AQUA DEMENTIA
As recorded by Mastodon
(From the 2004 Album LEVIATHAN)
Words and Music by Mastodon
Transcribed by Liam Jemmeson
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'
Q=130 5/8 9/16 Gtr I S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S||------0h3p0-0---------|-----0-----0-----0-|||o-0h5---------5p0-----|-0h3---0h5---0h6---|||------------------4p0-|-------------------|||----------------------|-------------------|||o---------------------|-------------------|||----------------------|-------------------|
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| Gtr II| W S S S S S S S S S||----------------------|-----0-----0-----0-|||o---------------------|-0h3---0h5---0h6---|||----------------------|-------------------|||----------------------|-------------------|||o---------------------|-------------------|||----------------------|-------------------|
5/8 9/16 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----0h3p0-0---------|-----0-----0-----0--|||-0h5---------5p0-----|-0h3---0h6---0h5---o|||-----------------4p0-|--------------------|||---------------------|--------------------|||---------------------|-------------------o|||---------------------|--------------------||
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| W S S S S S S S S S|---------------------|-----0-----0-----0--|||---------------------|-0h3---0h6---0h5---o|||---------------------|--------------------|||---------------------|--------------------|||---------------------|-------------------o|||---------------------|--------------------||
5/8 9/16 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S||------0h2-------------|-------------------|||o-0h3-----3h5p3p0-----|-----0-----0-----0-|||------------------3p0-|-0h2---0h4---0h5---|||----------------------|-------------------|||o---------------------|-------------------|||----------------------|-------------------|
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| W S S S S S S S S S||----------------------|-------------------|||o---------------------|-----0-----0-----0-|||----------------------|-0h2---0h4---0h5---|||----------------------|-------------------|||o---------------------|-------------------|||----------------------|-------------------|
D.C. 5/8 9/16 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----0h2-------------|--------------------|||-0h3-----3h5p3p0-----|-----0-----0-----0-o|||-----------------3p0-|-0h2---0h5---0h4----|||---------------------|--------------------|||---------------------|-------------------o|||---------------------|--------------------||
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| W S S S S S S S S S|---------------------|--------------------|||---------------------|-----0-----0-----0-o|||---------------------|-0h2---0h5---0h4----|||---------------------|--------------------|||---------------------|-------------------o|||---------------------|--------------------||
2/4 4/4
Gtrs I, II
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E. E. E||--------------------------|-----------------|||o-3h4p3p0-----------------|---0-0-0-0--0--0-|||----------2h3p2p0---------|---4-2-4-5--5--5-|||------------------2h3p2p0-|-----------------|||o-------------------------|-2---------------|||--------------------------|-----------------|
2/4 4/4
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E. E. E|-------------------------|------------------|||-3h4p3p0-----------------|---0-0-0-0--0--0-o|||---------2h3p2p0---------|---4-2-5-4--4--4--|||-----------------2h3p2p0-|------------------|||-------------------------|-2---------------o|||-------------------------|------------------||
Gtr I PM| PM| E E E E E. E. E E E E E E. E. E||------------------|------------------||||o-----------------|-----------------o||||------------------|------------------||||--4-----4-5--5--5-|-4-----5-4--4--4--||||o-2-----2-3--3--3-|-2-----3-2--2--2-o||||----0-0-----------|---0-0------------||
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| Gtr II| PM| PM|| E E E E E. E. E E E E E E. E. E||------------------|------------------||||o-----------------|-----------------o||||------------------|------------------||||--4-----4-5--5--5-|-4-----5-4--4--4--||||o-2-----2-3--3--3-|-2-----3-2--2--2-o||||----0-0-----------|---0-0------------||
PM| PM| E E E E E. E. E E E E E E. E. E|-||------------------|------------------|||-||o-----------------|-----------------o|||-||------------------|------------------|||-||--4-----4-5--5--5-|-4-----5-4--4--4--|||-||o-2-----2-3--3--3-|-2-----3-2--2--2-o|||-||----0-0-----------|---0-0------------||
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| E E E E E. E. E E E E E E. E. E|-||------------------|------------------|||-||o-----------------|-----------------o|||-||--8---6-8-9--9--9-|-8---6-9-8--8--8--|||-||------------------|------------------|||-||o-6---4-6-7--7--7-|-6---4-7-6--6--6-o|||-||------------------|------------------||
$ Gtrs I, II E. E. Q Q E E. E. Q Q E||-----0--7--6--7-|--9---9---9--6--6--||-|||o----0--8--7--8-|-10--10--10--7--7-o||-|||--9--9--9--8--9-|-11--11--11--8--8--||-|||--9--9--9--8--9-|-11--11--11--8--8--||-|||o-7--7----------|------------------o||-|||----------------|-------------------||-|
D.S. PM| PM| E E E E E. E. E E E E E E. E. E||------------------|------------------||||o-----------------|-----------------o||||------------------|------------------||||--4-----4-5--5--5-|-4-----5-4--4--4--||||o-2-----2-3--3--3-|-2-----3-2--2--2-o||||----0-0-----------|---0-0------------||
E. E. Q Q E E. E. Q Q E||-----0--7--6--7-|--9---9---9--6--6--||-|||o----0--8--7--8-|-10--10--10--7--7-o||-|||--9--9--9--8--9-|-11--11--11--8--8--||-|||--9--9--9--8--9-|-11--11--11--8--8--||-|||o-7--7----------|------------------o||-|||----------------|-------------------||-|
Q=90 6/4 PM| PM| PM PM PM PM| PM| PM PM PM S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S||--------------------------------------------------------||||o------------------------------------------------------o||||--------------------------------------------------------||||--12-----9-----7---9---10---12-----9-----7---10---9-----||||o-10-----7-----5---7----8---10-----7-----5----8---7----o||||-----0-0---0-0---0---0----0----0-0---0-0---0----0---0---||
