Keeping The Blade

KEEPING THE BLADE
(From the 2005 Album GOOD APOLLO, 
I'M BURNING STAR IV - VOLUME ONE: 
FROM FEAR THROUGH THE EYES OF 
MADNESS)

Transcribed by sprinklerthief

Gtr I (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'strings
 arr. for gtr.'
Gtr II (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'piano 
arr. for gtr.'
Gtr III (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'piano
 arr. for gtr.'
Gtr IV (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 
'strings arr. for gtr.'
Gtr V (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'strings
 arr. for gtr.'

 Intro
  Slowly Q=70
  N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr I
   H..       E   W           H..    
   E   W
|-10---------7-|-9--------|-10----
|--------------|----------|-------
|--------------|----------|-------
|--------------|----------|-------
|--------------|----------|-------
|--------------|----------|-------

||-----7-|-9----|| 
||-------|------|| 
||-------|------|| 
||-------|------|| 
||-------|------|| 
||-------|------|| 


 Second Stage Theme
  (F#m)
  Gtr I
   W
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|                                 

| Gtr II
|  H                 +E   E        
+S   E.
|---------------------------------
|-17----------------(17)-14-------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|                                 

||---------| 
||(14)-15--| 
||---------| 
||---------| 
||---------| 
||---------| 
           

| Gtr III
|  S  S  E  S  S  E   E.     T  T   
Q
|---------------------------------
|-20-19-------19------------------
|-------19-19----18--18-----18-19-
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------

||---------| 
||---------| 
||---------| 
||-21------| 
||---------| 
||---------| 


   <
               (C#)

   E     +Q.                 Q.     
           E    W
|--9-----(9)----------------------
|---------------------------10----
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|                                 

||-------------7-|------------------
||---------------|--7---------------
||---------------|------------------
||---------------|------------------
||---------------|------------------
||---------------|------------------
                                  


|  E.         S  +E      E  +S   E
|-------------------------------
|------------14-(14)------------
|-16--------------------14-(14)-
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
|                               

||-----------------|-------------------------------------| 
||-----------------|-17-------------------------------14-| 
||16--------(16)---|-------------------------------------| 
||-----------------|-------------------------------------| 
||-----------------|-------------------------------------| 
||-----------------|-------------------------------------| 
                                                         


|  S   S  E       S   S  E   E.   
|---------------------------------
|-20--19-------------19-----------
|--------19------19-----18--18----
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------

||---------------|------------------
||---------------|-20---19-------19-
||--18-19--------|---------19-19----
||---------21----|------------------
||---------------|------------------
||---------------|------------------

||-------------------| 
||-------------------| 
||18-18--18-19-------| 
||-------------21----| 
||-------------------| 
||-------------------| 


    W                               
     (F#m)
      W
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---9-----------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|                                 

||-----|-14-------------------------
||-----|----------------------------
||-----|----------------------------
||-----|----------------------------
||-----|----------------------------
||-----|----------------------------
                                  


|  +E      E  +E      E  +H       
|---------------------------------
|-(14)----15-(15)-----------------
|--------------------16-(16)------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|                                 

||-----|----------------------------
||-----|-17----------------(17)-14--
||-----|----------------------------
||-----|----------------------------
||-----|----------------------------
||-----|----------------------------
                                  

||--------------| 
||-----(14)-15--| 
||--------------| 
||--------------| 
||--------------| 
||--------------| 
                


|   S   S  E   S   S  E   E.  T  T
|-------------------------------
|--20--19---------19------------
|---------19--19-----18--18--18-
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------

||-------|---------------------------
||-------|-20-19-------19------------
||19-----|-------19-19----18--18-----
||---21--|---------------------------
||-------|---------------------------
||-------|---------------------------

---------------| 
---------------| 
18-19----------| 
-------21------| 
---------------| 
---------------| 


   H                        H
|-17-----------------------15-----
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|                                 


|  E.        S  +E      E  +S   E.
|---------------------------------
|-----------14-(14)---------------
|-16-------------------14-(14)-16-
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|                                 

||-------------| 
||-------------| 
||-------(16)--| 
||-------------| 
||-------------| 
||-------------| 
               


|  S   S  E      S   S  E   E.    
|---------------------------------
|-20--19------------19------------
|--------19-----19-----18--18-----
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------

||-------------| 
||-------------| 
||-18-19-------| 
||--------21---| 
||-------------| 
||-------------| 


