King Crimson: THRAK By: George Korein (mopobeans@msn.com) ******************************************************************************** I wrote this out in power chords because they sound correct, but I'm not sure what chords are being played. The rhythm of this piece is chord (rest) chord chord (rest) chord chord (rest) chord chord (rest) etc. Also, during parts of the song there is a guitar playing a slightly different rhythm in unsynchronized time. I'm not sure of the rhythm or notes that it's playing. in 3/4 E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-------8-11--8------8-11--12------8-9-11-12------8-9-11-12-11-9-11-12--8--9-11-12-- A-10---6--9--6-10--6--9--10-10--6-7--9-10-10--6-7--9--10--9--7--9-10--6--7--9--10--- E--8---------------8----------------8------------------8---------------------------8 E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B-------------------------11-13-11-14-13--16-14--17--16-16--14-14--13-13--11------------ G-------------------------8--10--8-11--10-13--11-14--13-13--11-11--10-10---8------------ D----------------------------------------------------------------------------8-11--8-12- A----------------------------------------------------------------------10--6--9--6-10--6 E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-8-11--12--------------------------------------------7-9-7-10--9-12-10-13-12-12--10-10-9-9- A---9--10-2--5-6--8-9--6-8--9-2--5-6--8-9--5-7--5--8--7-10--8-11--10-10---8--8--7-7--------- E-------8--------------8---------------0--3-4--6-7--4-6--7-0--3-4--6-7---------------------- E--------------------------------| B--------------------------------| G--------------------------------| D-7------------------------------| A-5-2-5-8--5-2--5-8--9-10--------| E---0--3-6--3-0--3-6--7--8-------| In the bridge of this song Fripp returns to his soundscapes and everyone elso pretty much improvises. String scratches and dissonant LTIA style melodies are played frequently during this time. After about one minute and fifty seconds they return to the "THRAK" progression. This time, though, it starts on a low E and drops to a very low C. Normally this wouldn't be possible on a guitar, but Fripp's tuning which begins on a low C allows it.