Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa - Echidnas Arf bass tab
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Song Title: Echidna's Arf (Of You) Artist: Frank Zappa ---------------------------------------------- Echidna's Arf (Of You) by Frank Zappa from the 1974 album `Roxy & Elsewhere' transcribed by Craig Jones (on MS Notepad) good_king_zog@msn.com.au 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|------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| ********************** Please E-mail me if you are not able to format this or if I've fucked it up too much ********************** Submitted by: Craig Jones (good_king_zog@msn.com.au)