[(INSTRUMENTAL)] [Dark Appalachian / Atmospheric Black Metal] [Key: E Major | Slow 4/4 | ♩=72 throughout] [FIDDLE DOMINANT — fiddle replaces the human voice] [q=quarter, e=eighth, h=half, w=whole, ~=sustain] [INTRO — pp, SOLO FIDDLE, mournful and exposed] [FIDDLE] |E4q E4e E4e G#4q G#4q|B4h. A4q| |G#4q F#4q E4h|B3h E4h~| |E4e F#4e G#4q B4q G#4q|F#4e G#4e A4q G#4q E4q| |B4h A4q G#4q|F#4q E4q [E4+B4]h~| [BANJO enters quietly] |R w|R w|E3h B3h|E3w~| [MAIN HYMN — p; fiddle sings original melody] [FIDDLE — expressive bow, slight slides/grace notes] |E4q E4e E4e G#4q G#4q|B4h. B4q| |G#4q F#4q G#4q E4q|F#4q G#4q E4h| |G#4q A4q B4q G#4q|F#4q E4e F#4e G#4q B4q| |B4q A4q G#4q F#4q|E4h. B4q| |B4q A4q G#4q F#4q|E4h. E4q| |F#4q G#4q A4q G#4q|F#4q E4q B4h| |B4q C#5e B4e A4q G#4q|F#4q E4q G#4q F#4q| |E4q D#4q E4h~|[E4+B4]w|| [BANJO — sparse clawhammer drone beneath fiddle] |E3q B3e E4e G#3q B3e E4e|E3q B3e E4e B3q G#3q| |E3q B3e E4e F#3q B3e F#4e|E3h B3h| [Continue restrained clawhammer through hymn; never overpower fiddle.] [FIDDLE INTERLUDE — Appalachian lament, mp] |E4e F#4e G#4e A4e B4q G#4q| |B4e C#5e B4e A4e G#4q F#4q| |E4e G#4e B4e G#4e A4e G#4e F#4e E4e| |[E4+B4]h [F#4+C#5]h| |G#4e A4e B4e C#5e B4e A4e G#4e F#4e| |E4q G#4q B4q E5q|[E4+B4]w~| [SECOND HYMN PASS — mf; increasingly wild fiddle] |E4q (F#4)e G#4e G#4q A4-G#4q|B4h. A4q| |G#4q F#4q E4h|[E4+B4]w| |G#4q A4q B4q G#4q|F#4e G#4e E4e F#4e G#4q B4q| |[A4+C#5]h [G#4+B4]h|[E4+B4]w| |B4e C#5e B4q G#4e A4e F#4q|E4h. E4q| |F#4e G#4e A4e B4e A4q G#4q|[F#4+B4]h B4h| |B4q C#5e B4e A4q G#4q|F#4q E4q G#4q F#4q| |E4q D#4q [E4+B4]h~|[E4+B4]w|| [BLACK-METAL STAIN — mf→ff] [FIDDLE NEVER DROPS OUT — aggressive tremolo bow] |E4~~~~ G#4~~~~|B4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| |A4~~G#4~~ F#4~~E4~~|[E4+B4]w| |E4e G#4e B4e E5e B4e G#4e E4e B3e| |F#4e A4e B4e F#5e B4e A4e F#4e E4e| [BANJO — continuous eighth-note drone] |E3e B3e E4e B3e E4e B3e G#4e B3e| |E3e B3e F#4e B3e E4e B3e F#4e B3e| [GUITARS] |E5(add9)|C#m|A|B| [DRUMS] Ceremonial toms → double-kick → blast beats. [Fiddle remains ABOVE guitars, raw and cutting.] [ERUPTION — fff; frantic Appalachian fiddle] |E4e G#4e B4e E5e D#5e B4e G#4e F#4e| |E4e F#4e G#4e A4e B4e C#5e B4e A4e| |G#4e B4e E5e B4e G#4e E4e F#4e G#4e| |[A4+E5]q [G#4+B4]q [F#4+B4]q [E4+B4]q| [FIDDLE — screaming tremolo hymn melody over blast beats] |E4e E4e G#4e G#4e B4q. A4e| |G#4e F#4e E4q F#4e G#4e E4q| |G#4e A4e B4q B4e A4e G#4q| |F#4e E4e G#4q B4h| [CLIMAX — fiddle/guitar unison] |B4q C#5e B4e A4q G#4q| |F#4q E4q G#4q F#4q| |E4q D#4q [E4+B4]h~|[E4+B4]w fermata| [EVERYTHING STOPS] |R w| [FINAL — SOLO FIDDLE, ppp] |E4q E4e E4e G#4q G#4q|B4h. B4q| |G#4q F#4q G#4q E4q|F#4q G#4q E4h| |G#4q A4q B4q G#4q|F#4q E4e F#4e G#4q B4q| |B4q A4q G#4q F#4q|E4h. B4q| [BANJO returns as distant drone] |B4q A4q G#4q F#4q|E4h. E4q| |F#4q G#4q A4q G#4q|F#4q E4q B4h| |B4q C#5e B4e A4q G#4q|F#4q E4q G#4q F#4q| |E4q D#4q [E4+B4]h~|[E4+B4]w fermata|| [END — fiddle alone sustains E4+B4; slight bow tremble. Banjo resonance fades beneath it. Forest ambience. No metal ending.] [(No Vocals Whatsoever)]
