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FRANK (Bassline)
As recorded by Steve Vai
(From the 1999 Album THE ULTRA ZONE)
Transcribed by Frank Nijs (franks)
Music by Steve Vai
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Simulated effects for Gtr II in guitar section'
Gtr III (B E A D G) - 'Bass (5 string)'
Intro
Q=124
6/4
Gtr I
Wx3 H. H E E H. +H E E
|----------------||--------------19s17-|-17-------(17)----------|
|----------------||--------------------|------------------3s2---|
|----------------||--------------------|------------------------|
|----------------||--------------------|------------------------|
H +E E Q Q Q +H E E E E Q Q
|---------------10s=12--|-(12)------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------------||
|-1----(1)----------10--|-(10)----10-10-10-10-10--10--||
|------------1----------|-----------------------------||
Main Theme
H Q Q H H Q H. H Q Q H H Q H.
|------5-----5----|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-3-------5-------|-------------3-----|---------------|
|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-1-----------------|-1-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------1--(1)----|---------1-----|
Q. E q E E H H. Q. Q.
|--------5--5---5----|-------------------|
|------5------5------|---------5---------|
|-3------------------|-3-----------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
Q. E q H. H Q H Q
|--------3----------|------3------------||
|------3----3-------|---------3---------||
|-1-----------------|-1-----------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
Variation
H Q H. Q Q Q Q. E Q H. H Q W.
|-----------------|----5-----5----5s7\--|-----------------|-------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------|
|-1-------1-------|-3-------------------|-1-------1-------|-3-----|
|-----------------|---------------------|--------------1--|-------|
H. H Q Q. +E Q Q E E Q
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|--------------3--|-------------------------|
|-1-------1-------|-3----(3)\----3--5-7-7\--|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
E E Q Q H. Q. Q. Q E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------5-3-2-0----|
|-0h1----0--1-------|------0------------------|
|-------------------|-1---------3-------------|
Q. Q. H E E Q. Q. Q E E E E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|----------------5-3-|--------------5-3-2-0-|
|------0-------------|------0---------------|
|-1---------3--------|-1---------3----------|
H. H. Q H H.
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----5-----------||
|---------0-------|-----------------||
|-1---------------|-3--(3)----------||
Main Theme
W H A W H q Q. E E E H Q H E E
|--------------|------5s7--------||---------5------5---|--------------------|
|--------------|-----------------||------5-------5---5-|------5-------5s3---|
|--------------|-----------------||-3------------------|-3------------------|
|--------------|-----------------||--------------------|---------3----------|
H. Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q. q Q A E E Q
|------------------|---------3--------------|--------5--5--(5)s7-7-9--|
|------------------|-------3---3------------|-------------------------|
|-1----------------|-1-1-1------------------|-3-3---------------------|
|---------1--1--1--|-------------1---1-1-1--|-------------------------|
E E E E E E H Q H. H.
|---------------------|-----------------|
|------------------5--|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-7s5---------|-1---------------|
|-------------3-------|---------1-------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
H. q H
|----------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------||
|--1-------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------1------------------------||
|
| ~~~
| E E E S +S +E E E S S A E A E Q
|----------------------------------------------------------||
|-10h=11-----11b13==(11)r(11)------------------------------||
|-10-(10)-10-10b12==(10)r(10)-10-10------------------------||
|-10h=12--12-12b14==(12)r(12)-10-10------------------------||
|-----------------------------------12s10-8s10-------------||
|----------------------------------------------10s8-[8]----||
Variation
W. E E E E E E A Q E E Q
|---------------|--------------10h12--10-9------|
|---------------|---5---5---12-------------10\--|
|-1-------------|-3---3-------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------------|
Q. Q. H. H Q H.
|-------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|----------------|
|-1---------1-------|-3----3\--------|
|-------------------|----------------|
H. H. H E E H.
|-----------------|------/5\---5\------|
|-----------------|----------5---------|
|-1-------1-------|-3------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
H Q Q H Q. Q. Q E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------5-3-2-0----|
|-1-------1-------|------0------------------|
|-----------------|-1---------3-------------|
3/4
Q. Q. Q E E E E Q. Q. Q E E E E H. H. H.
|----------------------|----------------------|---------|---------|-------||
|--------------5-0-5-3-|--------------5-3-2-0-|---------|---------|-------||
|------0---------------|------0---------------|---------|-0-------|-------||
|-1---------3----------|-1---------3----------|-1-------|---------|-3-----||
Break
6/4
Gtr III
Wx2 H. H.
