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CLOSER
tanscribed by John Vettese (spex49d@prodigy.com)
as recorded on NIN's album The Downward Spiral
-There is alot more going on in this song than what I have transcribed.
Most of it is synth, but I know that alot of the synth is changed to
guitar when Trent preforms it with his live band so I transcribed it for
guitar and bass. To have it sound exactly like it does on the album,
you'd
need 4 guitars (all with effects processers), two drum sets, and a bass.
I'm assuming that you have one or maybe two guitars (and if you're in a
band, a bass) so that's all I transcribed it for. Also I'm just posting
the main riffs. You can figure out how many times to play them.
x=deaden
/=slide
~=vibrato
INTRO (drums...I don't play drums, sorry)
1ST VERSE (bass w/wah pedal)
1:----5---------3-------5--------3--0--------
2:-------------------------------------3--0--
3:-3-----x--3-3----x-3-----3--3--------------
4:-------------------------------------------
1ST CHORUS (clean bass and one clean guitar)
Bass
1:---------------
2:---------------
3:------x-1-x-2--
4:-1-------------
Guitar
1:------1-----------
2:------------------
3:------------------
4:-3--------3---4---
5:-3----------3---4-
6:-1--1---1---------
2ND VERSE (bass w/wah pedal, one guitar w/chorus pedal, one clean
guitar)
Bass
(Same as 1st verse)
Guitar 1 (w/chorus pedal)
1:----------------------------3~~~/12~~~-
2:-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-6~~~~~~~-------------
3:---------------------------------------
4:---------------------------------------
5:---------------------------------------
6:---------------------------------------
Guitar 2 (clean)
1:----------------------------3333-4444--
2:-5555555555555555-66666666-------------
3:---------------------------------------
4:---------------------------------------
5:---------------------------------------
6:---------------------------------------
2ND CHORUS (clean bass and two clean guitars)
Bass
(Same as 1st Chorus)
Guitar 1
(Same as 1st Chorus)
Guitar 2
1:--------------------------------
2:----------------------4----4----
3:----2----3--3--5------5----5----
4:----3----5--5--6----------------
5:--------------------------------
6:--------------------------------
INTERLUDE (clean bass, one guitar w/chorus pedal, one guitar
w/distortion
pedal)
Bass
1:---------------------------
2:---------------------------
3:---------------------------
4:-0-0-0-1-------------------
Guitar 1 (w/chorus pedal)
(same as 2nd Verse)
Guitar 2 (w/distortion pedal, after a few repetitions)
1:------------------------------
2:------------------------------
3:--------6-5-------------------
4:-2--2-3-6-5--6-7--6-8--6-5-4--
5:-2--2-3-4-3--6-7--6-8--6-5-4--
6:-0--0-1------4-5--4-6--4-3-2--
PRE-OUTRO (clean bass, one guitar w/chorus pedal, one guitar w/wah
pedal)
Bass
(same as interlude)
Guitar 1 (w/chorus pedal)
(same as 2nd Verse)
Guitar 2 (w/wah pedal)
1:-----------------------
2:-----------------------
3:-----------------------
4:-3----3----3----1-3-1--
5:---3---------3---------
6:---------4-------------
OUTRO (bass w/wah pedal, two guitars w/chorus pedals)
Bass (w/wah pedal)
1:---------------------------8-
2:-10--8--10--8-8--10--8-10----
3:-----------------------------
4:-----------------------------
Guitar 1 (w/chorus pedal)
(same as 2nd verse)
Guitar 2 (w/chorus pedal, after a few repetitions)
1:-----------------------------------------------------------
2:-----------------------------------------------------------
3:-----------------------------------------------------------
4:-5~~~-3~~~~~~~-3~~~-2~~~~~~~-1~~~----------------3~~~~~~~~-
5:----------------------------------5~~~~~~~-1-1-0-----------
6:-----------------------------------------------------------
then, by itself
1:-------------------------------------------------------------------
2:-------------------------------------------------------------------
3:-12~~~-10~~~~~~~-10~~~-9~~~~~~~--------------------------10~~~~~~~-
4:--------------------------------13~~~-12~~~~~~~-13-13-12-----------
5:-------------------------------------------------------------------
6:-------------------------------------------------------------------
THE END!!!
From: at118@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael Stutz)
Subject: TAB: "Closer" Nine Inch Nails (new & improved)
[additions at end of document]
This is the latest single from NIN off the downward spiral-a cool
song,an easy song...
CLOSER
--------
Note that this may not be totally correct, as I'm trying to adapt a
synth line to guitar-note the tuning...this song is played best with an
envelope filter, but for those who don't have one, a wah sounds ok...
Tuning (low to high):C,G,D,G,B,E
Main "riff"
E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
G|------5-----3----------|
C|--0------------5--3--0-|
I know that there's lots more to it, but I haven't figured it out
yet,and I've got a lot of other things to tab out...E-Mail me if there's
anything
you want posted, and I'll see about tabbing it...
cianyde@zero.cypher.com
grndlprime@aol.com
P.S. Guitar For The Practicing Musician printed music for "March of the
Pigs"-I MIGHT type that up, eventually, but don't hole your breath... | |
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Nine Inch Nails -- "Closer"
This thing's loaded with layers of guitar. The song starts out sparse,
adding parts as it goes; the first big line is the main keyboard riff,
which is described earlier by cianyde@zero.cypher.com. Following are
some more lines, transcribed as best I could.
[at 1:04]
"I want to fuck you like an animal," etc.
This line repeats. Use an octaver to get real low pitches, or use the
tuning suggested earlier.
E-----------------------E
B-----------------------B
G-----------------------G
D------------------1----D
A----3--3----1--3-------A
E-----------------------E
[at 3:45]
Here, like cianyde said about the main riff, you'll want to use an envelope
filter (preferred) or a wah. Something's going on here with two C notes
being played an octave apart, but I know there's more to it than this:
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------B
G-----5-----5-----5--------5-----5-----5-----5-----5----------------------G
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------D
A--------3-----3-----3--3-----------3-----3-----3-----3-------------------A
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E
[at 4:47]
Pretty easy, a 'typical' rock pattern:
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------B
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------G
D----------------------------------------------1--------------------------D
A---3-----1-----3-----1--1---3-----1-----3--------------------------------A
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E
These lines are simple -- but again, you have to get the rhythm down.
Think Prince; at its heart, this is very much a black tune. Real black
funk is where, I think, Reznor gets many of his rhythms.
[at 5:09]
Here's another funk/blues riff that you can hear in the background.
Bend the D# to _almost_ an E, then hit the low C.
E-----------------------E
B-----------------------B
G----8(9)---------------G
D-----------------------D
A----------10-----------A
E-----------------------E
[at 5:51]
This is the riff at the end of the song, but note that it's also played
quietly in the background for a while before (I first hear it at 5:30,
but knowing Reznor, its probably layered in there somewhere before that,
even). If you have a whammy bar, you can try playing it by plucking the
string with your thumb while pulling down on the whammy and letting go
right away; doing this with each note makes for a cool effect (different
from the album, but cool nonetheless).
Oh -- you'll want to play this line with as clean a tone as you can muster.
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E
B---20---18-----18---17-----16---15-----11--11--10--13--------------------B
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------G
D--------------------------------------------------------10---------------D
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------A
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E
B---20---18-----18---17-----16---15-----11--11--10--13--------------------B
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------G
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------D
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------A
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E
-- Michael Stutz
at118@po.cwru.edu 95.01.02
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