  (C#)
   H..                              
E
|-10------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|                                 

||-12-| 
||----| 
||----| 
||----| 
||----| 
||----| 
      


|  H..                            
|---------------------------------
|-17------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|                                 

||----| 
||-14-| 
||----| 
||----| 
||----| 
||----| 
      


|  S    S  E  S  S  E  E.  T  T  Q
|-------------------------------
|-20---19-------19--------------
|---------19-19----18-18--18-19-
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------

||------| 
||------| 
||------| 
||21----| 
||------| 
||------| 


                                    
     H=H
                                    
     (Fm)
    6/4
    W                               
     W.
|---9-----------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|                                 

|                                   
     >
|  +E      E  +E      E  +H         
     W.
|---------------------------------
|-(14)----15-(15)-----------------
|--------------------16-(16)------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|                                 

||-----|-------|| 
||-----|-7-----|| 
||-----|-4-----|| 
||-----|-4-----|| 
||-----|-2-----|| 
||-----|-------|| 
                

|                                   
     >
|   S   S  E   S   S  E   E.  T  T  
Q    W.
|-------------------------------
|--20--19---------19------------
|---------19--19-----18--18--18-
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------

||-------|-------|| 
||-------|-7-----|| 
||19-----|-4-----|| 
||---21--|-------|| 
||-------|-------|| 
||-------|-------|| 


 Interlude
  Faster Q=78
  N.C.
 4/4
Continúa después del anuncio
  Gtrs I, IV                        
 Gtr I
                                    
   >
   E  E  E E  E E  E  E    Q.    +S 
  +S  H         W
|----------9-10-9----14-|-12----
|-12----12--------12----|-------
|----11-----------------|-------
|-----------------------|-------
|-----------------------|-------
|-----------------------|-------
|                               

||(12)-(12)---------|-----------------| 
||------------------|-----------------| 
||------------------|-----------------| 
||------------------|-----------------| 
||------------------|-----------------| 
||------------------|-----------------| 
                                      

|                                   
      Gtrs IV, V
|  W                       H        
      E E E E   E E E E E E E E

||----------------|-----------------
||----------------|---------------7-
||--------4---4-6-|-4---4-6-7-6-4---
||----------4-----|---4-------------
||----------------|-----------------
||----------------|-----------------

                              |-3-

 || 


   H.      Q     Q.    S S Q  E E 
|-------------|-------------------
|-10-------7--|-12----10-8-7--8-7-
|-------------|-------------------
|-------------|-------------------
|-------------|-------------------
|-------------|-------------------

||--|-------------| 
||5-|----5--------| 
||--|-7-----6-----| 
||--|----------7--| 
||--|-------------| 
||--|-------------| 


                   5/4
            Gtr Gtrs I, IV
             >
  H.      S +S  E   Q  Q  Q  Q  Q
|-----------------|---------------
|-----------------|---------------
|-----------------|---------------
|-5-------5-(5)-7-|-4--2--0-------
|-----------------|----------4----
|-----------------|---------------


 In Keeping Theme
  Faster Q=90
  (B)                              
 4/4
  (F#m)

  Gtr I
  <
  Q  +S  S S S  E      +Q      S S  
  Q          +E  E E E E E
|---------------7------(7)-----5-
|------------5-------------------
|-4--(4)-6-7---------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|                                

||--|---------------------------| 
||8-|--7----------(7)---7-8-----| 
||--|-----------------7-----7-6-| 
||--|---------------------------| 
||--|---------------------------| 
||--|---------------------------| 
                                

| Gtr IV
| <                <                
     <
| Q  +Q         S  E.      +Q       
  S  E.      +H.
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|-4--(4)-----------2-------(2)----
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|                                 

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

| Gtr V
| <
| H            +S  Q..              
 +S  S  +H..
|------------------7--------------
|---------------------------------
|-4------------(4)----------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------

||-|-(7)-----------------------| 
||-|-----7--(7)----------------| 
||-|---------------------------| 
||-|---------------------------| 
||-|---------------------------| 
||-|---------------------------| 


  (B)                              
  Q  +S  S S S  E      +Q      S S 
  (F#m)
   Q          +E  E Q  Q
|---------------7------(7)-----5-
|------------5-------------------
|-4--(4)-6-7---------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|                                

||--|-------------------------| 
||8-|--7----------(7)---------| 
||--|-----------------7-7--6--| 
||--|-------------------------| 
||--|-------------------------| 
||--|-------------------------| 
                              

| <                <                
     <
| Q  +Q         S  E.      +Q       
  S  E.      +H.
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|-4--(4)-----------2-------(2)----
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|                                 

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

| <
| H            +S  Q..              
 +S  S  +H..
|------------------7--------------
|---------------------------------
|-4------------(4)----------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------

||-|-(7)---------------------| 
||-|-----7--(7)--------------| 
||-|-------------------------| 
||-|-------------------------| 
||-|-------------------------| 
||-|-------------------------| 


  (B)                              
  Q  +S  S S S  E      +Q      S S 
  (F#m)
   Q          +E  E E E E E
|---------------7------(7)-----5-
|------------5-------------------
|-4--(4)-6-7---------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|                                

||--|---------------------------| 
||8-|--7----------(7)---7-8-----| 
||--|-----------------7-----7-6-| 
||--|---------------------------| 
||--|---------------------------| 
||--|---------------------------| 
                                

| <                <                
     <
| Q  +Q         S  E.      +Q       
  S  E.      +H.
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|-4--(4)-----------2-------(2)----
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|                                 

