<p> “Strong One” Tab (Mother 3, and spoiler free!) Tabbed by Mise Email your comment, corrections, or utter disgust to ([email protected]) </p><p>That hammering drum beat is fairly straight forward, but this part will only be used once. The others will include an extra note.. Apply Vibrato as necessary. </p><p>|------| |------| |------| |------| |--3-----3------| |-----3------| </p><p>A figure with a rhythmic motif that will be repeated many times. </p><p>|------| |------| |------| |------8~~------| |--5--6------8-----| |------7\--|</p><p>Drums, again. Includes an extra note - an eighth note (The B.) held over from the prior measure. This beat and the above riff will repeat a few times.</p><p>|------| |------| |------| |------| |--2/3------3--| |------3-----| Behind those parts, there is a rising sharp sound whose pitch begins and ends on C. There a plenty of ways to play this (Sweep, slide, etc.), but here’s a simple method:</p><p>|------| |--1/13--| |------| |------| |------| |------|</p><p>Be sure to pace your slide to fit how it’s played in the song. Tack on distortion and/or an effect to make it sound more menacing.</p><p>------</p><p>Later, the timpani drums will play as so: </p><p>|------|------| |------|------| |------|------| |------|------| |------6-----|------8------| |--3/4-----4--|--4/6------6--|</p><p>And the guitars play this: </p><p>|------|------| |------|------| |------|------| |------|------| |------6--6-6-----|------8—8-8----| |--4---6------5--|--6--8------7--|</p><p>------</p><p>After playing the above riff the 2nd time, return to the top of the tab and play the original riff again. Then, a soft chord based section plays. </p><p>G# Cm |--4--| |--3--| |--4--| |--4--| |--5--| |--5--| |--6--| |--5--| |------| |------| |------| (2 Measures of Drums.) |------| (4 Measures of Drums, the repeat.)</p><p>…huh? Oh! That’s it! Well, in any case let me throw some details out. - There are two version of this song played throughout Mother 3 that I know of. (Haven’t played Mother 3, see. Waitin’ for that translation patch!) - This tab was written listening to the version that dosen’t have that strange, off- beat section, through you can essentially play both based on this tab. You’ll just have to adjust to that abnormal beat. - I’m sure the drums are some kind of timpani, but I know very little about drums in any case. If you lack such instrumentation, use a bass guitar to substitute the notes. - Experiment with the song! Try: Using pinch harmonics and a whammy bar on those low string notes, using an octave pair instead of single notes, using a finger picking pattern on the G# and Cm. There’s plenty of things you alter and experiment with on this piece.</p>