ZOMBIE
As recorded by Fela Kuti
From the album "Zombie"
Transcribed by Greg McCain
All you need is two bars and you have one of the most intricate grooves
ever written. The syncopation and harmonic structure show Fela Kuti's
genius is in a class of its own.
I've included the note durations which I believe are all acurate,
though it looks much better in standard music notation. Below are two
measures
for each different part: 2 rhythm guitars, bass, and a guitar playing the
melody. The melody is taken from what Fela plays solo at the beginning
of the song. The full horn arrangement is slightly different.
Gm Gm6
x x 5 3 3 3 x x 5 3 5 3
Gm Gm6 Gm Gm6 GmGm6
Gtr I (chords)
s s s S Q s s s s S s s S s s s S Q s s s s S s s S
||--3-3-3---3-------3-3-3-3---3-3---|-3-3-3---3-------3-3-3-3---3-3----||
||o-3-3-5---5-------3-3-3-5---3-5---|-3-3-5---5-------3-3-3-5---3-5---o||
||--3-3-3---3-------3-3-3-3---3-3---|-3-3-3---3-------3-3-3-3---3-3----||
||--5-5-5---5-------5-5-5-5---5-5---|-5-5-5---5-------5-5-5-5---5-5----||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
| Gtr II (syncopation)
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|---------3-3-3--------------------||
||--3-3-5-------5---3---3-5---3-5---|-3-3-5-----------3---3-5---3-5----||
||o---------5-5---------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
| Bass
| e e e S S e S Q S Q Q e S Q S
||----------3-----3-------3---------|-----------------------3----------||
||o-5---5-----------5---------------|---------3-------5---------------o||
||o---------------------------------|-5-------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
| Melody
| S S E H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------3-3-|-1-3-1---1---1--------------------||
||o-------------------------3-----|-------3-------3---1-------------o||
||--------------------------------|-----------------------3-----3-3--||
||--5-5---------------------------|---------------------------5------||
||o-------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
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
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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