------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Fear Factory Song: "Scumgrief" Album: "Soul of A New Machine" Label: Roadrunner Records, copyright 1992, (The All-Blacks B.V.) Dry Lung Vocal Martyr: Burton C. Bell All Discordant Guitars & Bass, Hardware, Utilities: Dino Cazares Dicordant Bass: Andrew Shives Variable Percussive Wrecking: Raymond Herrera Thanks a lot to Yani and Ray for giving me the opportunity to do this. My name is Dimitrije Kostic and any questions about this tab or any others in the Fear Factory Tablature Archive can be emailed to me at martyr@fearfactory.com I will gladly investigate any possible errors in any tablature on this site. ------------------------------------------------------------- The two riffs which characterize this song (Riff A and B) can be played very comfortably by the employment of economy fingering. Use your index finger to fret the B5 (the first chord). Then, keep your first finger down and with your middle and pinkie fingers, play the next chord (G5). Then, lift your middle finger off the third fret and you will be in position to play the next chord (F#m6, I believe). Now, to play the final chord in this riff, put your middle finger on the third fret of the B string and your pinkie finger on the fifth fret of the E string. You may also now remove your first finger from the second fret. Now, with your middle finger on the third fret of the B string, you are in a perfect position to begin the trill that ends the riff. A related technique can be used on Riffs C-H. All these riffs involve the chord change between the B5 and D5 chords on the lowest two strings, as shown below, in Riff C... B |-------------------------------| F# |-------------------------------| D |-------------------------------| A |-------------------------------| E |-5--2-2-2--5--2-2-2--5---------| B |-3--0-0-0--3--0-0-0--3---------| * * * * * * It would be foolish to use your first and third fingers to fret both of these chords because then your hand would be darting back and forth between frets for the whole song. Instead, utilize economy fingering once again and play the D5 chord by putting your middle finger on the third fret of the B string and your pinkie finger on the fifth fret of the E string. Now, to play the B5 chord, place your index finger on the second fret of the E string and simply lift up your middle and pinkie fingers. To go back to the D5 chord, simply replace your middle and pinkie fingers. In this way, you only have to make two small finger movements to do a minor third chord change. These methods of economy fingering will make your playing faster (you won't be as tired from moving your hands around), more accurate (there's less chance of you missing a chord), and cleaner (you won't hear your hand sliding around the frets). NOTE: In this song, Guitar 1 is always tabbed on the bottom and Guitar 2 on the top. If there is only one line of tab in a riff, then it is played by Guitar 1. Tune all strings down a perfect fourth (B, E, A, D, F#, B) LEGEND: * -- palm-mute H -- hit-on P -- pull-off ~~~~ -- vibrato A.H. -- Artificial Harmonic N.H. -- Natural Harmonic / -- slide up \ -- slide down slow to moderate speed Intro: Song kicks right in... Riff A |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |-2------5--5--------------------------------| |-2------3--2--5-----------------------------| |-0------------3----33333333555555552222(0)--| ******************** Riff B |------------------------------------------| |--------(8)(7)----------------------------| |-(9)----------(7)-------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| | | |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |--2------5--5-----------------------------| |--2------3--2--5--------------------------| |--0------------3----333333335555555522-3--| ****************** * |--------------(10)------------------------| |--------(8)(8)----------------------------| |-(9)--------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| | | |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |--2------5--5-----------------------------| |--2------3--2--5--------------------------| |--0------------3----333333335555555522-3--| ****************** * Riff C In the space to the right, the bass plays the appropriate part (see corresponding bass tab) |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-5--2-2-2--5--2-2-2--5---------| |-3--0-0-0--3--0-0-0--3---------| * * * * * * Riff D |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-5--2-2-2--5--2-2-2--5--2--3--6--| |-3--0-0-0--3--0-0-0--3--0--1--4--| * * * * * * Riff E This is the part with the high-pitched squeal at the end. I could be mistaken, but I think it's a studio effect. This is my best guess at what it is. |------------------------16---| |-----------------------(20)--| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-5--2-2-2--5--2-2-2--5-------| |-3--0-0-0--3--0-0-0--3-------| * * * * * * |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-5--2-2-2--5--2-2-2--5--2--3--6--| |-3--0-0-0--3--0-0-0--3--0--1--4--| * * * * * * Riff F |------------------------21---| |-----------------------------| |------------------(N.H. 17)--| |-----------------------------| |-5--2-2-2--5--2-2-2--5-------| |-3--0-0-0--3--0-0-0--3-------| * * * * * * |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-5--2-2-2--5--2-2-2--5--2--3--6--| |-3--0-0-0--3--0-0-0--3--0--1--4--| * * * * * * Riff G |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |-7---7--5--2----5--2-2--5--2-2--5-2-5--2-2--5--2-2--5-2-| |-5---5--3--0----3--0-0--3--0-0--3-0-3--0-0--3--0-0--3-0-| * * * * * * * * * * Riff H The only difference between Riffs H and G is the final D5 chord that ends Riff H. |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-7---7--5--2----5--2-2--5--2-2--5-2-5--2-2--5--2-2--5-2-5--| |-5---5--3--0----3--0-0--3--0-0--3-0-3--0-0--3--0-0--3-0-3--| * * * * * * * * * * Riff I In the space to the left, the bass plays a brief riff interrupted by the guitar |------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------| |---------------4-4-4-4--| |---------------2-2-2-2--| Riff J |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |-0000-0-0000-0000-0-3333--0000-0-0000-0000-0-2-2-2-2--| **** * **** **** * **** **** * **** **** * * * * * Riff K Burton yells final "Scumgrief!" over this riff and then fade into bass rumbling and then end |--------------| |--------------| |--------------| |--------------| |-7------5--2--| |-5------3--0--| Song Structure Riff A 4 times Riff B 2 times Riff C 3 times Riff D 1 time Riff E 2 times Riff C 3 times Riff D 1 time Riff E 1 time Riff F 1 time Riff B 2 times Riff G 3 times Riff H 1 time Riff I 4 times Riff J 2 times Riff I 2 times Riff J 2 times Riff B 2 times Riff G 3 times Riff K 1 time and fade out
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