Band: Nile
Album: Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren Ka
Song: Barra Edinazzu
. - palm mute / - slide up to
- slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
nh - natural harmonic . - (above note) staccato
Notes : As with most Nile songs, many parts of Barra Edinazzu are
played with a very light palm mute. I prefer to play these
sections without any palm muting and as such have omitted
any palm muting notation from these sections.
Tuning: A E A D F# B
Intro: The note in brackets is played by Gtr1
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-----(/5)------------|
|------6532-----------|-6532----------------|------/7--------6532-|
|-7643------7643-7643-|------7643-0----0000-|-0000------7643------|
.... ....
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------6532------|---------------------|
|-7643-7643------7643-|-/3------------------|
Riff A:
|Gtr1
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-.--------------.-.-|
|-6--------------6-7-|
|-6--------------6-7-|
| |
|Gtr2 |
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-6-0--5-0--3-0--6-7-|
|-6-0--5-0--3-0--6-7-|
. . . . .
Riff B1
_________________ _________________
1,2,3| 4|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-------------5555-|-6---5---3---5555-|
|-666655553333-----|-6---5---3--------|
. . .
Riff C: 3rd & 4th time, Gtr1 harmonises in 5ths
________________ _________________
1,2,3| 4|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-"---"-"-"-"-"---|-"---"-"-"---"---|------------------|
|-5---3-5-6-5-6---|-5---3-6-5---3---|-3--4-4---6--7-7--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3--4-4---6--7-7--|
. . . . . .
Riff D1: That's a '10' in the second bar
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|-4310000010000000-|-10970000010000000-|
Riff E:
|------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------|-12121212121212121111111111111111-|
|-9999888866665555-|----------------------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-88887777888811111111-|-121212121212121288888888-|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-1111111111111111888877111188887777-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
Riff F1:
|Gtr1
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------5689-|---------------------563--|
|---------------------5689-|---------------------563--|
| | |
|Gtr2 | |
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------.-------|--------------------------|
|-0-6--0-5--0-6--0-5--5689-|-0-6--0-5--0-6--0-5--563--|
|-0-6--0-5--0-6--0-5--5689-|-0-6--0-5--0-6--0-5--563--|
|Gtr1
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------.-------|--------------------------|
|-0-6--0-5--0-6--0-5--5689-|-0-6--0-5--0-6--0-5--563--|
|-0-6--0-5--0-6--0-5--5689-|-0-6--0-5--0-6--0-5--563--|
| | |
|Gtr2 | |
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------.-------|--------------------------|
|-0-6--0-5--0-6--0-5--5689-|-0-6--0-5--0-6--0-5--563--|
|-0-6--0-5--0-6--0-5--5689-|-0-6--0-5--0-6--0-5--563--|
Riff F2:
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------5689-|------------------563--|
|-0666055506660555-5689-|-0666055506660555-563--|
................ ................
Riff G:
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-333-00134-3-467-|
|-333-00134-3-467-|
... ..... . ...
Solo Backing 1:
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-0---04bq---07bq---012bq~~~-|
Solo Backing 2:
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-333-11333-3-433-|
|-333-11333-3-433-|
... ..... . ...
Solo:
|-------------------------------|-----------------1112141514151718-|
|---------------910121312131516-|-1516181918192122-----------------|
|-78101110111314----------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-bh--------17-----16-----17----|-16bq--------r-----14-----13~~~~~~-|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-14h15~~~~~~~~---14h15~~~~~~~~-|-14h15~~~-14h15~~~---14h15~~~~~~~~-|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----gradually-lower-pitch-with-----|
|-12bh------hold-bend-----------|----whammy-bar---------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Rhy. Fill 1:
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-6-6--0-6-6--0-6-0-|
|-6-6--0-6-6--0-6-0-|
|-6-6--0-6-6--0-6-0-|
. . .
Riff H: _______________
1|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-7-------------|-6-------------|-3-------------|-3--------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-5-------------|-4-------------|-1-------------|-1--------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
_____________________
2|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-99998899111111119988-|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
Riff D2:
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-4310000010000000-|-4310000055668899-|
Riff F3:
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|-6-0050-6-0-8/9-|-6-0050-6-0-5---|
|-6-0050-6-0-8/9-|-6-0050-6-0-5---|
. .... . . . .... . .
Riff I:
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-----"------------|
|-----4<5>-"-"-----|
|-"-"------6-5-"-"-|
|-0-1----------4-1-|
Rhy. Fill 2:
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-7~--7~--7~--7~--7~--7~-|------------------------|
|------------------------|-0----------------------|
|-5~--5~--5~--5~--5~--5~-|-0----------------------|
|------------------------|-0----------------------|
Riff J:
|Gtr1
|------------------|------------"----"----|--"----"----"----"----|
|-------------"----|--"----"---15---15----|-18---18---18---18----|
|-"---"---"---7----|-10---14--------------|----------------------|
|-0---3---7--------|----------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| | | |
|Gtr2 | | |
|------------------|------------"----"----|--"----"----"----"----|
|-------------"----|--"----"---15---15----|-15---15---15---15----|
|-"---"---"---7----|-10---14--------------|----------------------|
|-0---3---7--------|----------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
Riff K:
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-333-333-3-333-333-3-3-|
|-333-333-3-333-333-3-3-|
... ... . ... ... . .
Riff B2:
_________________ _________________
1,2,3| 4|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-------------5555-|------------.-----|
|-666655553333-----|-666655553333-----|
Song Structure:
Intro
Riff A (x4)
Riff B1
Riff C
Riff D1
Riff E
Riff F1
Riff F2 (x2)
Riff G (x8)
_
Solo Backing 1 (x4) |
Solo Backing 2 (x2) | Solo played over this section
Solo Backing 1 (x2) _|
Rhy. Fill 1
Riff H
Riff D2 (x4)
Riff F3 (x4)
Riff I (x2)
Rhy. Fill 2
Riff J
Riff K (x2)
Riff B2
End.