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

| <
| H            +S  Q..              
 +S  S  +H..
|------------------7--------------
|---------------------------------
|-4------------(4)----------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------

||-|-(7)-----------------------| 
||-|-----7--(7)----------------| 
||-|---------------------------| 
||-|---------------------------| 
||-|---------------------------| 
||-|---------------------------| 


  (B)                              
  Q  +S  S S S  E      +Q      S S 
  (F#m)
   Q          +E  E Q  Q
|---------------7------(7)-----5-
|------------5-------------------
|-4--(4)-6-7---------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|                                

||--|-------------------------| 
||8-|--7----------(7)---------| 
||--|-----------------7-7--6--| 
||--|-------------------------| 
||--|-------------------------| 
||--|-------------------------| 
                              

| <                <                
     <
| Q  +Q         S  E.      +Q       
  S  E.      +H.
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|-4--(4)-----------2-------(2)----
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|                                 

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

| <
| H            +S  Q..              
 +S  S  +H..
|------------------7--------------
|---------------------------------
|-4------------(4)----------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------

||-|-(7)---------------------| 
||-|-----7--(7)--------------| 
||-|-------------------------| 
||-|-------------------------| 
||-|-------------------------| 
||-|-------------------------| 


    (B)                            
    Q  +S  S S S  E      +Q      S 
    (F#m)
S    Q          +E  E E E E E
||----------------7------(7)-----5---|---------------------------|
||o------------5-------------------8-|--7----------(7)---7-8-----|
||--4--(4)-6-7-----------------------|-----------------7-----7-6-|
||-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|---------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|   <                <              
       <
|   Q  +Q         S  E.      +Q     
    S  E.      +E  E E E E E
||-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|---------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|-----2-------(2)-----------|
||--4--(4)-----------2-------(2)-----|-------------------4-5-----|
||o----------------------------------|-----------------5-----5-4-|
||-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|   <
|   H            +S  Q..            
   +S  S  +H..
||-------------------7---------------|-(7)-----------------------|
||o----------------------------------|-----7--(7)----------------|
||--4------------(4)-----------------|---------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|---------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|---------------------------|


  (B)                              
  Q  +S  S S S  E      +Q      S S 
  (F#m)
   Q          +E  E Q  Q
|---------------7------(7)-----5-
|------------5-------------------
|-4--(4)-6-7---------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|                                

||--|--------------------------|| 
||8-|--7----------(7)---------o|| 
||--|-----------------7-7--6---|| 
||--|--------------------------|| 
||--|-------------------------o|| 
||--|--------------------------|| 
                                

| <                <                
     <
| Q  +Q         S  E.      +Q       
  S  E.      +E  E Q  Q
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|-4--(4)-----------2-------(2)----
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|                                 

||-|--------------------------|| 
||-|-------------------------o|| 
||-|-----2-------(2)----------|| 
||-|--------------------------|| 
||-|-----------------5-5--4--o|| 
||-|--------------------------|| 
                               

| <
| H            +S  Q..              
 +S  S  +H..
|------------------7--------------
|---------------------------------
|-4------------(4)----------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------

||-|-(7)----------------------|| 
||-|-----7--(7)--------------o|| 
||-|--------------------------|| 
||-|--------------------------|| 
||-|-------------------------o|| 
||-|--------------------------|| 


  +W                  +W               +W
|-------------------|-------------
|-------------------|-------------
|-(6)---------------|-(6)---------
|-------------------|-------------
|-------------------|-------------
|-------------------|-------------
|                                 

||---|--------*| 
||---|--------*| 
||---|-(6)----*| 
||---|--------*| 
||---|--------*| 
||---|--------*| 
               

|  <        <          <
|  E  +Q.   E +Q.      E  +H..      
   +W
|-------------------|-------------
|-------------------|-------------
|--2--(2)-----------|-------------
|-----------5-(5)---|--4--(4)-----
|-------------------|-------------
|-------------------|-------------

||---|--------*| 
||---|--------*| 
||---|--------*| 
||---|-(4)----*| 
||---|--------*| 
||---|--------*| 


Duration Legend
--------------- 

+ - note tied to previous; . - note 
dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent 
notes that are staccato (1/2 
duration)
Irregular groupings are notated 
above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear 
directly above the note/fret number 
it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with
 no fret number below them represent
 rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form 
Wxn, where n is the number of bars 
to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the 
staff

Tablature Legend
---------------- 

 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number 
after the r, then release 
immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to
 "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount 
to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as 
connecting device for hammers/pulls
   - volume swell (louder/softer)

Misc Legend
----------- 

 |  - bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
 :  - bar (freetime)
 &  - Coda