Tetragrammaton - The Mars Volta
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This is Tetragrammaton by The Mars Volta.
I did not tab all of this myself,
my teacher figured out probably 75% of this.
kudos to him.
Enjoy
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Play verse 2 x3, with the first time played quietly
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do the chorus 4 times, but instead of ending on the hammer-on/pull-of part,
end it by hitting the 2nd fret on the a string, using an echo pedal and a whammy bar/pedal.
play this(with
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use a whammy b
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for the solo,
(use the blues
EX's
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use the a lot
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The next part is just a bunch of noise and samples from the song, and a guitar w/ delay
continue playing the part before the breakdown(x4)
play breakdown again and after that there is another section of noise and samples and then...
just speed pic
the +'s just m
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I will add on when i figure out more of the song.