Opeth - Ending Credits - Guitar Tab

About Ending Credits

Quiet and fingerpicked throughout, "Ending Credits" sits at the contemplative end of Opeth's catalogue and asks more of your right-hand control than your distortion channel. The piece stays in E minor in standard tuning, so no retuning is needed, but the challenge is purely one of touch: keeping the arpeggiated figures even, letting notes ring into each other, and resisting the urge to rush. The fingerpicking pattern is deceptively repetitive, and small inconsistencies in dynamics become very audible on a clean or lightly reverbed tone. If the pattern keeps stumbling at the same bar, isolate that section in the Practice Toolbar and loop it slowed down until the right-hand movement is completely automatic. As a piece of Progressive Metal, it shows that the genre rewards patience and nuance just as much as technical speed. Getting the soft, breathing quality of the performance right is the real goal here.

• Played entirely in E Standard tuning on a clean or lightly reverbed tone, so dialling in a natural acoustic-style guitar sound is important before you start.
• The fingerpicked arpeggios in E minor demand consistent right-hand dynamics, making even pressure across all fingers the main technical focus.
• Because the pattern repeats with subtle variations, use the Practice Toolbar to loop individual phrases slowed down and lock in the fingering before playing at full pace.