Bass tabs
Song Title: Echidna's Arf (Of You)
Artist: Frank Zappa
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Echidna's Arf (Of You) by Frank Zappa
from the 1974 album `Roxy & Elsewhere'
transcribed by Craig Jones (on MS Notepad)
[email protected]
Hi peoples!
Hmm...no Zappa here yet - but there is now. This is the way that I play this
one in my band The Zappa Instrumentaale. It's not all that hard to play but
what might trip you up is the tempo that the notes are played at (especially
the quintuplets at the end). Watch out for time signature changes! I would
appreciate any correspondence from FZ fans (especially other FZ TABs, either
Bass or Guitar) &, of course, corrections are most welcome.
Echidna's Arf (Of You) - FZ
* = time signature change
1 (x13) (x2)
||-------------------||-------------------------------------------------||
4||.-------14----11--.||.-6---6--8--9--8--6----6------------------------.||
4||.-----------------.||.---7----------------9----9--7--6---------------.||
||--0--0-------------||-----------------------------------9-----9-------||
16
|-6---6-8-9-8-6---6----------------|-------------------------------------|
4|---7-----------9---9-7-6---6------|-----------7-6----7-6----7-6-7-6-----|
4|-------------------------9---9-7--|-6-------------7------7----------7---|
|----------------------------------|---9--7------------------------------|
18
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
4|-7-6---7-6---7-6-7-6---7-6---7-6-|---7-6-7--6---7-6----7-6----7-6-7-6---|
4|-----7-----7---------7-----7-----|-7----------7------7-----7------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
20 (x3) *
|---------------------------------||----------------------------------||
4|----6-6------------------------6-||.---------6--------------------6-.||13
4|--7------------------------------||.--------------------------------.||16
|---------------------------------||---4---4--------------------------||
|--------------------------------(x2)------------------------------|
24 * *
||--------------------------|------| |---------------------|--------||
13||.-6---6-8-9-8-6---6-------|------| 9|----4---4-6-7-6-4----|-------.||4
16||.---7-----------7---7-6-5-|-rest-| 16|------5-----------7--|-rest--.||4
||--------------------------|------| |---------------------|--------||
32 * (x8) * * *
|---|-----| ||--------4--4------4--4--|| |----| |------------------|
4|---|-----| 12||.----------------------.|| 2|-11-| 4|-10--9--8---------|2
4|-5-|-(5)-| 16||.--2--2------2--2------.|| 4|----| 4|-----------12-11--|4
|---|-----| ||------------------------|| |----| |------------------|
44 * * * * *
|------| |----------------| |-----| |-----------------| |------|
2|------| 4|----------------| 2|-----| 4|-----------------| 2|--11--|4
4|--10--| 4|--9-8-----------| 4|-----| 4|--------10-12-14-| 4|------|4
|------| |------12-11-10--| |--9--| |--11-13----------| |------|
|--------------(x2)------------------|
49 * * * *
|----------12-14-16-| ||-----------------| |-----| |-------||
4|--13--15-----------| 2||.----------------| 4|-----| 5|------.||2
4|-------------------| 4||.---------2-4-2--| 4|--0--| 4|-(0)--.||4
|-------------------| ||--0-2-3-5--------| |-----| |-------||
56 * * * * *
|----| |------------------| |------| |-------12-15-18-| |--21-|
2|----| 4|------------------| 2|--8---| 4|-11-14----------| 2|-----|4
4|----| 4|-----------7--10--| 4|------| 4|----------------| 4|-----|4
|-0--| |-3---6--9---------| |------| |----------------| |-----|
61 * * *
|-18-15----------| |----| |---------------| |-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
4|-------17-14----| 2|----| 4|---------------| 4|-------------------------|
4|-------------16-| 4|-13-| 4|-10------------| 4|-------------------------|
|----------------| |----| |----12--9--6-3-| |-------------------------|
65
|-12-12-12-12-12-----|-----------------|-12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--|
4|--------------------|-----4-4-x-----4-|---------------------------------|
4|--------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------x-|-2-2-------2-2---|---------------------------------|
68
|-12-12-12-12-12-----|-----------------|-12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--|
4|--------------------|-----4-4-x-----4-|---------------------------------|
4|--------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------x-|-2-2-------2-2---|---------------------------------|
71 * *
|-12-12-12-12-12-----| |----------------| |----------------------------|
4|--------------------| 2|-----4--4-2-----| 4|----------------------------|
4|--------------------| 4|------------4-2-| 4|-(2)----------------------4-|
|------------------x-| |-0-2------------| |----------------------------|
74 * *
|-------------------------------|----------------------------| |------|
4|-7--4---------------------4----|-7--4-----------------------| 2|------|4
4|-----7--4-2--0-2--4-0--------6-|-----7--4-2--0-2--4-2--0----| 4|------|4
|-----------------------2-------|--------------------------2-| |-(2)--|
77 * * 92 * *
|-----| |-----|repeat bar 64 to |---|---| |---| |---------|----------|
4|-----| 5|-----|76(inclusive) 4|---|---| 5|---| 4|---------|-9-10-----|
4|-0---| 4|--2--| then to .. 4|-0-|-2-| 4|-4-| 4|-7---5-6-|------7-8-|
|-----| |-----| |---|---| |---| |---6-----|----------|
(Deep Breath!)
97 v-----5------v v-----5------v v-----5-----v v----5----v
|-21-19-17-16----------------------------------------------------|
4|-------------19---17-15-14-12-----------------------------------|
4|------------------------------15---14-12-10-9-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------12---10-8-7-8-10--|
(let breath out!)
98 v-----5-----v v-----5------v v-----5----v v----5----v
|-------|---------|21-19-17-16-------------------------------------------|
4|-------|-9-10----|-----------19-17-15-14-12-----------------------------|
4|-7-5-6-|-----7-8-|--------------------------15-14-12-10-9---------------|
|--6----|---------|---------------------------------------12-10-8-7-8-10-|
101 (still quintuplet feel)
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------------|
4|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------------|
4|-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-|-------------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-13-13-13-13-|
108 v-----5------v v-----5------v v-----5-----v v----5----v
|-21-19-17-16----------------------------------------------------|
4|-------------19---17-15-14-12-----------------------------------|
4|------------------------------15---14-12-10-9-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------12---10-8-7-8-10--|
(even deeper breath!!)
109 v---5----v v---5-----v v---5----v v-----5------v
|------------------------------7---7-9-10-----12----12-14-15-|
4|---------------8---8-10-11------7---------------13----------|
4|-7---7-9-10------8------------------------------------------|
|---7--------------------------------------------------------|
110 v-----5------v v-----5------v v-----5------v v-----5------v
|-16----16-18-19---17----17-19-20---13----13-15-16---14----14-16-17---|
4|----16---------------17---------------14---------------15------------|
4|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
111 v-----5------v v-----5------v v-----5-----v v----5----v
|--21-19-17-16----------------------------------------------------|
4|--------------19---17-15-14-12-----------------------------------|
4|-------------------------------15---14-12-10-9-------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------12---10-8-7-8-10--|
112 (still quintuplet feel)
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
4|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
4|-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4|-------------------to `Don't You Ever Wash That Thing'------------------|
4|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Submitted by: Craig Jones ([email protected])
