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INCANTATIONS OF THE APPRENTICE
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 2002 Album THE ODYSSEY)
Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson
Words by Allen Music by Romeo
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Rhythm'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Lead'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Harmony'
Gtr IV (D G C F A D) - 'Keyboard'
Intro
Q=115
G5 G5
4/4
Gtr I
PM--------| PM--------| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S 5x
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-o||
||----3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3--||
Instrumental Chorus
3/4 4/4
S S S S +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-5h7-----------------------||-5h7----------------------------------|
||------0-0-(0)-0-1-0-1-0-1h4-||-----0-0-(0)-0-8S7-0-7S6-0-6\-5-5\-4--|
1.
|-3-|
S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------||
|-5h7-------------------------------||-8S7---7S5---12S11---11S8---7h8p7-6-o||
|-----0-0-(0)-0-1-0-1-0-1h4-0-4h7-0-||-----0-----0-------0------0----------||
2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-8S7---7S5---5S3---3S2-----------|-8S7---7S5---5S3---3S2-----------||
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7S6-6S5-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7S6-6S5-||
Break
E5 E5
7/8
Gtr IV
PM--| PM--|
S e S H. S e S H. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|---------------|---------------||--------------------------------||
|---------------|---------------||o------------------------------o||
|---------------|---------------||--------------------------------||
|---------------|---------------||--------------------------------||
|-2-2-2---------|-2-2-2---------||o------------------------------o||
|-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0---------||--3-0-3-0-0-5-0-5-0-0-6-5-3-0---||
Riffs
E5 Eb5 A5 Eb5 A5 Eb5 E5 Eb5
Gtr I
|-3-|
e E +S e S +E S S S S e E S E. S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-12-12-(12)-11-11-(11)-10h11--10h11--|-12-12-x-11-----------------o||
||---9--9--(9)--9--9--(9)--9-(9)--9-(9)-|--9--9-x--9--7h9p7-----------||
||--------------------------------------|-------------------8-7-------||
||o-------------------------------------|-----------------------10-7-o||
||--------------------------------------|-----------------------------||
4/4
~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 5x S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
||-------------------------------||-|-------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------o||-|-------------------------------||
||-------------------------------||-|-------------------------------||
||-------------------------------||-|-------------------------------||
||o---------------------1p0-----o||-|---------------------1-0-[1]---||
||--3p0-3p0-0-5p0-5p0-0-----3p0--||-|-3p0-3p0-0-5p0-5p0-0-----------||
Verse
$
~~~~~~~~~ PM| PM----| ~~~~~~
E S S +Q H S E S E S S +S S E S S S S E S S +Q H
||----------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
||----------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
||----------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
||--4-2-[4]-([4])-------|-4-4-2-5-2-4-(4)-2-5---------|-4-2-4-(4)-------|
PM| PM--------|
|----6----|
S E S E S S +S S E S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------6-4-3-------|
|-4-4-2-5-2-4-(4)-2-5-------5-4-2-|
~~~~~~ PM| PM----|
E S S +Q H S E S E S S +S S E S S S S
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------5-5-5-5--|
|-4-2-4-(4)-------|-4-4-2-5-2-4-(4)-2-5----------|
1.
D5C#5 C5A5
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
|-3-|
E S S +Q H S S S E +S S S S S e S E E
|-----------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------|-7p6p4-6-(6)-4-6-4-7S6-6-5----||
|-----------------|-------------------5S4-4-3-7-o||
|-4-2-4-(4)-------|---------------------------5--||
2.
~~~~~~
|-3-|
E S S +Q Q S S S S S
|-|--------------------------||
|-|--------------------------||
|-|--------------------------||
|-|--------------------------||
|-|---------------3h4p3------||
|-|-4-2-4-(4)-----------5-4--||
Pre-Chorus
F#5 F#5 F#5
7/8
PM------------------------------|
E E S e S E E E E E S e S E E E E E S e e S E E
||------------------|------------------||-||-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-||o-----------------o||
||------------------|------------------||-||-------------------||
||------------------|------------------||-||-------------------||
||o-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-o||-||o-4-4-4-4-4-x-4-4-o||
||--2-2-2-2-2---2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2--||-||--2-2-2-2-2-x-2-2--||
F#5
4/4
~~~~~~~~~
|----6----|
E E S e e S E E Q. S S S S S S S E. +H. S S S S S S
|-----------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|------------------7-6--|-(6)------7p6p4-------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-x-4-4-|----------4-3-7-6------|----------------7p6p4-||
|-2-2-2-2-2-x-2-2-|-4----5-4--------------|----------------------||
Chorus
$$
3/4 4/4
S S S S +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-5h7-----------------------||-5h7---------------------------------|
||------0-0-(0)-0-1-0-1-0-1h4-||-----0-0-(0)-0-8S7-0-7S6-0-6\-5-5\-4-|
1.
|-3-|
S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------||
|-5h7-------------------------------||-8S7---7S5---12S11---11S8---7h8p7-6-o||
|-----0-0-(0)-0-1-0-1-0-1h4-0-4h7-0-||-----0-----0-------0------0----------||
2.
