Grand Conjuration bass

Grand Conjuration

Band:Opeth
Album:Ghost Reveries
Song:The Grand Conjuration

G
D
A
D   Drop D tuning

I have spent lots of time working on this tab, and it's a very good tab. So enjoy. 
A lot of things that he does is hard to hear, but if you really listen hard enough 
you can hear it. The speakers that I used to figure some of the little things 
out, you could hear the bass perfectly, so this is VERY accurate. Once again, 
enjoy!:)

*=sticato note h=hammer on p=pull off S=slap P=pop /=slide up \=slide down 
X=mute

He uses distortion on parts of the song. I'll tell you when to turn it on and 
when to trn if off.

Intro (distortion off)
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0*---0*---0*-0*---0*---0*-0*---0*---0*-0--0--0/12-12\0

Main Riff (distortion off)
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-------------------------------
-------------------------------repeat 4 times
1-0-4---5-4-7---12-10-6---7-6-0

Repeat Main Riff (distortion on)
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-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------Repeat 4 times
1-0-4--4-4-4-5-4-7--7-7-7--12-10-6--6-6-6-7-6-0

Verse (distortion on)
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
-------------------------------repeat 2 times
0-1-0---0-1-0---0-1-0---12-10-6

play this riff right before the chorus (distortion off)
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-------------
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1-0--1-0-0--0

Chorus (distortion off)
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-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
0/12\0--0-0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0

Repeat Verse (distortion on)

Repeat Chorus(distortion off)(also include the riff right before the chorus)

Guitar Solo (distortion off)
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--------------------------------------repeat 3 times
0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1p0--0-1p0

this is a fill that he does at the fourth and last riff during the guitar solo
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----------------------------------------------------------
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0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12-13-12-10-11-10-8-9-8-6-7-6-1p0--0-1p0

Then play this part when it slows down (distortion off)
----2-----2-----2--------2---2---2---2----2
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0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0--0---0---0---0---0---
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 S S P S S P S S P S S  S P S P S P S P S  P

Next part (this is where the singing comes back in)(Distortion off) (these 
two riffs go together)
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----------------3-----1--------------------------
----2-----4-----------------2-----4--1/2-2--2/5-5
0h1---0h1---0h1---0h1---0h1---0h1----------------
                                                           Repeat these riffs 3 times
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----------------3-----1-----------------------------
----2-----4-----------------2-----4-----------------
0h1---0h1---0h1---0h1---0h1----------X-X-1--X-X-0--3

Play this riff while it's nothing but the guitar (distortion off)
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------------
1/2-2--2/5-5
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Then play this riff (distortion off)
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-----------------------
-----------------------
X-X-1--X-X-0--3--0----0

This play this riff (distortion off) (well call it the A riff. It needs a name 
for later on, you'll see why.)
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----------------------------------------
0-0-0-1-0--0-3-0-1--0-0-0-1-0--0-3-0-5-0repeat 7 times
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Then play this riff when the screaming comes back in. (distortion off)
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-----------------------Repeat 8 times
----------------------- It's something like this. It's very hard to tell what it's 
1-0-0-0h1-0h1h2-0h1h2h3 doing this part.

Repeat Riff A

During the part that sounds like the Intro(distortion off)
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------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------repeat 4 times
1-0-0-1-0-0---0-0-0-1-0-0-1-0-0---0-0-0-1-0-0-1-0-0---0*-0*-0*-0/12-12\0

Then play this riff
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--------------------------------
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0*-0*-0/12-12\0--0*-0*-0/12-12\0

Then repeat the Main Riff once (distortion off)

Repeat Verse (distortion on)

Then play the Main Riff with distortion on from the 7:44 point to the 8:38 
point. Then play the Main Riff without distortion until the song is over.

Thank God I'm finally done with this tab. For anyone who learns this song 
from my tab, please contact me and tell me what you think of it. Thx.

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