The Call Of Ktulu
Tuning: Standard EADG
Track 8 of MetallicaÂ’s Ride the Lightning.
Distortion and Wah are used throughout the song, use wherever you hear it (the scary
screams etc are all bass)
OPENING
Intro Riff 1
01:01 – 01:14
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Intro Riff 2
01:15 – 01:25
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01:25 – 01: 29 (Distorted guitars come in)|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5—5\-----||--------------------------|--------------------------|
Bass Fill 1
01:29 – 01:42
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Bass Solo Riff 1
01:42 – 01:46
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Bass Solo Riff 2
01:46 – 01:50
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Bass Solo Riff 3 Variation 1
01:50 – 01:56
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|--15-14--12H14P12-14H15P14-12H14P12--|-14H15P14--12H14P12---15-14-12-14\--||-------------------------------------|------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Bass Fill 2
01:56 – 02:00|-----------------------|-------------------||--------5-(5)-h7-5-7---|-------------------||--0-0-0-------------7--|--6-6-6-6-6-7-7----||-----------------------|-------------------|
Bass Fill 3
02:00 – 02:04
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Bass Fill 1 - 02:04 – 02:07
Bass Fill 2 – 02:07 – 02:10
Bass Solo Riff 1 – 02:10 – 02:14
Bass Solo Riff 2 – 02:14 – 02:17
Bass Solo Riff 3 Variation 2
02:16 – 02:24
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|--12-17-15-14-----15-14-----|-----14H15P14--------14H15P14-----||---------------17-------17--|--17----------17--17----------17--||----------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------------|
Bass Fill 2 – 02:24 – 02:27
Bass Fill 3 – 02:27 – 02:31
Bass Fill 1 – 02:31 – 02:34
Bass Fill 2 – 02:34 – 02:38
Bass Solo Riff 1 – 02:38 – 02:41
Bass Solo Riff 2 – 02:41 – 02:44
Bass Solo Riff 3 Variation 3
02:44 – 02:51
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Bass Fill 2 – 02:51 – 02:55
Bass Fill 3 – 02:55 – 02:58
Bass Fill 1 – 02:58 – 03:02
Bass Fill 2 – 03:02 – 03:05
Bass Solo Riff 1 – 03:05 – 03:08
Bass Solo Riff 2 – 03:08 – 03:12
Bass Solo Riff 3 Variation 4 (Last Riff of the bass solo)
03:12 – 03:19|------------------------------||--0--0--0--0--12--12--12--12--||------------------------------||------------------------------|
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(Gradually bend)|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
INTERLUDE
Interlude Riff 1
03:19 – 03:46
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|------------------------||------------------------||--5-----------3--2------| X4|-----3--3--3---------3--|
Interlude Riff 2
03:46 – 04:00|--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------||--------------3-----5--6--|--------------3--5---6--|--------------3-----5--6--||--3--3--3--3-----3--------|--4--4--4--4------------|--5--5--5--5-----5--------|
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GUITAR SOLO
Variations of Bass Fills 1 to 3 - 04:00 – 04:14
Guitar Solo Fill 1 Variation 1
04:14 – 04:28
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Variations of Bass Fills 1 to 3 – 04:28 – 04:41
Guitar Solo Fill 1 Variation 2 – 04:41 – 04:55
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GUITAR SOLO OVER
Variations of Bass Fills 1 to 3 – 04:55 – 05:09
After Solo Riff 1 – 5:09 – 05:16
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After Solo Riff 2 – 05:16 – 05:23
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|-14-12-14-12-14-12-14-12-14-||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------|
Breakdown with interlude riff 1
05:23 – 05:50
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|--------------------------|------------------------||--------------------------|------------------------||--2-----------2-----4--5--|--2-----------2--4--5---| X 4|-----2--2--2-----2--------|-----3--3--3------------|
Breakdown with interlude riff 2
05:50 - 06:10
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|--------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|-----------------------||-5-----------5-----7--8--|--5-----------5--7--8--| X 3|-----5--5--5-----5--------|-----6--6--6----------|
Opening Riff 1 X8 - 06:10 – 06:39
Bass Fill 4
06:39 – 06:53
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Ending riff 1
06:53 – 07:53
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(End with)
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Guitars Only – 07:53 – 08:31
Final Riff 08:31 – End
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