Zero Signal

Fear Factory

Composição de: Raymond Herrera / Dino Cazares
Tom:
Afinação:
transcribed by: thomas hassler
album: DEMANUFACTURE
All guitars tune 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

Intro with wind-like studio noises, and then the guitars crash in with
this

Riff A:

This rhythm follows the snare hits of the drums

|---------------------------| 
|---------------------------| 
|---------------------------| 
|--2-------(2)----(2)-(2)---| 
|--2-------(2)----(2)-(2)---| 
|--0-------(0)----(0)-(0)---| 

Riff B:

Natural Harmonics throughout, rapid trill picking
(Note: those are not "22"'s down there, they are "2"'s)

|------------| 
|------------| 
|------------| 
|------------| 
|------------| 
|--22222222--| 

Riff C:
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(Note: As before, those are not "11"'s or "10"'s down there; they are
"1"'s and "0"'s.

|--------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------| 
|-11101110-0-0-0-11101110-0-0-0-11101110-0-0-0-11101110--| 
  ******** * * * ******** * * * ******** * * * ********    

Riff D:


|--------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------| 
|-55555-55555-55555-55555-55555-55555-55555-55555--| 
  ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****    

Riff E:


|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------7---------------7---------------7---------------| 
|-0-11111-1-1-1-5-0-11111-1-1-1-5-0-11111-1-1-1-5-0-1111111111--| 
  * ***** * * * * * ***** * * * * * ***** * * * * * **********    

Riff F:

Let all chords ring out clearly

|---------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------| 
|-9-------------------------------------------| 
|-7----------9--------------------5555555555--| 
|------------7----------5555555555------------| 
                        ********************    
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|---------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------| 
|-9----------7----------6---------7-----------| 
|-7----------5----------4---------5-----------| 
|---------------------------------------------| 

Riff G:

The section that is separated in the second line of tablature should be
replaced with a rest on the second repeat of this riff.  If you don't
understand, listen to the recording and you'll hear what I'm talking
about.

|--------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------| 
|-4-4-77777-4-66666-4-55555-4-4-5-4-4--| 
  * * ***** * ***** * ***** * * * * *    

|-------------------------|------------| 
|-------------------------|------------| 
|-------------------------|------------| 
|-------------------------|------------| 
|-------------------------|------------| 
|-3-66666-3-55555-3-44444-|-3-3-4-3-3--| 
  * ***** * ***** * *****   * * * * *    

Riff H

Let chords ring

|------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------| 
|-6----------5----------6----------2-----4-------| 
|-4----------3----------4----------0-----2-------| 

Riff I

Let last two chords ring out
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|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----6-----6---6-----6--------------5-----5---5-----5-----------| 
|-----6-----6---6-----6-66666666-----5-----5---5-----5-55555555--| 
|-4-4---4-4---4---4-4------------3-3---3-3---3---3-3-------------| 
  * *   * *   *   * *   ******** * *   * *   *   * *   ********    

|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----6-----6---6-----6--------------2-----2---4-----4-----------| 
|-----6-----6---6-----6-66666666-----2-----2---4-----4-44444444--| 
|-4-4---4-4---4---4-4------------0-0---0-0---2---2-2-------------| 
  * *   * *   *   * *   ******** * *   * *   *   * *   ********    

|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----6-----6---6-----6--------------5-----5---5-----5-----------| 
|-----6-----6---6-----6-66666666-----5-----5---5-----5-55555555--| 
|-4-4---4-4---4---4-4------------3-3---3-3---3---3-3-------------| 
  * *   * *   *   * *   ******** * *   * *   *   * *   ********    

|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----6-----6---6-----6------------------------------------------| 
|-----6-----6---6-----6-66666666--2----------4-------------------| 
|-4-4---4-4---4---4-4-------------0----------2-------------------| 
  * *   * *   *   * *   ********                                   

Riff J

|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-9-----------------7-----9-----7-----6-----7--------------------| 
|-9-----9-----7-----7-----9-----7-----6-----7--------------------| 
|-7-----9-----7-----5-----7-----5-----4-----5--------------------| 
|-------7-----5--------------------------------------------------| 

Riff K

The first chord in this riff is actually played by the guitar.  The
other notes are the piano outro transcribed to the guitar (for those of
you who don't have a keyboard player).
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|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9----------------------------------------------------5---7---------|
|-7------------5---7---5---4---5---7-----------5---7-----------9-----|
|-0----7---5---------------------------7---5-----------------------0-|

Song Structure:

Intro-about 24 seconds of studio effects
Riff A 4 times
Riff B repeat as necessary
Riff C 4 times
Riff D 2 times
Riff E 2 times
Riff B repeat as necessary
Riff E 2 times
Riff F 2 times
Riff G 6 times (after 2nd repeat, remember to omit the barred off
section and replace it with a rest)
Riff H 1 time
Riff I 1 time
Riff E 4 times
Riff F 4 times
Riff J 4 times
Riff K 1 time and hold final note and fade out
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
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