The James Taylor Quartet - Austins theme
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AUSTIN'S THEME (Bassline)
As recorded by James Taylor Quartet
(From the 1996 Album CREATION)
Music by George Clinton
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Gary Crockett - Bass'
Freely Q=72
4/4
Gtr I
Q E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E Q E E E E Q Q Q Q
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-------------||
|-5--5-5-5-5--5-|-5-5--5-5-5--5-|-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5--5--5--5--||
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-------------||
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-------------||
In time Q=144
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||o---------3---4-5-|---------3---4-5-o||
||--3-3---3---3-----|-3-3---3---3------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-||------------------|------------------|
|-||o-----------------|------------------|
|-||o---------3---4-5-|---------3---4-5--|
|-||--3-3---3---3-----|-3-3---3---3------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q 4x
|-----------------|------------------||-||----------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||-||o---------------|--------------o||
|---------3---4-5-|---------3---4-5-o||-||o---------------|-3----3-4--5--o||
|-3-3---3---3-----|-3-3---3---3------||-||--3----3-6----6-|---------------||
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q
||----------------|--------------|---------------|---------------||
||o---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------o||
||o---------------|-3----3-4--5--|---------------|-3----3-4--5--o||
||--3----3-6----6-|--------------|-3----3-6----6-|---------------||
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q
||----------------|--------------|---------------|---------------||
||o---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------o||
||o---------------|-3----3-4--5--|---------------|-3----3-4--5--o||
||--3----3-6----6-|--------------|-3----3-6----6-|---------------||
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q
||----------------|--------------|---------------|---------------||
||o---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------o||
||o---------------|-3----3-4--5--|---------------|-3----3-4--5--o||
||--3----3-6----6-|--------------|-3----3-6----6-|---------------||
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q
||----------------|--------------|---------------|---------------||
||o---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------o||
||o---------------|-3----3-4--5--|---------------|-3----3-4--5--o||
||--3----3-6----6-|--------------|-3----3-6----6-|---------------||
Q E E Q E E Q E E +Q Q Q E E Q E E Q E E +Q Q
||----------------|----------------|---------------|------------------||
||o---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------o||
||o---------------|-4----5-(5)--6--|---------------|-4----5-(5)--6---o||
||--4----4-7----7-|----------------|-4----4-7----7-|------------------||
1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.,8.
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q 8x E E E E Q E E
||-----------------|----------------||-----------------||
||o----------------|---------------o||-----------------||
||o----------------|-5-----5-6--7--o||-5-----5-6-------||
||--5----5-8-5---8-|---5------------||---5--------0-1--||
1.,2.,3. 4.
W +H. +E E 4x W
||-----------|-----------------||--------||
||o----------|----------------o||--------||
||o----------|----------------o||--------||
||--3--------|-(3)------(3)-1--||-(1)----||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o---------3---4-5-|---------3---4-5-|---------3---4-5-|---------3---4-5-o||
||--3-3---3---3-----|-3-3---3---3-----|-3-3---3---3-----|-3-3---3---3------||
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q 4x Q E E Q E E Q E E +Q Q
||----------------|---------------||-||----------------|-----------------|
||o---------------|--------------o||-||o---------------|-----------------|
||o---------------|-3----3-4--5--o||-||o---------------|-4----5-(5)--6---|
||--3----3-6----6-|---------------||-||--4----4-7----7-|-----------------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E +Q Q Q E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------||-||-----------------|
|---------------|----------------o||-||o----------------|
|---------------|-4----5-(5)--6--o||-||o----------------|
|-4----4-7----7-|-----------------||-||--5----5-8-5---8-|
E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|---------------|----------------|----------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------o||
|-5-----5-6--7--|----------------|-5-----5-6--7--o||
|---5-----------|-5----5-8-5---8-|---5------------||
Freely Q=72
Q E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E Q E E q Q H
|---------------|---------------|----------------|------------*|
|-6--6-6-6-6--6-|-6-6--6-6-6--6-|-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6----------*|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|------------*|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|------------*|
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