Golden Stair
Golden Stair
not including a 6-string version this time cause the arrangement is more
complicated this time
remember tho that strings 1-6 in standard on a 8-string are the exact same, the
only difference is ofc having the 7th and 8th string, which are B and F#
respectively
but remember, the 7th and 8th string on a 8-string follow the same pattern of each
string being 5 frets away from the next string
add 2 frets to anything on the low F# and you have it on your E string, then 2
frets to anything on the low B and you have it on the A string
so converting parts to 6-string is not difficult
Ill note many of the small details regarding dynamics, changes in how a riff is
played, etc... but not all of them thatd take too long
* = stop this string from ringing at this point (note that I didnt indicate this
all the time, only when it seemed more important I guess)
br = bend release
x'x = when I type stuff like 5'7'11 im using ' to seperate strings so this would
be:
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--11-------------------------------
--7--------------------------------
--5--------------------------------
fp = footpedal usage
last thing to say for this song - the take I uploaded to youtube has a huge amount
of improv, so much of the arrangement I came up with, aka this tab, is not
fully accurate to my youtube cover.
0:00-0:25
0:00 0:14
--x-x-x----------------h555-----h555-h555---h55------------
--x-x-x---y------------------------------------------------
--x-x-x-y-------------------y------------------------------
------------------------------------y----------------------
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------------y----x-----------------------------------------
-----------------x--x--------------------------------------
c a m m p
fp fp
for p here, using backside of thumb
holding left hand muting strings around 4th fret (pinky will be at 4th fret)
from 0:00-1:30, have amp hiss going
y = hitting/tapping the top of the muted string over the bridge, to get a
percussive sound
0:25
this following part, from 0:25-1:30 is mostly the arrangement I came up first, that
was supposed to include the drums, cymbals, etc... along with
all the background sfx that I could fit in. so the dead notes are pretty much all
drum hits and the higher string stuff is mostly cymbals
the notes on lower strings are the sfx in the bg
0:25
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0------0----------
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0------0----------
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0-----------------
----------s7-----x----------x--------x---------x---------x---------x-------
x----------x------------
----z------------x----------x--------x---------x---------x---------x-------
x----------x------------
----------s5---x----------x--------x---x-----x---------x---x-----x-------x---
x------x--------------
--x---x------x----------x-------x-h1s5-----x---------x-x-------x-------x-x-------
x-----------------
--x---x------x----------x-------x----------x---------x---------x-------x---------
x-----------------
ma ma ma m ma
fp fp fp fp fp fp fp fp fp fp
r1 r2 r3 r4 r5 r6 r7 r8 r9
r10
z = short pick scrape
2nd rep, sliding from 0 very quietly, guit fx
5th rep, h1s5 very quiet, guit fx, starts left channel then goes r, technically
lasts like 2 or 3 bars and when it ends it slides up and fades away
1:03
------------------0---------0-------------------------------
0-------------------------------------------0--5nh------
-------------0----0-----------------------0-----------------0---------------
0---------------------------0--5nh------
-------------0----------------------------0---------------------------------
0------------y-----------------5nh------
------x---------x--------------x---------------x----------------x---------
x---------x-----y-----------x-------------
------x-x-------x--h2h4p3------x-x-------------x----------------x---------
x---------x-----------------x-h6----------
----x---x-----x--------------x---x---------x------------------x---x-----x---------
x---x-y--y--------x---------------
--x-x-------x--------------x-------h1s/--x--h1s6s4-s6s7s\---x---------x---------x-
x---------------x-----------------
--x---------x--------------x-------------x------------------x---------x---------
x-----------------x-----------------
fx here
fpfp no fp
gonna skip
r11 r12 r13 r14 r15 r16 r17
r18
14th rep, the slide should hit the first 6 of the slide at same time as the x'x
hits... also the slide really ends w smth like s6s7s4s1s\ but have to change it to
make it playable
fp start of every rep except the r17 and r18 as marked
1:32-3:00
12 repeats of same idea, with variation
1:32 1:41 1:48 1:55
2:02 2:10
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----------------------y---------y------------------------------------------
y----------------y--------------------------------y---------------------
------y---------------------t11-t11-t11-y-----------y------------------t11-t11-
t11----y---y--------y-------------y-------t11-t11------h11--8th-----
---------t4-------------------------------------------
t4------------------------------24th-----------t4--------------------------
24th--------------
--13-9---h9-11--6th-----13---------------6th-*-13-9---h9-11---6th--
13---------------11---------13-9--h9-11--6th-----13----------------h11--6th-----
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--11-7------9--4--------11-7-----------9-4th---11-7------9--4------11-
7-------------9-----4----11-7-----9--4--------11-7--------------h9-----------
fp fp fp fp fp fp fp
fp fp fp fp fp
r1 r2 r3 r4
r5 r6
1st, 3rd rep, the 24th, stop it from ringing once cymbals hit
be loose with the fp's. matching the drum hits with an fp, even when you arent
hitting a note can work great
3:04
new section start
13 reps to synth start at 3:50
3:04 3:08 3:11 3:15 3:18
3:21 3:24
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--24th--t24--t24-24th--t24-t24-t24-------24th--24th--*---t24--t24---t24--------
24th--24th----t24--t24---t24------t24-------24th------------------------
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x----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-------------h18-------h20-h18-h12s15-h18------h20br-h18------------------h18--
h20br-h18----------h20br-18---h17-s18-------h20br-h15--*----------------
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---------------------x----------------------------------------------
--h18br-s16--h16-------h18-h16-h10s13-h16------h18br-h16------h18br-h16-*-h16--
h18br-h16----------h18br-16---h15-s16-------h18br-h13-------------------
lfp fp fp fp fp--- lfp fp
fp--- fp--- fpfp fp----------
r1 r2 r3 r4 r5
r6 r7
5th rep, the second fp is on a drum hit
6th rep, with the fpfp thing, time the second fp with the quieter cymbal hit
3:28
8-13 rep, ending on rep where synth teases its start
3:28 3:31 3:34 3:38 3:44 3:47