D.S.
D.S.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-8S7---7S5---5S3---3S2-----------|-8S7---7S5---5S3---3S2-----------||
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7S6-6S5-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7S6-6S5-||
Guitar Solo 1
Gtr II
~~~
E. T T T T T T T T S +Q +S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-7b9======7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-------(7)r-4-7-6-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-4h===6------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------4h6-|
|--------4-4-------4---7---4-----4-7-4--4---4-----|
~~~~~
|--3--|
+Q. S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------|
|-(6)b7-----------4h6p==4------------------|
|-------------------------7-6-4------------|
|-------------------------------6-4-6------|
|-------------------------------------5-4--|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| ~
| S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--4h===6----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|---------4-4---4-7---4-----4-7-4-5--------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/symphony-x/113525.html ]
T T T
S S S S S S S T T S S T T T T T T T T T T T T
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-6-----6---6---------------------------6h7h9h10-|
|---5-4---5---5-4h5-4-----------5h6h8h9----------|
|---------------------7-4h5h7h8------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-4h6--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------4h==6----|
|-----4-4---4-7-4-----4-7---4---4---4------------|
T T T T T ~~~~~~
|--------7--------|
T T T T T T T T S S S S S S S S S T T S +Q
|----------------------9h11s12p9----------------------------||
|-----------9h10h12h13--------------------------------------||
|-7h8h10h11----------------------11-10p==9p8h9p8p7h8-(8)----||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|
| ~~~
| S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-4h===6----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------4-----4----------4----7----4-----4-7---4--5-----||
Melody
F#° D#° B#° A°
Gtr III
~~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~
Q. S S Q. S S Q. S S H
|-/17-----------16-17-14------------13-14-|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-16-----------15-16-13----------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~
| Q. S S Q. S S Q. S S H
|-/14-----------13-14-11------------10-11-|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-13-----------12-13-10----------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| 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 S S S S Q
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---2h4-----------------------------------|--2h4---------------------------|
|------------------------------------2h=4-|--------------------------------|
|-------2-2---2--5--2-----2-5-2-2-2-------|------2-2---2--5--2----2-5-5-3--|
Q +S S S S e S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------14------14-12----|
|-14\-------(14)--10-11-13-14------14---------14-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|
| E. S +S S S S e S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------|
|--------14-(14)\--------------------------------|
|-11--------------------10-11---14-11---14-13-11-|
|-----------------11-13--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--2h4-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------2h=4-|
|------2--2--------2--5--2----2--5--2-2--2-------|
S e S e S S S S S S Q
|----------------------------------------||
|---------14------14-12----------12------||
|-13-14------14---------14-13-14----12\--||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|
| S e S e S S S S S S E.S
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|-10-11---14-11---14-13-11-10-11-13------||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------2s7-||
|
| ~~~
| S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|--2h=4----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|-------2--2----2--5--2-----2--5--5--3---||
Guitar Solo 2
G#m
7/8
Gtr II
T
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|----------------------------------------------------14h16h19h23p19p16p14-|
|-------------9------------9h12s16p12----------12h16----------------------|
|-----------8---8--------8------------13----13----------------------------|
|-------6h9-------9----9-----------------13-------------------------------|
|-----6-------------11----------------------------------------------------|
|-4h7---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| PM PM PM---|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------4---------4-----------------5p====4----------------|
|-7p==4---7p==4---4--------4-----------4-----4-----------------7p====4----|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~
Q +E E +Q.
|-22b23========(22)r==22b23====(22)r------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| PM PM PM--|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------4--------4---------5p4------|
|--7p====4-7p4---4-----4---------4---4-----7p4--|
~~~~~~
|------4:3------|
Q +Q +E E E E
|-24b26========(24)r======(24)---19---16--------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------19---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| PM PM PM-|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------4---4-----------5p=4--------|
|--7p====4-7p4---4----4-----4--4---------7p===4-|
D.S.S. al Coda
\7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|4:3-|
E Q. +Q +Q
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|-18---16----------(16)-------(16)------||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|
| PM PM PM|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|----------------4------4-------5p4-----||
|--7p4-----7p4-4-----4----4-4-------7p4-||
&
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-8S7---7S5---5S3---3S2-----------|
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7S6-6S5-|
E5 D5 Bb5 Bb5 E5
E. S +E E +H +W S e S H.
|-------------------|------------|-------------*|
|-------------------|------------|-------------*|
|-------------------|------------|-------------*|
|-9--7-(7)----------|------------|-------------*|
|-7--5-(5)-8-(8)----|-(8)--------|-2-2-2-------*|
|----------6-(6)----|-(6)--------|-0-0-0-------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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
