Ritual

                               M E S H U G G A H
                                  R I T U A L
                        From their amazing '94 EP "None"
Version 2 - Some mistakes were fixed..
Tabbed by:  Jason Mathie
            M*
I decided to figure out the chorus riff in this song, but the whole song
is so cool I ended up working it all out.  Thanks to Drew Heaton for
starting it out.
Comments:
transcribed for a six-string, so tune to Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Bb.  Note the
* is between the 1+2nd strings, not the 2+3rd.
Generally one dash is a 16th note or a 32nd note in length, so either ----
or -------- is one beat.  I decided since the rhythms are fairly complex I
would add markers above/below each line to show quarter note beats.  So,
the | symbols are there to make learning the timing easier.

accurately, and to palm mute the right notes.  Pay attention to those
P.Ms.

Play Riff A 8x, with the following little solo after 4x:
Lead 1        played very loosely

Riff B - distortion
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Play Riff B 6x, with vocals last 4x
Riff C               /=== 1 ================\/=== 2 ================\/=
Db||-----------------|-------------------5--||----------------/8-8--||-
Ab||3:-------6\5-6\5-|4:-------6\5-6-5---4-*||4:-------6\5-6-5-----*||-
Eb||4:--4--4-6\5-6\5-|4:--4--4-6\5-6-5---3-*||4:--4--4-6\5-6-5/6-6-*||-
Bb||---2-32--4\3-4\3-|---2-32--4\3-4-3-22---||---2-32--4\3-4-3------||-
P.M    .....             .....         ..        .....
       |   |    |        |   |    |    |         |   |    |    |
   =\/=== 3 ================\/=== 4 ================\
Db -||----------------------||----------------/7-7--||
Ab -||4:-------6\5-6-5---4-*||4:-------6\5-6-5-----*||
Eb -||4:--4--4-6\5-6-5---3-*||4:--4--4-6\5-6-5/5-5-*||
Bb -||---2-32--4\3-4-3-222--||---2-32--4\3-4-3------||
P.M      .....         ..        .....
         |   |    |    |         |   |    |    |
Play Riff C
Play Riff B 6x, with vocals last 4x
Play Riff C
Then play the following:
                                       /=== 1,2,3,5 ====================\

   =\/=== 4 ==========================\/=== 6 ==========================\
Bb -||----1-----------------0---------||----1---------------------------||
Gb -||--------4---------2-------2-----||--------4-----------0-------0---||
Db -||--4---4---------5---5---5------*||--4---4-----------4---4---4----*||
Ab -||0---------0--------------------*||0---------0-----4-------4------*||
Eb -||--------------3-----------------||--------------3-----------------||
Bb -||-CleanGtr-----------------------||--------------------------------||
      |        |      |       |         |       |       |       |
After the 2nd ending, play:
Lead 2

Bb -|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|-
Gb -|---------12--12\11-11~~-----7---|7/9---7------------------------|-
Db -|--------------------------------|----------7-7/9~~--------------|-
Ab -|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|-
Eb -|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|-
Bb -|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|-
     |      |        |       |        |       |       |       |
Db -|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|-
Ab -|-----------10-9~~-------//12----|10----9-----------7~~----------|-
Eb -|--------------------------------|------------10-----------------|-
Bb -|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|-
     |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
Bb -|-------------------------------|--------------------------17----|19~~
Gb -|-------------------------------|------------------14-/16--------|---
Db -|-------------------------------|-----/9-p7-----12---------------|---
Ab -|/9-----------9------b10r---7p5h|7-------------------------------|---
Eb -|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|---
Bb -|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|---
      |      |      |       |        |      |         |      |
Hold that last note over the following:
   Play 8x, clean guitar

Play Riff B 12x, after 4x play Lead 1, after 8x is a crazy fast solo. I
bet it uses the 7th string, that's my excuse for not doing it. hehehe

Play Riff D 4x
At the same time as riff D is a clean guitar riff which I can't hear well
enough.  I can hear the open 7th string (high Eb), so it would probably be
hard to play on a 6 string anyways.  Also, the solo winds down by playing
single notes as in riff D, dropping an octave each repeat.

      |       |       |           |       |       |       |
   =\/=== 2 =============================\
Db -||-----------------5/6-----------7---|
Ab -||4:---4/5---7/8---5/6---------------|
Eb -||4:---4/5---7/8---3/4---------5-5---|
Bb -||---0-2/3-0-5/6-0-----0-0-0-0-------|
P.M      .     .     .     . . . .
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Play Riff E 4x
Play Riff A 6x, last 4x with vocals
Play Riff B 4x
Riff F
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May 18, 1999
 I guess I'll do Sickening now and finish off the EP
  E-mail me with any comments, questions, criticism...
    M*