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------24th--------t24------24th-t24--
24th--------------------------------------------------0th------
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--h15--------------------------------h15---------h18-
*----------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------18---------18-
h18-*-h18-----------
--h13-*----h13----h13----------------h13-h16--*--h16------*-h16---16---------16-
h16-*-h16-----------
fp--- fp--- fp-- fp fp--- fp--- fp-- fp-- fp---fp--
fp------ fp---
r8 r9 r10 r11 r12 r13
12th rep, drop the fp just for a split second with the drum hit, then reapply
13th rep, same thing as 12th rep with the fp's, but have a small, short release of
the first fp before the second, instead of super quick like r12
3:50-5:22
synth start till the bridge to outro
3:50 3:57 4:03 4:09 4:16 4:22
4:27 4:33 4:39
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---------------22---------------------------------------------------
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--------------------------------t23---------------------------------
--19--19--------------------19--19---------------------19------19-h19--
h19--------------------19--19-19------------------------19-----19--h19----------
------------20-----20--s24--------------20--20----h20-----t7br--------------20-h20-
20--20-20--------------------20------20-20-------------t7s5-*-------
--17--17--------------------17--17---------------------17------17-
h17-------------------------17--17-17--17--------------------17-h17-17--
h17----------
---------y--18-----18--s22--------------18--18----h18-----------------------18-----
18--18-18--------------------18------18-18--------------------------
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--16--16----16-----16-------16--16------16--16----h16--16------16-----------
16---------16-----16-----16---------16------16-16--16-----16--h16----------
fp fp fp fp
fp---
r1 r2 r3 r4 r5 r6 r7 r8 r9 r10 r11
r12 r13 r14 r15 r16 r17 r18
only marking the important fps for this section, go by feel and add any more you
want
also keep in mind, we want the synth notes to sound seperate to the 16 on low F#,
meaning think about the details in how you are playing, often times
you will want to let go of the 16, letting the synth note ring out
at start, activate big muff, or some other pedal to replicate texture better since
this section we are doing synth + guitar part
fp fp--
r19 r20 r21 r22 r23 r24
r25 r26 r27 r28 r29 r30
by the 22nd rep-25th rep, start to fall into the groove the 16-x-x-x pattern of
each rep
26th-30th rep, feel free to play around with adding the octave 6 on high E earlier
5:36
outro
5:36
5:42
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-----------------------------------------1--------------1------------------------
2-------------2------------------------2----------------
--5~~~~~-----5~--5~------------------------------------------
3---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--8----------
8----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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--x-----x-x---x--x-x-x--x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x------x-x---x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x--x-
x-x-x-x--x--x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-----
--x-----x-----x------x-------x-------------x--------x--------x---x----------
x------------x----------x------------x--------x--------------
--x------------------x---------------------x---------------------
x-----------------------x----------x------------x--------x--------------
fp fp fp fp
fp fp
r1 r2 r3 r4
r5 r6
for the glitchy section, I marked the drum hits with deadnotes, as I initially
wanted to play the drum part too here, but ran outta practice time
another thing you should do here, if you arent doing the drum part, is to activate
a volume pedal (around 75 or 85%) tied to your foot pedal,
then pump the pedal in time with the drum hits, to simulate the effect of the drum
on the guitar hiss in the actual song
5:46 5:49
5:53
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-----2------------------------------------2-----------------2----------1--2-------
2---------------------------------1--2--------------------------1--2------
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------------10-10-10~~---------------------------------------------------
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----------------------11-11--11--11-11--11s10s8--11-11-11--11--11-11-----
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------------8--8--8~~~---------------------------------------------------
--x--x--x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x---x-7-7-7---7-7-7----------------
7-7-7---7s/-----------9--9---9---9--9---9s8s6----9--9--9---9---9--9------
--x----------------------x-------------x--------
x----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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--x----------------------x----------------------x-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5--------
5-5-5-5-5s/-----------7--7---7---7--7---7s6s4----7--7--7---7---7--7------
fp fp fp
r7 r8 r9 r10 r11
r12 r13
these glitchy sounding 2s continue into next part, they dont stop right when fast
drumming stops, ive included them in the tab
not marking fps for this section besides important ones, as there's little obvious
ones, just go by feel
the rep starts are on the big drum hits, thats why theres plenty of spaces in the
tabbing here
5:59 6:01
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11-----------------------------------------------------------------------------15-
15-15-15--8-------
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--6s9-------9-9-9-6s9------9---9s13s9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9s8s6-9--9-9-9-9--9-9s13s9-9--
9-9-9-9--9-6s8-9--9--9--13-13-13-13--6-------
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--4s7-t11p7-7-7-7-4s7t19p7-7---7s11s7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7s6s4-7--7-7-7-7--7-7s11s7-7--
7-7-7-7--7-4s6-7--7--7--11-11-11-11--4-------
r14 r15
continue with strumming the 4'6'8 at the end, becoming a slow rake motion rather
than strum at/by 6:28
6:28 6:35
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--8--t9s11p8-8--t9s11p8-8--t9s11p8-8---*-----------------------------------
------------------------------------------5-5--5-*--5-5-5--5s6-------------
--6----------6----------6----------6---*--3-3--3-*--3-3-3--3s4-------------
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--4--*-------4--*-------4--*-------4---*-----------------------------------
x x x x
x = slow rake, almost like tremolo picking. listen close to the song to match its
texturing, not every note in the rake is given same length and/or importance
you can add an upward pick rake across the strings at the end too