repeat that 3 times then do this:
post-chorus
(distortion) both guitars
Fsus2 G5 A9 ---------> Fsus2 G5
e|--------------------------------|---------------------|
b|----------------2-------2---0---|---------------------|
g|----0-------0---2---0-----------|------0-------0------|
d|3-------0-------2---------------|--3-------0------5---|
a|3-------x-------0---------------|--3-------x------5---|
e|1-------3-----------------------|--1-------3------3---|
end the last measure abruptly and go back into the verse.
bridge part
(guitar 1 with half-dist) [chords]
F#m11 E
e|-------0---------------0------------0----------------0----------
b|---------0----------------0------------0----------------0-------
g|----2-------2----------------2------------1------1---------1----
d|----4---------------4------------2------------2-----------------
(cont.below)
a|4-----------------4--------------2------------2-----------------
e|2--------------2-----------------0------------0-----------------
F5
(maj7) G5 A
e|---------0------------------------------------|
b|---------1-----------2------------------------|
g|------2--2-----------2------------------------|
d|3--3--3--3---5-------2------------------------|
a|3--3--3--3---5-------0--/--4--4--4--4--2--0---|
e|1--1--1--1---3--------------------------------|
bridge part
(guitar 2) [fill part]
e|---------------------|
b|---------------------|
g|---------------------|
d|---------------------|
a|2s4--4--4--4--2--0---|
e|---------------------|
SECOND MOVEMENT
okay, after you do the first two verse/aurora/chorus/postchorus parts, it goes
into the 'second movement'. guitar 1 is busy embellishing the verse part, while
guitar 2 is doing this:
clean tone
(let all notes ring freely, long delay back on)
e|---------7~~--------------------------------|
b|----10~~~---10~~----10~~~-9~~~-10~~-7~~-----|
g|9~~~------------9~~~-------------------9~~--|
d|--------------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------|
something like that. meanwhile, damn those foo fighters! dave threw in 2 other
guitar parts that, while simple, are impossible to play at the same time as the
other parts. so you'll have to compromise. anyway, the guitars are just hitting
A5 chords, but if you NEED the tab...
guitar 3
(clean to dist)
slow crescendo
e|0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
b|x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----|
g|2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----|
d|--------------------------|
a|--------------------------|
e|--------------------------|
guitar 4
(clean to dist)
slow crescendo
e|17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17---|
b|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---|
g|14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14---|
d|--------------------------|
a|--------------------------|
e|--------------------------|
okay, I lied, that's just octaves on the 4th guitar, but you know. anyway, just
keep banging that part out for 16 measures, then do the huge loud emotional
part:
powerful part
(distortion) all guitars
A Amaj9
(or E/A)
e|-----------------0--0-x-0--0-x-0--0--0---|
b|x--2--2-x-2--2-x-0--0-x-0--0-x-0--0--0---|
g|x--2--2-x-2--2-x-1--1-x-1--1-x-1--1--1---|
d|x--2--2-x-2--2-x-2--2-x-2--2-x-2--2--2---|
a|x--0--0-x-0--0-x-0--0-x-0--0-x-0--0--0---|
e|-----------------------------------------|
there's a bunch of weird noises there too, but they're not guitar generated, so
I won't tab them, and also because I don't care about them! after that part, all
the guitars are pounding out an A5 [x022xx] while the one plays the clean tone
part
(first tabbed part in the second movement). this is easy! after that is the
end. guitar one does the verse part real loud while the other guitar is pounding
out an A5 in an inconsistent rhythm
(therefore permitting me not to tab it). The
chord is like this [x x 7 9 10 x]. but wait, there's one more bit! after the
final part, the last guitar does this:
(notes in parenthesis are delay repeats)
ff f mf mp p pp ppp
e|---------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------|
g|6--7--
(7)--
(7)--
(7)--
(7)--
(7)----|
d|---------------------------------|
a|---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------|