Bass tabs
TELSTAR (Bassline)
As recorded by The Tornados
(From the 1962 Album THE SOUNDS OF THE TORNADOS)
Music by Joe Meek
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Heinz Burt - Bass'
Q=144
4/4
Gtr I
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
$
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------|--------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||o-7-----7-----|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||o----7-----7--|-9-----9------|
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------|----9-----9---|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-9-----9-----|-------------|-7-----7-----|---------------|
|----9-----9--|-7-----7-----|----7-----7--|-9-----9-------|
|-------------|----7-----7--|-------------|----9-----9----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q E E Q E E
|-------------|-------------|-6-----6------|-6------6-------|
|-9-----9-----|-------------|----6-----6---|----6------6----|
|----9-----9--|-7-----7-----|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|----7-----7--|--------------|----------------|
To Coda
Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E Q E E Q Q Q Q E E
|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-4------4-------|---------------|-7------7------|---------------|
|----4-------4---|-5------7------|-----7------7--|-9-----9-------|
|----------------|----5------7---|---------------|----9-----9----|
1. 2.
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------|----------------||-------------|--------------||
|---------------|---------------o||-7-----7-----|--------------||
|-5------5------|-7------7------o||----7-----7--|-7-----7------||
|----5------5---|----7------7----||-------------|----7-----7---||
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q E E E E Q E E Q
|-------------|-------------|---------------|----------------|
|-7-----7-----|-------------|---------------|-7------7-------|
|----7-----7--|-9-----9-----|-5------7------|-----7------7---|
|-------------|----9-----9--|----5------7---|----------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|-7-----7-----|--------------|-------------|-7-----7------|
|----7-----7--|-9-----9------|-5-----7-----|----7-----7---|
|-------------|----9-----9---|----5-----7--|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q E E E E Q E E Q
|-------------|-------------|---------------|----------------|
|-7-----7-----|-4-----4-----|---------------|-7------7-------|
|----7-----7--|----4-----4--|-5------7------|-----7------7---|
|-------------|-------------|----5------7---|----------------|
D.S. al Coda
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-7-----7-----|-4-----4-----|-------------|-7-----7------||
|----7-----7--|----4-----4--|-5-----7-----|----7-----7---||
|-------------|-------------|----5-----7--|--------------||
&
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------||-------------|--------------|
|-7-----7-----|-------------||-7-----7-----|--------------|
|----7-----7--|-7-----7-----||----7-----7--|-9-----9------|
|-------------|----7-----7--||-------------|----9-----9---|
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-9-----9------|-------------|-7-----7-----|---------------|
|----9-----9---|-7-----7-----|----7-----7--|-9-----9-------|
|--------------|----7-----7--|-------------|----9-----9----|
|-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------||
|--------------|-----------------|-7-----7-------|--------------||
|-5-----7------|-7-------7-------|----7------7---|--------------||
|----5-----7---|-----7-------7---|---------------|---5-6-7-8-9--||
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------|-9-----9-----|--------------|-7-----7------|
|-5-----5-----|----9-----9--|-7-----7------|----7-----7---|
|----5-----5--|-------------|----7-----7---|--------------|
Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|--------------|-------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|-9-----9-----|--------------|-7-----7-------|
|-5------5-----|----9-----9--|-7-----7------|----7-----7----|
|----5------5--|-------------|----7-----7---|---------------|
E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E
|----------------|-----------------|-4------4-------|----------------|
|-4-------4------|-4-------4-------|----4-------4---|-5------7-------|
|-----4------4---|-----4-------4---|----------------|----5------7----|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
Q E E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q E E Q Q E E Q Q E E
|----------------|-4-----4------|--------------|----------------|
|----------------|----4-----4---|-5------5-----|-7------7-------|
|-5------5-------|--------------|----5------5--|-----7-----7----|
|----5-------5---|--------------|--------------|----------------|
>
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------|
W W H. Q H. Q 3x
|----------|----------||-------------|--------------||
|----------|----------||o------------|-------------o||
|----------|----------||o-5----------|-5-----------o||
|----------|----------||-------------|--------------||
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
----------------
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