Bass tabs
Song: Stellar
Artist: Incubus
Album: Make Yourself (1999)
Bassist: Alex Katunich (aka Dirk Lance)
Standard tuning (EADG)
NOTE: As there's no time signature for the opening vocal, this tab begins
with the guitar/Verse 1.
🏷Legend:
r = rest
X = muted strike
\ = slide down
() = sustained note
h = hammer on (appears above note)
p = pull off (appears above note)
HFT = Half-time feel (appears in section header)
DFT = Double-time feel (appears in section header)
s = sixteenth note (appears above bar)
(3) = arpeggio down triplet (appears above bar)
VERSE 1:
(Rest x6) (x4)
G |-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------||-r-0-0-r---------|-r-4-4-r---------|
E |-r---------------||-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
PRE-CHORUS (HTF):
ss sss s ss ss sss s ssss
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|
A |-555-5555-55-555\|-222-2222-22-2222|
E |-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
CHORUS 1 (DTF; x2):
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-------6-6-----6-|-----------------|-------6-6---6-7-|
A |-X-0---0-X-0---0-|-X-4-4-----7-7---|-X-0---0-X-0---0-|-X-4-4-----4-----|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
PRE-VERSE:
s s s s (3) hp
G |-----------------|-----------------|---------------X-|---------454--hp-|
D |-r---------------|--7--7--7--------|---------------X-|-7-----------454-|
A |---0-0-----------|-7--7--7--7------|---------------X-|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-----------5-----|(5)----\-r-------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
s s s s (3) hp
G |-----------------|-----------------|---------------X-|-----------454---|
D |--\--------------|--7--7--7--------|---------------X-|-7---------------|
A |-----0-0---------|-7--7--7--7------|---------------X-|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-----------5-----|(5)----\-r-------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
VERSE 2:
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------6-7-|
A |-X-0-0-r---------|-r-4-4-r---------|-0-0-0-r---------|-r-4-4-r---4-----|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
(Repeat next staff x3):
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------6-7-|
A |-0-0-0-r---------|-r-4-4-r---------|-0-0-0-r---------|-r-4-4-r---4-----|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
PRE-CHORUS (HTF):
ss sss s ss ss sss sssssss
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|
A |-555-5555-55-555\|-222-2222-2222222|
E |-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
CHORUS 2 (DTF; x3):
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-------6-6-----6-|-----------------|-------6-6---6-7-|
A |-X-0---0-X-0---0-|-X-4-4-----7-7---|-X-0---0-X-0---0-|-X-4-4-----4-----|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
BRIDGE (HTF):
s s s s s s s s s s s s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-0------00----0r0|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-3------33----3r3|-0------00----0r0|-3------33----3r3/
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
s s s s s s s s s s ssssssss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-7------77----7r7|-5------55----5r5|-----------------|---------55555555|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-0------00----0r0|-3--33-3/--------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
OUT-CHORUS (DTF; Repeat 1st staff x4):
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-------6-6-----6-|-----------------|-------6-6---6-7-|
A |-X-0---0-X-0---0-|-X-4-4-----7-7---|-X-0---0-X-0---0-|-X-4-4-----4-----|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
(Let ring)
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-------6-6---6-7-|-----------------|
A |-X-4-4-----4-----|-X-0-------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