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-3-------1-------|
|----------------|-----------------|
H E E Q E E E E Q E E +W
|--------(11)----------11----|-12--12-14-(14)----||
|----------------12s14----12-|-------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------||
|-3--------------------------|-------------------||
Guitar Solo
W +Q. E W Q Q W.
|------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------|-1--------1-----|-----------------------------------------------|
|-3--------(3)---5-|----------------|-1---------------------------------------------|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| \1___
| W W H. Q +E +S +S +E +E
|------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------|----------------|---------<7>--(<7>)-(<7>)b8==(<7>)r(<7>)-(<7>)-|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|
W +Q. E H. H +Q W.
|----------------------|--------------3----(3)s=|=1-----|
|----------------------|------------------------|-------|
|----------------------|---1--------------------|-------|
|---3----------(3)-----|------------------------|-------|
|----------------------|------------------------|-------|
|
| |
| +W. +Q Q W W
|----------------------|------------------------|-------|
|----------------------|------------------------|-------|
|----------------------|------------------------|-------|
|-(<7>)----------------|-(<7>)------------------|-------|
|----------------------|------------------------|-------|
|----------------------|------------------------|-------|
H. H +E +E W.
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------5------------------------(5)--(5)\-|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-3--------------------------------------------|----1--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|
| \1_____________________\2_______________
| H. Q. +S +S +Q +E +Q. +E +E +H.
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---------<12>---(<12>)b13==(<12>)r(<12>)------|-(<12>)-(<12>)---(<12>)-(<12>)-(<12>)------|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
a Q. Q. Q. Q +E Q. E q Q Q Q
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|-14h==15-----14----12--------------|-------------------------5----------------------------|
|-------------------------15--(15)\-|----------------------------------2---------2---------|
|-----------------------------------|-3-------------------3--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------0--------------|
|
| |
| +H. H. Q S +S E Q +H +E +E
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|----(<12>)-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----<5>b10==(<5>)r-<5>-<7>b9===(<7>)-----(<7>)r(<7>)-|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
H E E H E E H q H E E
|----------------------------5----------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------7-----|------0-------5-5-|
|--3------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------------5--------------|-1-------3--------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|
| \1_______________|
| E +S +S +Q Q +H +E E W
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|-<7>-(<7>)b9==(<7>)r(<7>)--------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------<7>----(<7>)----(<7>)---|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/steve_vai/frank_btab.html ]
Q. E E E Q E E Q H E E H E E
|----------------------|------------------------------------7-7--|
|--------6----------5--|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------|--5--------------------------6-5---------|
|-4----4-----3--3-3----|-----------------------------------------|
|----------3-----------|---------------------------4-------------|
|
| W E +S +S +Q W
|----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-<7>-(<7>)b8==(<7>)r(<7>)----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Q. E E E H E E
|-------------------5--5-------------------------------4-(4)-|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3----------------------------------------2-----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~
| E. S +Q E +S +S +Q +H
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|----<5>b10==(<5>)r---<5>-(<5>)b6==(<5>)r(<5>)--(<5>)--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
H. E E E E Q Q H E E H
|--------------9---7-6------------------|---------------9----------------|
|----------------------9---7------------|---6----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------7-----------------------|
|---0-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
| +H. +H +E +E +H. +E E H
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-(<5>)------(<5>)-------(<5>)-(<5>)b7==|=(<5>)-------(<5>)r-x/----------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------x/----------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------x/-<17>\----|
H q H Q H q Q E E E E
|------7------------|------7-------------|
|--------------(7)--|----------------7-6-|
|-5-----------------|-5------------------|
|---------5---------|---------5--5-5-----|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|
| W W
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
H q Q E E q
|-------------------------------5----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------5--------------|
|--3---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------3------------3-3----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E +S +S E E E E +E +H +S +s
