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)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------/2--------------------/2---------/4--6------------------6-4--6tr7------------2--------7--2-------3-4-------------------3-4-----------------
Riff 1bx1:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------/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 ???--------------------------------------------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 ...-------------------------------------------------------------------------/10-v9--/10--9-----------/10-v9----------------------11-------------------------11----------------------------------11-----------/7--6--------11--------------9h10p9-------9--------------------------9--------------(12)----------------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 2x2:Samoth-Tremelo picked of course...---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------/7-6-------------------------/7-6---------------4------------4----0h2h3p2-----4-------0h2h3p0----2------------2----------------2-------------------
Fill 2 X4:Ihsahn--------------------------------------4h5p4--------7---------6----(0)----------------------------
Fill 2:Samoth----------------------------------------------------------------------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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pm.. .. .. ..
Riff 3:Ihsahn , slide and then bend all of theses---------------------------------------------------/b12---11---10----9-----------------------------/b10----9----8----7--------------------------
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:--------------------------------------------7/4/7/3---------------------5/2/5/1-----
Riff 5:This is a tricky one but I assure you It's all correct-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riff 6:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------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 .
