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Artist: Frank Zappa
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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
Transcribed by Hal Leonard/EvilDignity

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
---------------
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
----------------
 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
-----------
 |  - 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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