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APOSTROPHE (Bassline)
As recorded by Frank Zappa
(From the 1974 Album APOSTROPHE)
Words and Music by Frank Zappa
Arranged by Frank Zappa
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderately Slow Q=86
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S +E S S S S S S +Q S S S S +E S S S S S S +Q
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o---------------------9s7-(7)--|---------------------9s7-(7)--o||
||o-------5-(5)-5---5------------|-------5-(5)-5---5------------o||
||--0-3-7---------7---7----------|-0-3-7---------7---7-----------||
Instrumental
E S S E E +H E S S E E +H Q +S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------|------------------||------------------------------|
|------------------|------------------||----------4-5-6h7-6h7-6h7-6h7-|
|------------------|------------------||-5--(5)-5---------------------|
|-3---5---0-(0)----|-3---5---0-(0)----||------------------------------|
Q S S S S S S e e E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------11---12---14-12-11-----|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------14\-|-----------5-7-5-8p7-5-0---------|
|-5---------------------------|---3-5-6-7---------------6s7-6s7-|
|-----------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
S T T e T T S S T T e T T S S T T S S
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---10p8h10-10p8-10---10p8-10-10p8-10---10p8-10-11s=|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
E T T S T T S T T S T T S T T S T T S T T S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-12p10----12p10----12p10----12p10----12p10----12p10----12p10----|
|----------12-------12-------12-------12-------12-------12-------12-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S +S S +S S S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---12-12-12-12-10---------------------------------|-------------------0-1-2--|
|------------------12-10-8b9-(8)-8b9-(8)---------0-|-----------0-1-2-3--------|
|----------------------------------------10-10-----|-8-0-1-2-3----------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
S S S S E E E E E E a Q S S e S S S s S s E a e S s
|---0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-8s16\--|-------------18---19-19\-17s18-19-19-|
|-3--------------------------|---0-0-0-0-0-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
S T T S S S S T T S S S S S S S S S e S S S S S S S S s S s S s S
|---16-17-18-19-19-19-19p17h19-----------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------3s4-3s4-----|---------3s2-------------------|
|--------------------------------5---------5s7-|-2-2s3-------5-0-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------3-|
S S S S S S e S S E S S S S a E S S S S S S S S S T T S S T T S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------7p5-7-7-7p5-7-|
|-------------------2-3-2-----|-------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-2-3-2-3---3-------5-3-|-4-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
S T T S T T S S T T S T T S S S E E H S E S S S e
|-7-7p5-7-7p5h7-7-7p5-7-7p5-7-7-7-7s12\-|--------2p0--------|
|---------------------------------------|------------2p0----|
|---------------------------------------|----------------3--|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S s S s S S E S S e s S E S S S S S S
|-2p0-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----2p0---------------2-0-------|---------------------------|
|---------3-2-3-2-3-2-3-----3-3-0-|-2-0---3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------------|-----3---------------------|
S s S S s s S S E E S S E Q Q Q E. S
|---19\---19-19-19---19-19\-----------|---------------|
|---------------------------9\-3h4----|----2--3--4--5-|
|-5--------------------------------5\-|-3-------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------|
S S E a E S S S S S S S S S S e S S S S S S S S S S S T T S T T
|---4-5-4s5-4-5---4-5-4-5-4-5-5-|-4-----------------------7-7-7-7p6-|
|-------------------------------|-----5-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Pre-Solo
|3|
S S S S +S T T S s S T T S s T T S T S S Q Q E S S e S S
|-7---7-------7p5---7---7p5---7-7p5---------||-------------------|
|---0---0-(0)-----7---------7-------7-------||---------------7h9-|
|-------------------------------------x-----||-----------7h9-----|
|---------------------------------------7-6-||-7--7--7-7---------|
Guitar Solo Break
E E E. S a S T T e S S e Wx44 Wx2
|--------------------------||-------------||--------|
|--------------------------||-------------||--------|
|--------------0-1-2-2-2-2-||-------------||--------|
|-7-7----0h1s2-------------||-------------||--------|
Instrumental
S S S S +E S S S S S S +Q S S S S +E S S S S S S +Q
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o---------------------9s7-(7)--|---------------------9s7-(7)---o||
||o-------5-(5)-5---5------------|-------5-(5)-5---5-------------o||
||--0-3-7---------7---7----------|-0-3-7---------7---7------------||
Guitar Solo
Wx39
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
Outro
S S S S +E S S S S S S +Q S S S S +E S S S S S S +Q
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o---------------------9s7-(7)--|---------------------9s7-(7)---o||
||o-------5-(5)-5---5------------|-------5-(5)-5---5-------------o||
||--0-3-7---------7---7----------|-0-3-7---------7---7------------||
S S S S +E S S S S S S +Q
|------------------------------|
|---------------------9s7-(7)--|
|-------5-(5)-5---5------------|
|-0-3-7---------7---7----------|
S S S S +E S S S S S S +Q S S S S +E S S S S S S +Q
|------------------------------|------------------------------*|
|---------------------9s7-(7)--|---------------------9s7-(7)--*|
|-------5-(5)-5---5------------|-------5-(5)-5---5------------*|
|-0-3-7---------7---7----------|-0-3-7---------7---7----------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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