Mark Ronson - Uptown funk
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Uptown funk Bassline
Played By: Jamareo Artis
Tabbed by: Ctameron
Tuning: Standard 5 String B-E-A-D-G
/ and \ are slide up slide down
*is staccato
There are a few fingered lines in this as well when he follows the horns for fills.
All the tabs I've seen for this are all tabbed for a four string,
but he must either play with an octave pedal or he's playin’ with a fiver
cuz its mainly all on the low B string.
Main Riff:(all slapped pretty well cept' for some popped stuffed lol)
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--3\--3*-/8-6--3*-/8-6--1-3\--
Fills to main riff are random slap riffs such as:
(the first one seems to be his “go-to” fill for most of them cuz most are based around it and the
D Harmonic minor/D major/D pentatonic minor/D Blues scales mainly the latter)
Fill#1 Fill#2 Fill#3
----------------------- ------------------ ----------- ------5--
----------------------- ----5----7-------- ----------- ---------
------------x--3h5----- OR --x----x---------- OR -----3--5-- OR ----x----
----3h5---------------- ------------3h5--- ----x--x--- ---------
--x------x------------- x----x------------ ----------- ---------
Pre-chorus:
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--0--1--3\----
(Bass Break)
Girl/hallelujah part:
(Bass Break)
Uptown funk gon-givit-too-yah:
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--3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15\----3//13\\3------
Main Riff
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--3\--3*-/8-6--3*-/8-6--1-3\-----------------------
Main riff variation:
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----------------------------------------/5-5-5-5--------
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--3\--3*-/8-6--3*-/8-6----------------------------------
Main Riff
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--3\--3*-/8-6--3*-/8-6--1-3\-----------------------
Main riff variation#2:
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---------------------x-----------------------------------
---------x------------3h5--------------------------------
------------3h5-x----------------------------------------
--3\--x----------------------3*-/8-6--3*--/8-------------
Not sure pre breakdown thing:
-------------------------/7*-7*-7*-7*-7*-7*--------------------------------------------
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--/5*-5*-5*-5*-5*-5*----------------------------/5*-5*-5*-5*-5*-5*---------------------
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-------------------------------------------------------------------/3*-3*-3*-3*-3*-3*--
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rest for drum que----//10\----//12\------------
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(bass break 1:31)
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--3\
STOP! Fill my cup, Put some liquor in it, Take a sip, Sign the cheque, Julio! Get the Stretch!
Bass comes back in at 1:48 with:
Main riff + Fill#2
then:
Main riff + Fill#3
then back into:
Pre Chorus(2:05)
Then(2:22):
Main riff x 2 with variation 1 and 2
Then Not sure pre breakdown Thing again:
Main riff x4
On fifth go through he does a fill something like:
(can’t tell if there is a slide, a ghost note or just nothing at all and just hits the high D)
------------------------(5)/7-------
--------5/7(7)-x--------------------
--/5--------------------------------
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Main riff Into:
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--0--1--3\----
Immediately back to main riff for:x3
Then fill with modified fill#3
--------5*--7*------
-----x---x----------
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Then:
------------7-5-4--------------------------------
----------------------------------7--3-5*-3*----------
--------------5--------------------------------5-5----
---------5-8------------------------------------------
--3-6-8-----------------------------------------------
and back to main riff:
Main Riff
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--3\--3*-/8-6--3*-/8-6--1-3\-----------------------
Main riff variation:
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----------------------------------------/5-5-5-5-------
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--3\--3*-/8-6--3*-/8-6---------------------------------
Main Riff
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--3\--3*-/8-6--3*-/8-6--1-3\-----------------------
Main riff variation#2:
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----------------------x-----------------------------
----------x------------3h5--------------------------
------------3h5-x-----------------------------------
--3\--x----------------------3*-/8-6--1-3/----------
Not sure pre breakdown thing:
-------------------------/7*-7*-7*-7*-7*-7*--------------------------------------------
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--/5*-5*-5*-5*-5*-5*----------------------------/5*-5*-5*-5*-5*-5*---------------------
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-------------------------------------------------------------------/3*-3*-3*-3*-3*-3*--
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rest for drum que------------------------------------------------
--/3//12\--/3//12\--/3//12\---------------------
Then some more main riffs for two more with the second last fill
which lends itself to the blues scale:
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----3--4h5
------x------
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Then some more mains with this little diddy I love:
(follow the horns at 4:01)
--------------10----
--------10-12----12-
---12---------------
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(4:06)
----------------------7-5-4-----------------
------------------------------7--3-5*-3*----
------------------5----------------------5--
------------5-8-----------------------------
--3-6-8-------------------------------------
(4:11)
--------7--5--
------x--------
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(4:16)
-----------------------------10------
--12*-12*-12*-12*-----10--12----12---
------------------/12----------------
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second last fill at 4:19
then the end!:(4:26)
----------------------7*7*7*7*-7*-7*7*------
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------------------5---------------------5\--
------------5-8-----------------------------
--3-6-8-------------------------------------
This was my first tab I decided to share because I actually love this song for some odd reason?