|-<7>b8==(<7>)r(<7>)-<12>------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------<7>-<12>---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------<7>-(<7>)b9==(<7>)-------(<7>)r(<7>)--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E q H Q
|---------------------5---x-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------3----------------5---------------|
|--3-------3----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~
| E +S +S E E E +E +Q +H
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-<5>b7==(<5>)r(<5>)-<7>-----<12>b14==(<12>)r(<12>)--(<12>)-----|
|------------------------<7>------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
e E Q W W
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---3-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|
| /0______\3.5__________/2.5____/2_________
| H +H. +E +S +S +Q +W E +S +S
|-<12>pb15=======(<12>)r=====(<12>)-(<12>)-(<12>)b14==|=(<12>)--(<12>)----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------<5>---(<5>)-(<5>)|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
W W
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|
| \7_________________/6.5____/3.5_____________\7 |
| +Q +W +E +S +S +Q +W +Q
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-(<5>)--(<5>)--------(<5>)-(<5>)---(<5>)---|-(<5>)--(<5>)--------(<5>)--||
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------||
Main Theme
H Q Q H H Q Q. E Q H. H. H. H.
|---------5--5----|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|------5----------|---------5------5--|-----------------|---------------|
|-3---------------|-3-----------------|-1---------------|-1-------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|---------1-------|---------1-----|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
H Q Q E E Q Q. E Q H Q
|-----------5--/7-7-9--|--------5----------|
|------(5)-------------|------5----5----5--|
|-3--------------------|-3-----------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
Q. E Q H. E E E E E E H.
|--------3----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|
|------3----3-------|-------------3-----|
|-1-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Variation
H Q H. H E E Q E E Q
|-----------------|----------5--7-7-9--|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-1-------1-------|--------3-----------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-1------------------|
Q E E +E E E E Q Q H. H.
|------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------|---------------|
|-1--1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1--1--|---------------|
|------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------|-1-------------|
Q Q E E H. H E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|----------5-3---------|
|-------------------|--------5-----5-3-2---|
|-1---------1-------|-3------------------3-|
|---------1---------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
H E E H. Q. Q. Q E E E E
|----------3-------|-------------------------|
|--------3---------|--------------5-2--------|
|-1----------------|------0-----------5-3----|
|------------------|-1---------3-------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
3/4
Q. Q. Q E E Q Q. Q. Q E E E E H. H. H.
|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------|-------||
|--------------5-3-5--|--------------5-3-2---|-----------------|-------||
|------0--------------|------0-------------5-|---------0-------|-------||
|-1---------3---------|-1---------3----------|-1---------------|-3-----||
|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------|-------||
Outro (Free Time)
6/4
Gtr II
W W Q E E +E +E E +E +E E E +E
|--------------|--------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------|--------------|------<5>-(<5>)b6==(<5>)r--------------------------------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------------------<5>pb7==(<5>)r(<5>)-<7>--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------------------------------------------<7>-(<7>)b9==|
|--------------|--------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
\1____
+H E +E +Q +E E E +E
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------<7>pb9==(<7>)r(<7>)--(<7>)----------------|
|-(<7>)----(<7>)----(<7>)-(<7>)--(<7>)-----<7>-(<7>)--|
|--------------------------------------<7>------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
+Q. E +Q +E Q +E +Q
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------<12>pb14===(<12>)r(<12>)--|
|-(<7>)---<12>-(<12>)b14===(<12>)r---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
+Q Q Q +H. +W. +W H
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------|--------------------*|
|----------<12>---(<12>)--(<12>)b14=======|=(12)------------|-(<12>)-------------*|
|-(<12>)--(<12>)--(<12>)--(<12>)b14-------|-(12)------------|-(<12>)-------------*|
|------------------<12>---(<12>)b14-------|-(12)------------|-(<12>)-------------*|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------|--------------------*|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------|--------------------*|
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
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
-----------
| - 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
