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Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
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ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? (Bassline)
As recorded by Jimi Hendrix
(From the 1967 Album ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?)
Transcribed by Kenn Chipkin
Words by Andy Aledort Music by Jimi Hendrix
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Normal bass (Noel Redding)'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Backwards bass (Noel Redding)'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=88
4/4
Gtr II Gtr I
<
W Wx2 E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
|----------|------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|----------|------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-0--------|------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|----------|------------|-------------------|-------------------||
1st Verse
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E S S E E
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Chorus
Gtr II
E E Q E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|----------------|-----------------------||-5-5-5-5----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------||---------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||------------------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------||------------------------------|
Gtr I
S S S S S S E E E Q E E E E S S E E E E E E E E S S S S E
|-5-5------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-------------x-3-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-----1h3s5--|
|----------------------|---------3h5-------|-----------1h3--------|
|----------------------|-1-1-1-1-----------|----------------------|
2nd Verse
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E S S E E
|-----------------|-----------------||-------------------|---------------------|
|-7---------------|-----------------||-------------------|---------------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------||-------------------|---------------------|
E S S E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E S S E E E E E E Q Q E S S E S S E E E S S E S S
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------|---7-7--7--7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0------0--0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------------||
Chorus
W W E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E
|----------|----------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|----------|----------|---------1-3-3-----1-|-3-3-----1-3-3-3---1---|
|----------|----------|-----1h3-------1h3---|-----1h3---------3-----|
|----------|----------|-1-1-----------------|-----------------------|
Guitar Solo
Gtr II
E E Q E E E E E E Q E S S E E Q Q E E Q
|----------------|------------------||--------------|
|----------------|------------------||----7--5---7--|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-||-0-------7----|
|----------------|------------------||--------------|
S S E S S S S E. S Q S S E E S S S S E E E S S E E S S S S E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-5---5-7-7-5---7-------|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7p5-7-7-7-|-5h7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7--|
|---7---------7----7-7--|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
S S E Q E E E E S S S S S S E E E E E S S S S S S E E E E E
|------------------||------------------------|-----------------------|
|-5---5-5----------||o-5---5---5h7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5---5---5h7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|---7------0-0-0-0-||o---7---7---------------|---7---7---------------|
|------------------||------------------------|-----------------------|
S S S +S S S E E E E e E E E E E E E E 4x S S S S S S E E E E E
|-------------------------|-4-6--------------||------------------------|
|-7-7-7-(7)-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----7-7---------o||-5---5---5h7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-------------------------|---------0-0-0-0-o||---7---7----------------|
|-------------------------|------------------||------------------------|
S S S S S S E E E E E S S S +S S S E E E E e
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-5---5---5h7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-(7)-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|---7---7---------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
3/4
E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E E
|-4-6-------------|------------------||
|-----7-7---------|-5---5---7-7-7-7--||
|---------0-0-0-0-|---7---7-----0-0--||
|-----------------|------------------||
3rd Verse
4/4
>
S S S S E E H Wx3 E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------|------------------|
|-5---5---7--------|------------|------------------|
|---7---7----------|------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|------------------|------------|------------------|
E E Q E E E E E E E E S S S S S E. E E E E E E E E
|----------------|---------5---5---5----|-----------------||
|---7-5--5-5-7-7-|-7-7-7-7---7---7---7--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-0--------------|----------------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------------|-----------------||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E Q E E
|-----------------|---------------------|----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7---5---5-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-|
|-----------------|-----7---7-----------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|----------------|
E E S S S S E E Q Q Q E E E E E E Q +E E E E
|--------------------|---------------|------------------|
|-7-7-5h7p5h7s9-9-7--|-7--7----------|------------------|
|--------------------|-------0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0--(0)-0-0-0-|
|--------------------|---------------|------------------|
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Wx2 H Q E S S
|-----------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------|-0----0--0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
<
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E W
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------*|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----*|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------*|
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
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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
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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