Q=130 4/4 E. E. Q Q E E. E. Q Q E||-----0--7--6--7-|--9---9---9--6--6--||||o----0--8--7--8-|-10--10--10--7--7-o||||--9--9--9--8--9-|-11--11--11--8--8--||||--9--9--9--8--9-|-11--11--11--8--8--||||o-7--7----------|------------------o||||----------------|-------------------||
Q=90 6/4 PM| PM| PM PM PM PM| PM| PM PM PM S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||-12-----9-----7---9---10---12-----9-----7---10---9----||-10-----7-----5---7----8---10-----7-----5----8---7----||----0-0---0-0---0---0----0----0-0---0-0---0----0---0--|
Q=130 E. E. Q Q E E. E. E|----0--7--6--7--9---9---9-||----0--8--7--8-10--10--10-||-9--9--9--8--9-11--11--11-||-9--9--9--8--9-11--11--11-||-7--7---------------------||--------------------------|
Q=90 PM| PM| PM PM PM PM| PM| PM PM PM S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S||-------------------------------------------------------||||o-----------------------------------------------------o||||-------------------------------------------------------||||--12-----9-----7---9---10---12-----9-----7---10---9----||||o-10-----7-----5---7----8---10-----7-----5----8---7---o||||-----0-0---0-0---0---0----0----0-0---0-0---0----0---0--||
Gtr I S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S||-------------------------------------------------------------||||o-----------------------------------------------------------o||||--12-12-12-9-9-9-7-7-9-9-10-10-12-12-12-9-9-9-7-7-10-10-9-9--||||--12-12-12-9-9-9-7-7-9-9-10-10-12-12-12-9-9-9-7-7-10-10-9-9--||||o-10-10-10-7-7-7-5-5-7-7--8--8-10-10-10-7-7-7-5-5--8--8-7-7-o||||-------------------------------------------------------------||
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| Gtr II| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S||---0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0--||||o--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-o||||--12-12-12-9-9-9-7-7-9-9-10-10-12-12-12-9-9-9-7-7-10-10-9-9--||||-------------------------------------------------------------||||o-----------------------------------------------------------o||||-------------------------------------------------------------||
Q=100 4/4 Gtrs I, II E Q. H E Q. H E Q. H E Q. H||---------^0----|--------^0----|--------^0----|--------^0----|||o--------^3----|--------^0----|--------^0----|--------^0----|||---------^4----|--------^0----|--------^0----|--------^0----|||--4------^4----|-4-2----^2----|--------^2----|--------^2----|||o-2------^2----|-2------^2----|-3------^3----|-3------^3----|||----0----------|---0----------|---1----------|---1----------|
E Q. H E Q. H E Q. H E Q. H|--------^0----|--------^0----|--------^5----|--------^5-----|||--------^4----|--------^4----|--------^6----|--------^6----o|||--------^4----|--------^4----|--------^7----|--------^7-----|||-4------^4----|-4------^4----|-7------^7----|-7------^7-----|||---2----^2----|---2----^2----|---5----^5----|---5----^5----o|||--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
PM------| PM------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
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-|||o-------------3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-|||--------------4-4-4-4-4-4-|-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-|||--------------4-4-4-4-4-4-|-------------2-2-2-2-2-2-|||o-2-----------2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-----------2-2-2-2-2-2-|||----0-0-0-0-0-------------|---0-0-0-0-0-------------|
PM------| PM------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
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----||-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------0-0-0-0-0-0----||-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------0-0-0-0-0-0----||-------------2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------2-2-2-2-2-2----||-3-----------3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-----------3-3-3-3-3-3----||---1-1-1-1-1-------------|---1-1-1-1-1----------------|
PM------| PM------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
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-||-------------4-4-4-4-4-4-|-------------4-4-4-4-4-4-||-------------4-4-4-4-4-4-|-------------4-4-4-4-4-4-||-------------4-4-4-4-4-4-|-------------4-4-4-4-4-4-||-2-----------2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-----------2-2-2-2-2-2-||---0-0-0-0-0-------------|---0-0-0-0-0-------------|
PM------| PM------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-----|||-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6----o|||-7-----------7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-----------7-7-7-7-7-7-----|||-7-----------7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-----------7-7-7-7-7-7-----|||---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----o|||-------------------------|-----------------------------||
E Q. H E Q. H E Q. H E Q. H|--------^0----|--------^0----|--------^0----|--------^0----||--------^3----|--------^0----|--------^0----|--------^0----||--------^4----|--------^0----|--------^0----|--------^0----||-4------^4----|-4-2----^2----|--------^2----|--------^2----||-2------^2----|-2------^2----|-3------^3----|-3------^3----||---0----------|---0----------|---1----------|---1----------|
E Q. H E Q. H E Q. H E Q. H|--------^0----|--------^0----|--------^5----|--------^5----||--------^4----|--------^4----|--------^6----|--------^6----||--------^4----|--------^4----|--------^7----|--------^7----||-4------^4----|-4------^4----|-7------^7----|-7------^7----||---2----^2----|---2----^2----|---5----^5----|---5----^5----||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
H.=H E H. +E +W|---------------|--------*||---------------|--------*||-4-------------|--------*||-4-------------|--------*||-2-------------|--------*||---0-------(0)-|-(0)----*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
