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Frog And Toad Intro

The Bad Plus

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Artist: The Bad Plus
Song: Frog and Toad
Album: Give

I just sat down and figured out the first half of this song. I'm pretty sure that it's 
correct. It's not spaced correctly, so look at the notation. There are plenty on 16th 
and dotted 8ths. Best to listen to the song.
-Saubrey

(Bass Tab)
(E A D G)

  Q=63
 2/4
  Gtr I
  E E E  E E  E  E E E E E E E E E E
|---9---12---------9-----------------|
|-7---7------10--------5---5---7---7-|
|----------8----10---3---3---5---5---|
|------------------------------------|


  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E   E   E  E  E  E
|----5-----5-----9-----9-----9-----12-------------9-------|
|-7-----5-----------------7-----7---------10------------5-|
|-------------8-----8------------------8------10-----3----|
|---------------------------------------------------------|


  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E.   E.    E.
|----------------------5-----5-----9-----9--9----7--------|
|----5-----7-----7--7-----5---------------------------10--|
|-3-----5-----5-----------------8-----8-------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|


  E.    E.   E.    E.   E.  E.   S E.  E.  S S S E.   H    E  E
|------------------------------------------7-9-7-9---12-------9-|
|-7-------------------------7---10p9---7-------------------7----|
|------10----7--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------10----8---------------------------------------|


  E   E  E   E   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|----12-------------9-----------------------------5-----5-|
|-7---------10------------5-----5-----7-----7--7-----5----|
|--------8------10-----3-----3-----5-----5----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|


  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E.  S S
|----9-----9-----------------3-----6-----5-----5--------|
|--------------------------------------------------7h9--|
|-8-----8--------7-----7--4-----6-----5-----5-----------|
|-------------4-----4-----------------------------------|


   S S S E E.   S S S  S S E   S E.  S S  S S S S E S E. S S E. S E H
|---------------------------------------------7-9-7-9----5---------------|
|-10p9-7h9-7--------7-----------------------7---------7----7-5--5-3------|
|--------------10-7---10-7-------7-----7-10------------------------------|
|--------------------------8--10----10------------------------------1----|

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
----------------
 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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