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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 00:43:05 -0700
From: Andrew P Thwing 
Subject: m/misc_soundtrack/x_files_theme.tab

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T H E   X - F I L E S   D I T T Y
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transcribed by Andrew Thwing


  BACKGROUND RIFF:
(synthesizer arranged for guitar)

  (A5) let ring------------->
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------9-----9-----9-----9-----------------|
D|-------7-----7-----7-----7-------------------|
A|-----7-----7-----7-----7---------------------|
E|---5-----------------------------------------|



THE WHISTLING MELODY:
    (0:03)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|------5-----5--8--5----------------|
G|---7-----7-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

    (0:09)
e|---------------5-------------------|
B|------5-----5-----5----------------|
G|---7-----7-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

    (0:15)
e|---8--7--5-----5-------------------|
B|------------8-----5----------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

    (0:21)
e|---8--7--5-----7-------------------|
B|------------8-----5----------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

    (0:27)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|------5-----5--8--5----------------|
G|---7-----7-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

    (0:33)               ...(0:39)
e|---------------5------------5------|
B|------5-----5-----5------------5---|
G|---7-----7-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|


Recorded with lots of reverb on both patterns, but for guitar I'd
recommed flanging as well to add to the ringing.

Interesting time signature stuff here--
It seems that the whistling riff is in 12-8, over the background arpeggio
which is 8-8, so in other words they don't exactly stay together.

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