Music Of The Mind by Jamiroquai As with all of Stu's bass lines, he improvises a lot, so much that there is almost no one "basic line". Therefore with this great song I have just transcibed what i see to be the basic line, hopefully presenting you with a starting point from which you can work out all of stu's variations and/or hopefully come up with some of your own!! There are three main sections in this song. Basic tab conventions *= dead note p= pull off h= hammer on The Intro The intro line has four main chords, and lot's of variations of these four main chords can be played. In this stu does a lot of bends(up), so i have bracketted the notes that he bends, however this does not mean that he bends these notes every time!! He also often pulls on to the notes i have bracketted, from the fret immediately after the note eg pull off the 5th fret to the 4th fret. This line has so many variations yet i can't be bothered writing them all out! G---------(4h5)-------------|----------(2h3)-------------| D---------------------------|----------------------------| A------7--------7-----7---7-|--------5------5----5----5--| E--5--------------5-----5---|----3-------------3---3-----| G---------(7h8)-----------|----------------------------| D------5-------5----5---5-|--------(5h6)---------------| A--3-------------3----3---|-----3--------3-----3-----3-| E-------------------------|--1--------------1-----1----| The Fast Section After the intro the song drops into a much faster paced section, and stu's line provides endless opportunities for variations! Once again i've just transcribed the "basic line". In about the middle of this section there is a sort of break, where the basic chords above are played and then it drops back into the fast paced section, where stu plays a very fast variation, which i've tabbed what i think he plays (bit of a challenge). Each bar is repeated, and G-----------4-4--------|-----------2-2---------| D----------------------|-----------------------| A-----7-7--------7-7---|-----5-5--------5-5----| E--5-----------------*-|--3------------------*-| G-------------7-7-------|------------------------| D--------5-5------3-3---|------------5-5---------| A--3-3------------------|-------3-3-------5-5----| E---------------------*-|--1-1-----------------*-| Fast Variation G--------------7-----------|-------------5-----------| D-------7-9-10--10-9-7-9-7-|-------5-7-8---8-7-5-7-5-| A--------------------------|-------------------------| E--5-5---------------------|--3-3--------------------| G--------------5-----------|-------------3-----------| D--------5-7-8---8-7-5-7-5-|-------3-5-6---6-5-3-5-3-| A--3-3---------------------|-------------------------| E--------------------------|--1-1--------------------| The End Section After the fast section the song goes into a new section with the bass running up and down some scale (some major scale variation i think...i am weak on theory haha). This can be varied a lot, including playing fast triplets on some of the notes like stu does. G-------------------------------------------| D------------------------------5--6---------| A-----------5------------6--8--------8--6---| E--5--7--8-----8--7-------------------------| www.TAB6.com