Little Richard - Tutti frutti
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TUTTI FRUTTI (Bassline)
As recorded by Little Richard
(From the 1957 Album HERE'S LITTLE RICHARD)
Words and Music by Richard Penniman & Dorothy La Bostrie
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Frank Fields - Upright Bass'
Intro
Q=186
4/4
Gtr I
W W W
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Chorus
$
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------0--|-3--0--------|----------0--|-3--0--------|
|----0--3-----|-------3--0--|----0--3-----|-------3--0--|
|-1-----------|-------------|-1-----------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------0--|-3--0--------|-------------|-------------|
|----0--3-----|-------3--0--|----------0--|-3--0--------|
|-1-----------|-------------|----0--3-----|-------3--0--|
|-------------|-------------|-1-----------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q q Q H W
|-------0--2--|----------0--|------------|------||
|----2--------|----0--3-----|------------|------||
|-3-----------|-1-----------|------------|------||
|-------------|-------------|-1----------|------||
1st - 3rd Verses
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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||o----------0--|-3--0--------|----------0--|-3--0---------|
||o----0--3-----|-------3--0--|----0--3-----|-------3--0---|
||--1-----------|-------------|-1-----------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------0--|-3--0--------|-------------|-------------|
|----0--3-----|-------3--0--|----------0--|-3--0--------|
|-1-----------|-------------|----0--3-----|-------3--0--|
|-------------|-------------|-1-----------|-------------|
q Q H q Q H q Q H W
|------------|------------|------------|------||
|------------|------------|------------|------||
|------------|------------|------------|------||
|-1----------|-1----------|-1----------|------||
Chorus
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------0--|-3--0--------|----------0--|-3--0--------|
|----0--3-----|-------3--0--|----0--3-----|-------3--0--|
|-1-----------|-------------|-1-----------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------0--|-3--0--------|-------------|-------------|
|----0--3-----|-------3--0--|----------0--|-3--0--------|
|-1-----------|-------------|----0--3-----|-------3--0--|
|-------------|-------------|-1-----------|-------------|
To Coda
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q q Q H W
|-------0--2--|----------0--|------------|-------||
|----2--------|----0--3-----|------------|------o||
|-3-----------|-1-----------|------------|------o||
|-------------|-------------|-1----------|-------||
Saxophone Solo
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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|----------0--|-3--0--------|----------0--|-3--0--------|
|----0--3-----|-------3--0--|----0--3-----|-------3--0--|
|-1-----------|-------------|-1-----------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------0--|-3--0--------|-------------|-------------|
|----0--3-----|-------3--0--|----------0--|-3--0--------|
|-1-----------|-------------|----0--3-----|-------3--0--|
|-------------|-------------|-1-----------|-------------|
D.S. al Coda &
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q q Q H W W
|-------0--2--|----------0--|------------|----------||------*|
|----2--------|----0--3-----|------------|----------||------*|
|-3-----------|-1-----------|------------|----------||------*|
|-------------|-------------|-1----------|----------||------*|
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