[Section name="Intro"] [Description: Floating Rhodes pad in Dm9 — drums enter softly with hi-hat triplets; guitar introduces main motif. Tempo 122 bpm, light 7th syncopations.] [Tablature & Chords] (Main motif – Guitar, clean tone with delay) e|-------------------------7-8-7---------------------------| B|-------6-8-6----6-8-10--------10-8-6--------------------| G|-----7-------7------------------------9-7----------------| D|--7------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| Chords (Rhodes comping): | Dm9 | G13 | Fmaj7#11 | E7alt | ----------------------------------------------------- [Section name="Head"] [Description: Melody stated in unison by guitar and synth lead; groove established by bass and drums (16th-note syncopation).] [Tablature & Chords] e|--------------------------7-8-7-10-8-7-------------------| B|----6-8-6---6-8-10-8-6-----------8----------------------| G|--7-------7------------------9---------9-7---------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| Chord progression (4 bars): | Dm9 | G13 | Bbmaj7#11 | A7sus4 | ----------------------------------------------------- [Section name="Bridge A"] [Description: Shift to B minor tonality; rhythmic modulation (drums play 3 over 4). Guitar switches to overdrive; Rhodes plays quartal voicings.] [Tablature & Chords] e|-------------------7-9-10-9-7----------------------------| B|----------7-9-10-------------10-9-7----------------------| G|------7-9---------------------------9-7------------------| D|--7/9----------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| Chord pattern: | Bm11 | E13sus4 | Cmaj7#11 | F#7alt | ----------------------------------------------------- [Section name="Bridge B"] [Description: Extended solo section (modal); groove deepens. Bass uses syncopated slap pattern, drums open ride. Guitar and Rhodes trade lines. Tempo feels half-time. ] [Tablature & Chords] (Guitar lead fragment) e|------------------------------------7-8-10-8-7-----------| B|-----------7-8-10-8-7------7-8-10-----------10-8-7-------| G|-----7-9----------------7-9-------------------------9-7---| D|--7/9----------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| Solo loop progression (implied mode shifts): | Dm9 | Cmaj7 | Bbmaj7 | G13 | Fmaj7#11 | E7alt | (repeat ad lib) ----------------------------------------------------- [Section name="Synth Interlude"] [Description: Layered texture — pad swells, echo guitar harmonics. Metric feel floats (3/4 over 4/4 polyrhythm).] [Tablature & Chords] Pad voicings: | Dm(add9) | Fmaj7 | G13sus4 | E7#9 | (sustain each for 2 bars, gradual build) Guitar harmonic figure: e|<7>---<9>---<12>----<7>---<9>---------------------------| B|<8>---<10>--<12>----<8>---<10>--------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------- [Section name="Final Head / Reprise"] [Description: Return of main motif with new harmonization; fusion energy peaks. Guitar doubles with distorted Rhodes. Drums switch to open 16ths with splash cymbals.] [Tablature & Chords] (Main motif reprise – octave variation) e|---------------------------10-12-10-----------------------| B|------10-12-10---10-12-13-------13-12-10-----------------| G|----11--------11------------------------12-11-------------| D|--12-------------------------------------------12-10------| A|----------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------| Chord reharmonization: | Dm9 | G13 | Fmaj7#11 | A7b9 | Bbmaj7 | E7alt | Dm9 | ----------------------------------------------------- [Section name="Outro"] [Description: Extended fade on Dm9 vamp; Rhodes arpeggios shimmer under sustained guitar bends; synth pads fade into ambient noise. Tempo gradually slows to rubato.] [Tablature & Chords] (Guitar outro riff) e|--10-12-10~--8-10-8~--7----------------------------------| B|-------------------------10~--8---------------------------| G|----------------------------------9-7~--------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------|

A Rift in Time (v. III): Syncopated Souls