The Ventures – Penetration (Bass Tab)
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PENETRATION (Bassline)
As recorded by The Ventures
(From the 1964 Album THE VENTURES IN SPACE)
Music by Steven Leonard
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bob Bogle - Bass'
Q=178
4/4
Gtr I
W Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------|-------------|-------------||--------------|--------------|
|----------|-------------|-------------||o-------------|--------------|
|----------|-------------|-------------||o-------------|--------------|
|----------|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1--||--3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1---|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|--------------||-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------o||-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------o||-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1---|
|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1---||-------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1--|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1---|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-1----1-(1)---1--|-0----------------|
|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1--|-----------------|------4-(4)---4---|
W Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------|-------------|-------------||---------------|
|----------|-------------|-------------||o--------------|
|----------|-------------|-------------||o--------------|
|-3--------|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1--||--3--1--3--1---|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|--------------||--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||-3--1--3--1---|
|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1---||--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1--|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-3--1--3--1---|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E +E E Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-1----1-(1)---1---|
|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1--|------------------|
Q E E +E E Q W Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|----------|-------------|--------------||
|-----------------|----------|-------------|--------------||
|-0---------------|----------|-------------|--------------||
|------4-(4)---4--|-3--------|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1---||
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||o-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----|-5-----5-----|-5-----5-----|
||-----8-----8--|----8-----8--|----6-----6--|----6-----6--|
1.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-5-----5-----|-5-----5------o||
|----4-----4--|----4-----4--|----6-----6--|----6-----6----||
2.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1---||
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1---||
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1---|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1---|
1.,2.
Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 3x
||------------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------o||
||o-1----1-(1)---1--|-0---------------|-------------|-------------o||
||------------------|------4-(4)---4--|-3--1--3--1--|-3--1--3--1---||
3.
W +W q Q H
|----------|------------|------------*|
|----------|------------|------------*|
|----------|------------|------------*|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-3----------*|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