Song: TORPEDO GIRL
Artist: KISS
Album: UNMASKED
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Transcribed by Emil Ortenmark, kfemil@telia.com
Standard tuning
Comments: This bassline, like all of AceĀ“s songs after his
1978 solo album, was played by Ace himself. It shows too,
the riffs are kind of funky and are nowhere near what Gene
would have played.
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
x = Dead notes (no pitch)
P.M. = Palm mute (- -> underneath indicates which notes)
Tp = Tap w\plectrum
Rhythm Fig. 1a
G|----------------------12--12/13------------------------------------|
D|-------14--12-----12-------------------14--12-----14-12-----12-----|
A|--------------14------------------------------14--------14-----10--|
E|--12------------------------------12-------------------------------|
Rhythm Fig. 1b
G|----------------------12--12/13------------------------------------|
D|-------14--12-----12-----------------------------------------------|
A|--------------14---------------------------------------------------|
E|--12------------------------------12--x-12--x-12--x-12--x-14-------|
Rhythm Fig. 1c
G|----------------------12--12/13------------------------------------|
D|-------14--12-----12------------------x-14--x-14--14---------------|
A|--------------14--------------------------------------12-----------|
E|--12------------------------------12-------------------------------|
Rhythm Fig. 1d
G|----------------------12--12/13------------------------------------|
D|-------14--12-----12------------------x-14--x-14--14--14--14\------|
A|--------------14---------------------------------------------------|
E|--12------------------------------12-------------------------------|
Rhythm Fig. 2a
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------3--3---2---3--3----------------------------|
E|--3--3---2---3--3--------------------------------------------------|
< - - - 2x - - - > < - - - 2x - - - >
Rhythm Fig. 2b
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------3--3---2---3--3------3--3---2--------------|
E|--3--3---2---3--3---------------------------------------3--3---2/--|
< - - - 2x - - - >
Rhythm Fig. 3
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7---7-7---7-----7-7----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------0-------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Fig. 4
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------2---------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Fig. 5
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7---7-7---7-7---7-7-----7--7--5--5--4--4--2--2-------------------|
E|-----------------------0-------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Fig. 6
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Fig. 7
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--10---10---10--10---10---10---------------------------------------|
Rhythm Fig. 8
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------2/---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------|
E|--0---0---0--------------------------------------------------------|
< - - - - - - - 3x - - - - - - >
Rhythm Fig. 6
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
< - - - - 2x - - - - - >
[Intro: Drums only]
[Rhy. Fig 1a] (3x)
[Rhy. Fig 1b]
[Rhy. Fig 2a]
[Rhy. Fig 2a]
[Rhy. Fig 2b]
[Rhy. Fig 1a]
[Rhy. Fig 1c]
[Rhy. Fig 3]
[Rhy. Fig 4]
[Rhy. Fig 2a]
[Rhy. Fig 2a]
[Rhy. Fig 2b]
[Rhy. Fig 1a]
[rhy. Fig 1c]
[Rhy. Fig 3]
[Riff 1]
[Rhy. Fig 6] (7x)
[Rhy. Fig 7]
[Rhy. Fig 1a]
[Rhy. Fig 1d]
[Rhy. Fig 6] (4x)
[Rhy. Fig 3]
[Rhy. Fig 5]
[Rhy. Fig 6]
[Rhy. Fig 3]
[Rhy. Fig 5]
[Rhy. Fig 8] (repeat and fade)
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