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WAR ENSEMBLE (Bassline)
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1990 Album SEASONS IN THE ABYSS)
Transcribed by Unregistered
Words by Tom Araya & Jeff Hanneman Music by Jeff Hanneman
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Untitled'
Q=220
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q H H Q Q Q Q H W
|------------|------------|------------|------|
|------------|------------|------------|------|
|------------|------------|------------|------|
|-3----------|------6--5--|-3----------|------|
W H Q Q W H Q Q
|----------|------------|----------|-------------||
|----------|------------|----------|-------------||
|----------|------------|----------|---------7\--||
|----------|------6--5--|----------|-------------||
S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E Q Q
||------------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------|
||--3p1p0-0-3p1p0-0-3p1p0-|-0-3p1p0-0-6--5--|
S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----2-1----------o||
|-3p1p0-0-3p1p0-0-3p1p0-|-0-3-----0-3-2-1---||
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-------3-2-----4-|-3-----7-6--6\--|
|-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-4-|-3-0-0-7-6--6\--|-0-0-0-----0-0---|---0-0----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------|-------4-3-----5-|-4-----7-6--6\--||
|-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-4-|-3-0-0-7-6--6\--|-0-0-0-----0-0---|---0-0----------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||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-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
1.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Q Q H H Q Q W W
|------------|------------|----------|------|
|------------|------------|----------|------|
|------------|------------|----------|------|
|-3----------|------6--5--|----------|------|
W H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------|------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------|------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------|------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------|------6--5--|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|
2.
Q Q Q Q Q Q H E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------||-----------------||
|-------------|------------o||-----------------||
|-------------|------------o||-----------------||
|-0-----0-----|-0-----------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
$
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-4-|-3-0-0-7-6--6\--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-4-|-3-0-0-7-6--6\--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-------3-2-----4-|-3-----7-6--6\--|
|-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-4-|-3-0-0-7-6--6--|-0-0-0-----0-0---|---0-0----------|
To Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|---------------|-------4-3-----5-|-4-----7-6--6\--||
|-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-4-|-3-0-0-7-6--6--|-0-0-0-----0-0---|---0-0----------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|
1.,2.,3. 4.
D.S. al Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|------------------||---------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||---------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||---------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1--||--3-----1------||
Q=196
& $$
Q Q H W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|------------|----------||------------------|----------------|
|------------|----------||o-----------------|----------------|
|------------|----------||o---8-7-----------|----------------|
|-0----------|----------||--0-----0-6-5-0-8-|-7-0-7-6-3-5-6--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---8-7-----------|----------------|---8-7-----------|----------------|
|-0-----0-6-5-0-8-|-7-0-7-6-3-6-4--|-0-----0-6-5-0-8-|-7-0-7-6-6-4-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|---------------|
|---8-7-----------|-----------------o||-----------------|---------------|
|-0-----0-6-5-0-8-|-7-0-7-6-1---1----||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3--5--|
Q +Q E E E E E E E E Q Q Q +Q E E E E E E E E Q Q
|------------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|-6--(6)\--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3--6--|-4--(4)\--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-6--4--|
Q +Q E E E E E E E E Q Q H E E E E E E E E Q Q
|------------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|-3--(3)\--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-1--1--|-1----0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3--5--|
Q +Q E E E E E E E E Q Q Q +Q E E E E E E E E Q Q
|------------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|-6--(6)\--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-3--6--|-4--(4)\--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-6--4--|
To Dbl. Coda D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
2/4
Q +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|------------------|-----------------|------||
|------------------|-----------------|------||
|------------------|-----------------|------||
|-3--(3)\--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-1---1---|------||
Q=220
&&
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-----------------||------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------||o-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------||o-----------------|------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-1---1---||--0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0-----||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
||------------------|------------------||-||------------------|----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-||o-----------------|----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-||o-----------------|----------------|
||--0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0----||-||--0-0-0-3-2-0-0-4-|-3-0-0-7-6--6\--|
1. 2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------o||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-------3-2-----4-|-3-----7-6--6\--|
|-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-4-|-3-0-0-7-6--6--|-0-0-0-----0-0---|---0-0----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|---------------|-------4-3-----5-|-4-----7-6--6\--||
|-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-4-|-3-0-0-7-6--6--|-0-0-0-----0-0---|---0-0----------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
1.,2.,3. 4.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q H
|-----------------|------------------||-------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||-------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||-------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--0----------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-4-|-3-0-0-7-6--6\--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19\--|
|-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-4-|-3-0-0-7-6--6\--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-------3-2-----4-|-3-----7-6--6\--|
|-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-4-|-3-0-0-7-6--6--|-0-0-0-----0-0---|---0-0----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-------4-3-----5-|-4-----7-6--6\--|
|-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-4-|-3-0-0-7-6--6--|-0-0-0-----0-0---|---0-0----------|
Q Q H H Q Q W H Q Q
|------------|------------|----------|------------|
|------------|------------|----------|------------|
|------------|------------|----------|------------|
|-3----------|------6--5--|----------|------6--5--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q H E q e +E q e +E q E +E E Q
|-------------|------------|-----------------|-------------------*|
|-------------|------------|-----------------|-------------------*|
|-------------|------------|-----------------|-------------------*|
|-0-----0-----|-0----------|-1-0--0-(0)-0--0-|-(0)-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
Bass Tabs |
|
Title |
War Ensemble |
Artist |
Slayer |
Tablature Type |
ASCII Tab |
YouTube ID |
jqnC54vbUbU |
Interactive Bass Tab Guide
Interactive bass tabs provide a better experience than ASCII tabs. With playback, loop, print features and a responsive display that follows the screen of your device.
Use these buttons to control the digital tab player.
Symbol | Function |
| Move cursor to the first bar |
| Play interactive tabs |
| Pause playback |
| Loop |
| Print the tab |
| Zoom |
Page | Switch between page and horizontal view mode |
How to Read Bass Tab: A Beginner's Guide
1. Understanding the Basics
a. Strings:
Bass tab consists of horizontal lines representing the strings of the bass guitar.
The lowest-pitched string (usually the E string) is at the bottom, and the highest-pitched string
(usually the G string) is at the top.
b. Numbers:
Numbers on the lines indicate which fret to play on a specific string.
For example, if you see "3" on the E string, it means you should press down the third fret on the lowest string.
2. Reading Bass Tab Example
In this tab:
- Play the note on the 1st fret of the E string.
- Play the open E string.
- Play the 3rd fret on the A string.
- Play the 1st fret on the A string.
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|---------3-------|
E|---1-1---1---3---|
3. Playing Techniques
a. Hammer-ons and Pull-offs:
Hammer-ons are represented by an "h" (e.g., 5h7 means play the 5th fret and hammer onto the 7th fret).
Pull-offs are represented by a "p" (e.g., 7p5 means play the 7th fret and pull off to the 5th fret).
b. Slides:
Slides are often indicated by an "/" or "\\" between two numbers (e.g., 5/7 means slide from the 5th fret to the 7th fret).