CIRCLE OF CYSQUATCH
As recorded by Mastodon
(From the 2006 Album BLOOD MOUNTAIN)
Tablature Legend
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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
Words and Music by Mastodon
Gtr I (A G C F A D) - 'Bill'
Gtr II (A G C F A D) - 'Brent'
Intro
Q=108
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||--12-0-12-0-12/15-0-11-0-11-0-8-0-7-0-7--||-|
||o---------------------------------------o||-|
||-----------------------------------------||-|
||-----------------------------------------||-|
||o---------------------------------------o||-|
||-----------------------------------------||-|
|
| Gtr II
| W 4x
||-----------------------------------------||-|
||o---------------------------------------o||-|
||-----------------------------------------||-|
||-----------------------------------------||-|
||o---------------------------------------o||-|
||-----------------------------------------||-|
$
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||--12-0-12-0-12/15-0-11-0-11-0-8-0-7-0-7---||
||o----------------------------------------o||
||------------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------------||
||o----------------------------------------o||
||------------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||--12-0-12-0-12/15-0-11-0-11-0-8-0-7-0-7---||
||o----------------------------------------o||
||------------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------------||
||o----------------------------------------o||
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Verse
Gtrs I, II
E E S E E E E S S S E E S E E E E S S S
||-----------------------|-----------------------||-|
||o----------------------|----------------------o||-|
||-----------------------|-----------------------||-|
||--9-9-9-12-8-8-5-4/5\4-|-9-9-9-12-8-8-5-4/5\4--||-|
||o-7-7-7-10-6-6-3-2/3\2-|-7-7-7-10-6-6-3-2/3\2-o||-|
||-----------------------|-----------------------||-|
PM----------|
S S S E S E. S S S S S S S S S S E S E. S S S S S S S
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||--------------------------4-3-|------------------------------||
||--5-5-5-6-10-9--------6-5-----|-5-5-5-6-10-9-----------------||
||o-3-3-3-4--8-7--8-7-8---------|-3-3-3-4--8-7----------------o||
||------------------------------|---------------1-2-1-2-1-2-3--||
E E S E E E E S S S E E S E E E E S S S
||-----------------------|-----------------------||-|
||o----------------------|----------------------o||-|
||-----------------------|-----------------------||-|
||--9-9-9-12-8-8-5-4/5\4-|-9-9-9-12-8-8-5-4/5\4--||-|
||o-7-7-7-10-6-6-3-2/3\2-|-7-7-7-10-6-6-3-2/3\2-o||-|
||-----------------------|-----------------------||-|
PM----------|
S S S E S E. S S S S S S S S S S E S E. S S S S S S S
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||--------------------------4-3-|------------------------------||
||--5-5-5-6-10-9--------6-5-----|-5-5-5-6-10-9-----------------||
||o-3-3-3-4--8-7--8-7-8---------|-3-3-3-4--8-7----------------o||
||------------------------------|---------------1-2-1-2-1-2-3--||
D.S.
PM| PM| PM ~~~ ~~ PM---------------|
S S S S S S S S S E S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------5---|
|-4-----4-----7----------------|------------------5-8-7-5-7-8---8-|
|---5-5---5-5---5-0-[4]-0-4-3--|--------8-7-5-7-8-----------------|
|------------------------------|-7-8-10---------------------------|
PM| PM| PM ~~~ ~~ PM---------------|
S S S S S S S S S E S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------5---|
|-4-----4-----7----------------|------------------5-8-7-5-7-8---8-|
|---5-5---5-5---5-0-[4]-0-4-3--|--------8-7-5-7-8-----------------|
|------------------------------|-7-8-10---------------------------|
Interlude
6/4
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM
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-3-------2---3-------2---3-------2---3-------2---|
||----0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---2-|
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-5-------4---5-------4---5-------4---5-------4---|
|---2-0-2---2---2-0-2---2---2-0-2---2---2-0-2---2-|
3/4
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM
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 S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-------2---3-------2---3-------2---3-------2---|-5-------4---5-------4----|
|---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---2-|---2-0-2---2---2-0-2---2--|
4/4
Gtr I
PM PM PM PM| PM PM PM PM|
S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|---------------7b9-----------------|---------------7b9------------------||
|-7-6----8-7---------7-6----8-7-----|-7-6----8-7---------7-6----8-7------||
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|-----0------0-----------0------0-0-|-----0------0-----------0------0-0--||
|
| Gtr II
| PM PM PM PM| PM PM PM PM|
| S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------10b12----------------|--------------10b12----------------o||
|-9-8---10-9---------9-8---10-9-----|-9-8---10-9---------9-8---10-9------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|-----0------0-----------0------0-0-|-----0------0-----------0------0-0--||
PM PM PM PM| PM PM PM PM|
S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
||----------------7b9-----------------|---------------7b9------------------||
||--7-6----8-7---------7-6----8-7-----|-7-6----8-7---------7-6----8-7------||
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
||------0------0-----------0------0-0-|-----0------0-----------0------0-0--||
|
| PM PM PM PM| PM PM PM PM|
| S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
||o--------------10b12----------------|--------------10b12----------------o||
||--9-8---10-9---------9-8---10-9-----|-9-8---10-9---------9-8---10-9------||
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
||------0------0-----------0------0-0-|-----0------0-----------0------0-0--||
Breakdown
Q=90
11/16 15/16 11/16 9/16
Gtrs I, II
PM-------------------------| PM-------------|
Q Q E. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. Q Q E. S. S. S. S. S. S.
|----------|-------------------------------|----------|-------------------|
|----------|-------------------------------|----------|-------------------|
|----------|-------------------------------|----------|-------------------|
|-9--8--8--|-------------------------------|-9--8--8--|-------------------|
|-7--6--6--|-------------------------------|-7--6--6--|-------------------|
|----------|-3--1--0--1--0--1--0--1--0--1--|----------|-3--1--0--1--0--1--|
11/16 12/16
PM-------------------|
Q Q E. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S.
|----------|-------------------------|
|----------|-------------------------|
|----------|-------------------------|
|-9--8--8--|-------------------------|
|-7--6--6--|-------------------------|
|----------|-3--1--0--1--0--1--0--1--|
11/16 15/16
PM-------------------------|
Q Q E. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S.
|----------|-------------------------------|
|----------|-------------------------------|
|----------|-------------------------------|
|-9--8--8--|-------------------------------|
|-7--6--6--|-------------------------------|
|----------|-3--1--0--1--0--1--0--1--0--1--|
11/16 9/16 11/16 12/16
PM-------------| PM-------------------|
Q Q E. S. S. S. S. S. S. Q Q E. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S.
||------0--0--|-------------------|-----0--0--|------------------------|
||o-----0--0--|-------------------|-----0--0--|------------------------|
||-----/4--4--|-------------------|----/4--4--|------------------------|
||------------|-------------------|-----------|------------------------|
||o-2---------|-------------------|-2---------|------------------------|
||--0---------|-3--1--0--1--0--1--|-0---------|-3--1--0--1--0--1--0--1-|
1. 2.
11/16 15/16 12/16
PM-------------------------|
Q Q E. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. Q H
|-----0--0--|--------------------------------||-----0----|
|-----0--0--|-------------------------------o||-----0----|
|----/4--4--|--------------------------------||----/4----|
|-----------|--------------------------------||----------|
|-2---------|-------------------------------o||-2--------|
|-0---------|-3--1--0--1--0--1--0--1--0--1---||-0--------|
Duration Legend
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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
Misc Legend
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| - 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
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