Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber)
Enemy – Imagine Dragons & JID – Song Breakdown
Keyboard
This song consists of mainly synthesizers and drum machine (or plugin). There are a few parts that sound like guitar too. I did my best to put all the synth sounds together into 1 part, and made a note of what each sound is. With some finagling (and lots of equipment), it should be able to be pulled off. But if you don’t have the exact sounds, similar sound(s) will work.
Download the Keyboard Sheet Music Here
Lead Guitar
This part does what sounds like actual guitar that plays periodically through the song. It uses a clean sound with reverb for the most part. I also had it do some backing vocal parts in the pre-choruses.
Download the Lead Guitar Tab Here
Rhythm Guitar
This part is what sounds like a guitar with palm mute throughout the song, or it could be synth. But it will work with guitar.
Download the Rhythm Guitar Tab Here
Strum Guitar
There is no strum guitar in this song, so a part was made up.
Download the Strum Tab Here
Bass
Being a nearly (or totally) synth-only song, the bass is done with a couple of sounds – there is a sharp attack from a bright synth (with reverb), and a more sustained sound from a dark muted sort of synth sound. The bass guitar does mainly the bright attack synth, so playing with a pick would work best. In the choruses it also does a part that fades in each note from nothing, which can be done with the volume knob or a pedal. There are also some parts with distortion.
Download the Bass Tab Here
Drums
This sounds like a drum machine (or plugin), but uses basic drum sounds, so easily translated to a normal drum kit. The exception is that some of the hi-hats are put through 32nd note delay, which I achieved by using a buzz roll notehead with a note to bounce the stick on the hi-hat for those hits. Other than that, it’s a very basic drum beat.
Download the Drum Music Here
Download the Lead Sheet Here
