Artist: KISS
Album: CREATURES OF THE NIGHT
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Transcribed by Emil Ortenmark, [email protected]
Standard tuning
Comments: We all know that this performance comes courtsey of Eric Carr.
For those who might want to know it’s in 6/8 time and each staff is equal
to either 3 or 4 bars (3 when it’s continuos eight-notes).
Key:
/ = slide up
= slide down
b = bend (whole step)
b^ = bend (1/2 step)
b^^ = bend (1 1/2 steps)
pb = pre-bend
r = release-bend
t = tap with righthand finger
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = Vibrato
* = Natural Harmonic
#(#) = Trill
** = Artificial Harmonic
x = Dead notes (no pitch)
P.M. = Palm mute (- -> underneath indicates which notes)
() = Dive w ar
(/) = Release w ar
Tp = Tap wplectrum
Rhythm Fig. 1
G|————————————————————–|
D|————————————————————–|
A|————————————————————–|
E|–0———————————————————–|
Rhythm Fig. 2
G|————————————————————–|
D|—————————————————-/5–4—–|
A|———————————————————–5–|
E|–0———————————————————–|
Rhythm Fig. 3
G|————————————————————–|
D|————————————————————–|
A|————————–5———————————–|
E|–5————7————-5———7——5——3—–2–|
< - - - - - 2x - - - - - >
Rhythm Fig. 4a
G|————————————————————–|
D|————————————————————–|
A|————-2–3————4————3——————-|
E|–0————————————————–3——–|
Rhythm Fig. 4b
G|————————————————————–|
D|————————————————-5–4———|
A|————-2–3————4————3————5——|
E|–0———————————————————–|
Rhythm Fig. 5
G|————————————————————–|
D|————————————————————–|
A|————————–5———————————–|
E|–5————7————-5————7——–3–0——-|
G|————————————————————–|
D|————————————————————–|
A|————————–5———————————–|
E|–5————7————-5——–3–0——————–|
Rhythm Fig. 6a
G|————————————————————–|
D|————————————————————–|
A|–2–2–2–2–2–2–3–3–3–3–3–3–2–2–2–2–2–2——–|
E|————————————————————–|
G|————————————————————–|
D|————————————————————–|
A|–3–3–3–3—–0–2—-2–0—-0—————————-|
E|————–3———————3—-3–2—————–|
Rhythm Fig. 6b
G|————————————————————–|
D|————————————————————–|
A|–2–2–2–2–2–2–3–3–3–3–3–3–2–2–2–2–2–2——–|
E|————————————————————–|
< - - - - - - - 2x - - - - - - - - >
G|————————————————————–|
D|————————————————————–|
A|–3–3–3–3—–0–2—-2–0—-0—————————-|
E|————–3———————3—-3–2—————–|
Rhythm Fig. 7
G|————————————————————–|
D|————————————————————–|
A|———7—————————7————————|
E|–0————-8———-8-0————-8——7/———|
G|————————————————————–|
D|————————————————————–|
A|———7————————–7————————-|
E|–0————-8————0————-6—-7—-8–7/—-|
Rhythm Fig. 8
G|————————————————————–|
D|————————————————————–|
A|————————————————————–|
E|–0–0–0–0–0–0–2–2–2–2–2–2–3–3–3–3–3–3——–|
G|————————————————————–|
D|————————————————————–|
A|–0–0–0–0–0–0–3–3–3–3–3–3–5–5–5–5–5–5——–|
E|————————————————————–|
G|————————————————————–|
D|————————————————————–|
A|–7–7–7–7–7–7——————————————–|
E|——————–7–7–7–7–7–7–7———————–|
Rhythm Fig. 9
G|————————————————————–|
D|————————————————————–|
A|———7————————–7————————-|
E|–0————-8————0————-8——7/———-|
G|————————————————————–|
D|————————————————————–|
A|———7————————-7——3-5-3–0–2h3-2—–|
E|–0————-8———–0——————————3–|
Rhythm Fig. 10
G|————————————————————–|
D|————————————————————–|
A|———7————————–7————————-|
E|–0————-8————0————-6—-7—-8–7/—-|
G|————————————————————–|
D|————————————————————–|
A|——–7————————–7——3-5-3–0–2h3-2—–|
E|–0————8——–0-3–0—————————–3–|