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Plankton by Buckethead
Plankton
Tuning: 1/2 a step down
^ = bend
p = pull-off
h = hammer-on
s = slide
I also put the notes which you can kinda hear resonate in brackets "()".
Alright here's the intro I managed to pick up.
e|---12-(12)--------------------------|
B|-------12-------------- 15-13-------|
G|-------------(14)---14-(14)---12----|
D|----------14--14--------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ok Here's the next part:
||-----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|
||-----------5------5-7-5--4-5-4-----|
||--------------------------------5--| Repeat x8 clean (Palm mute)
||-----7-5-7-------------------------|
||--0-----------0-0------------------|
Same thing except this time add distortion:
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||-----------5------5-7-5--4-5-4-----|-----------5------5-7-5--4-5-4-----|
||--------------------------------5--|--------------------------------5--|
||-----7-5-7-------------------------|-----7-5-7-------------------------|
||--0-----------0-0------------------|--0-----------0-0------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------|
|-----------------------------------|---------|
|-----------5------5-7-5--4-5-4-----|---------|
|--------------------------------5--|----5----| Repeat x2
|-----7-5-7-------------------------|----5----|
|--0-----------0-0------------------|----3----|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
||-------------------|-------------------|
||---------------12--|--12h13-12---------|
||--12h14-12--11-----|------------11-12--|
||-------------------|-------------------| Repeat x6 clean
||-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|
While this is playing, the melody in the background goes something like
this; I had alot of trouble with it but ya here's what I managed to come
up with:
||--------0----------------||--------0----------------|
||----------0--------------||----------0--------------|
||---------------0---------||---------------0---------|
||----2-------------4-2----||----2-------------4-2----|
||------2------------------||------2------------------|
||--0----------0-----------||--0----------0-----------|
|--------0-------------------0--||--------0----------------|
|----------0--------------------||----------0--------------|
|-----------------0--------0----||---------------0---------|
|----2---------------4-2--------||----2-------------4-2----|
|------2------------------------||------2------------------|
|--0----------0-----------------||--0----------0-----------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
||----------------|
||----------------|
||-----------9----|
||--------5-------| Repeat x8 with delay
||-----7----------|
||--0-------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
||-------|---------------------------------|
||-------|---------------------------------|
||---9---|---------------------------------|
||---9---|--------4--5--5s7--5--4--5--7----|
||---7---|-----7---------------------------|
||-------|--7------------------------------|
|-------|---------------------------------|
|-------|---------------------------------|
|---7---|---------------------------------|
|---7---|--------4--5--5s7--5--4--5--4----|
|---5---|-----5---------------------------|
|-------|--7------------------------------|
|-------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------|-----------------------------------------|
|---5---|-----------5--4--5-----------------------|
|---5---|--------5-----------5--4-----------------| Repeat x2
|---3---|-----7--------------------5--2-----------|
|-------|--8-----------------------------3--2--3--|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here's the melody that plays behind the solo:
||-----------------|-----------0-----|-----------------|-----------0-----|
||-----------------|--------------2--|-----------3-----|--------------2--|
||-----------2-----|--------2--------|--------4-----4--|--------2--------|
||--------4-----4--|-----2-----------|-----4-----------|-----2-----------|
||-----4-----------|--0--------------|--2--------------|--0--------------|
||--2--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Repeat throughout solo
Solo:
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------
||----------------------17--17s19s17--12s14-------------10h12p10--12s14--
||--13h14--14--16s18---------------------------17s14---------------------
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------
----12--12--12h14--------------17--16h17-16-------------17--17--16h17---
14--------------------17s14--------------------17s14--------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
16-------------16h17--19--21--22--21----19s21--19----17s19s17--16--16---
------17s19-------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
16h17p16----------------------------------------------------------------
----------17s19--19--------------------------------------------17^-(17^)
-----------------------------------16h18--16--14s16--14----14-----------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------17--17--19--21--22--21--19--17--16--17-------|------------------|
-14--------------------------------------------17---|--------17--------|
----------------------------------------------------|--------18--------|
----------------------------------------------------|--------19--(19)--|
----------------------------------------------------|------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
||-------|----------------------------|
||---9---|----------------------------|
||---9---|------9------9h11--9--------|
||--11---|--11-----11-----------9h11--| Repeat x8
||-------|----------------------------|
||-------|----------------------------|
|--(9)--|
|---9---|
|---9---|
|--11---|
|-------|
|-------|
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