Blank 9 Tab

artist - the world is a beautiful place & i am no longer afraid to die
song - blank #9
standard tuning
no capo
 
the instrumental intro to their 2013 album whenever, if ever.
 
clean guitar tone.
 
leads into the next song, heartbeat in the brain, and the main part of this song is consequently based on
a part from heartbeat in the brain.
 
notes marked with < mean volume swell. this means before playing each note, you have the volume knob on
your guitar turned down, and you turn it up gradually after picking the note, so the note sounds, but
the initial attack of your pick against the string does not sound.
 
you can mess about with the volume to create a sort of tremolo effect after picking the note if you want,
but the main thing is to make sure that initial attack of your pick against the string is not audible.
 
reverse reverb may also be used if you don't want to volume swell, it'll basically have the same effect.
 
    <
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|--9-------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
 
    <        <        <
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|--14---\---13---\---9---| x5
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
 
let these notes ring:
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|---------11---8h9-(8)-------|
D|-----9----------------11-9--| x9
A|--7-------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
instead of playing the 8 as a ghost note here,
you can just play it as a pull-off from the 9 you
hammered onto before it. in the song the guitarist
does both, alternating sort of randomly.
 
 
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| <   volume swell
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
|(n)  ghost note
| p   pull-off
 
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