'Perennial Quest' by Death - Guitar Tutorial

                                     DEATH - PERENNIAL QUEST
                         From the Album SYMBOLIC
                         Copyright 1995 The All Blacks B.V.

                              Version 1.4 - October 96
                                  
Transcribed by: Dave Hatfield and Richard Broadhead()


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Tuning:D, tune every string down one step

.  - palm mute                          /  - slide up to                       
  - slide down to                      ~  - vibrato                            
h  - hammer on                          b  - bend 
p  - pull off                              Suffixes for bend    
t  - tap with finger                            f - full bend    h - half bend
() - ghost note                                 r - release      t - tap bend
*  - see comment                                p - pick when bent 

 Opening Riff
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-4-----------4-----------5-----------2-----------|
|---2-2-2-2-2---2-----------3-3-3-3-3---2-5-5-5-5-|
|-----0-0-0-0-----2-2-2-2-----1-1-1-1-----3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------0-0-0-0-------------------------|
      . . . .     . . . .     . . . .     . . . .

Play Opening Riff a total of 4 times. Second two times play the following
over it.

|-12---------------------------12-------------10-10~---|
|----12-10-9----9-----------------12-10-9-10-----------|
|------------10---9-10-9~------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
                    .

|-12---------------------------12-------------10-12~------|
|----12-10-9----9-----------------12-10-9-10--------------|
|------------10---9-10-9~---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
                    .

 Riff A
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------5-4h5p4---|
|--------------7-5-----9~----------------5-----------5-|
|------------------9-7-----------------3---3-----------|
|-000000000000------------000000000000-----------------|
  ............            ............

 continuation of Riff A            (end of Riff A)
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------5~-------2~--|
|--------------7-5------------5--------2-------|
|------------------9-7-6~---3---3----0---0-----|
|-000000000000---------------------------------|
  ............

Play Riff A a total of 2 times

Riff B
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------10----------------------------|
|-8---7---5--------10---8---7---8-----------|
|----------------8------------------8-------|
|---6---5---5---------8---6---5---6---6-6-8-|

Play Riff B a total of two times.

Riff C                         Repeat three times then play first measure
|------|------|------|------||---------|------|------|------|------||
|------|------|------|------||---------|------|------|------|------||
|------|------|------|------||*--------|------|------|------|-----*|| GTR I
|------|------|-8-8--|------||*-10-10--|------|------|-8-8--|-----*||
|-2-2--|-6-6--|-6-6--|-8-8--||--8--8---|-2-2--|-6-6--|-6-6--|-8-8--||
|-0-0--|-4-4--|------|-6-6--||---------|-0-0--|-4-4--|------|-6-6--||
| .      .      .      .        .        .      .      .      .
|
|------|------|------|------||---------|------|------|------|------||
|------|------|------|------||---------|------|------|------|------||
|------|------|------|------||*-5--5---|-4-4--|-3-3--|------|-----*|| GTR II
|------|------|------|------||*-3--3---|-2-2--|-1-1--|------|-3-3-*||
|------|------|------|------||---------|------|------|-6-6--|-1-1--||
|------|------|------|------||---------|------|------|-4-4--|------||
                     ___________  ____________
Riff D              | 1,3        | 2,4
|-------------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------|
|--------5/6----------2-1---2---|---2-1---3---|
|-000000-3/4-000000-3-----3---2-|-3-----3---2-|
  ......     ...... . . . . . .   . . . . . .

Riff E
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|----------9----------------9-----------|
|------------8---8------------8---8-7---|
|-00000000-----7---00000000-----7-----8-|
  ........         ........

Play Riff E a total of six times

Riff F
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-9/10-9--------9-|-9/10-9--------10-|-9/10-9--------5~-|--------------2-|
|-7/8--7----------|-7/8--7-----------|-7/8--7-----------|-2h3-2--------2-|
|--------000000-7-|--------000000-8--|--------000000----|-0h1-0-000000-0-|
         ......            ......             ......            ......

Play Riff F a total of two times.

Riff G
|------------|------------------------|------------|---------------------|
|------------|------------------------|------------|---------------------|
|--------3-4-|------------------------|--------3-4-|---------------------|
|-000000-1-2-|-------------4----------|-000000-1-2-|---------------4-----|
|------------|-4-6-7---2---2----------|------------|-4-6-7----2----2-----|           
|------------|-2-4-5---0--------------|------------|-2-4-5----0----------|    
|              . .
|
|------------|-------------9-7--------|------------|---------------------|
|------------|-----------------7-9-7~-|------------|---------------------|
|------------|------------------------|------------|---------------------|
|------------|------------------------|------------|---------------------|
|------------|------------------------|------------|---------------------|
|------------|------------------------|------------|---------------------|

Play Riff F twice

Under Solo Rhythm                                    _________   _________
   play twice                     play twice        |1.         | 2.
||-----------------------------||------------------------------|-----------|
||-----------------------------||------------------------------|-----------|
||-----------------------------||------------------------------|-----------|
||-----------------------------||------------------------------|-8/9-98-8-|
||-6--6-6-8/9-9--6-6-8/9-98-8-||-2-2-2-2-8/9-9--2-2-8/9-98-8-|-8/9-98-8-|
||-4--4-4-6/7-7--4-4-6/7-76-6-||-0-0-0-0-6/7-7--0-0-6/7-76-6-|-6/7-76-6-|
      . .        . .              . . . .        . .
                                                                        
  play twice                      play twice           
||-----------------------------||------------------------------||
||-----------------------------||------------------------------||
||-----------------------------||------------------------------||
||-----------------------------||------------------------------||
||-6--6-6-8/9-9--6-6-8/9-78-8-||-2-2-2-2-8/9-9--2-2-8/9-98-8-||
||-4--4-4-6/7-7--4-4-6/7-96-6-||-0-0-0-0-6/7-7--0-0-6/7-76-6-||
      . .        . .              . . . .        . .                     

Riff H
|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------8------|
|-----9-----10-7~------9---5-7-7~-|
|-----7---8----7~------7---5---5~-|
|-0-0---0---------0-0----0--------|
|---------------------------------|
  . .   .         . .    .

Play Riff H a total of eight times
Play Riff A twice
Play Riff B four times
Play Riff C
Play Riff D
Play Riff E six times(hold out last note)

|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-6-----------------|-5-----------------|
|-4-----------------|-3-----------------|

Acoustic Part(repeat and fade out)
|-6-----5-----6-----5-----|-----6-----6-----5-----5-|
|---3-----3-----3-----3---|---4-----4-----4-----4---|
|-------------------------|-3-----3-----3-----3-----|
|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


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