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Tab for Earth Jam by Bela Fleck and The Flecktones
Tabbed from Live at the Quick
Opening section:
|----4--------------------|
|--5---7-------4----------|
|---------7--5----7-------|
|--------------------3/5--|
Play that 4 times with a pause after each. On the second and fourth times end on high A (7 on the D string). Then play the phrase with no spaces between each phrase.
At about the 2:10 mark the whole band plays that theme four times or so, then it goes into a short little breakdown at the 2:16 mark:
|------------------------------------|
|----------------5h7---------5h7-----|
|------------------------------------|
|--0--2---4-5--------5-5-5-----------|
followed by
|-----4--------------------|
|--5----7-------4----------|
|----------7--5---7--------|
|---------------------3/5--|
right into:
|----------------------5h7—5------------|
|-------5h7-------------------7h5-------|
|------------------------------------7--|
|--5-5--------5-5-5---------------------|
Then back into the main phrase once. Note that the rhythm for the 5 with the hammer to 7’s is pretty tricky, so you’ll have to listen closely to the rhythm.
After the main phrase is played once play this:
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-0--------2--------3---------5--|
Then back into the main theme four times. Then this phrase really really uber fast:
|-5-3-----5-3-----5-3---------------|
|-----5-3-----5-3----5-3------------|
|--------------------------5-3------|
|------------------------------6-3--|
G minor breakdown:
|----------------------------------3h5---------5-7---------7-5------|
|------------------------------3-5-----------8-------------------8--|
|--------muted slaps------------------------------------------------|
|--3-3--------------------3-3--------3-3------------3-3-------------|
Fiddle around with that hitting two quick low G’s before playing around in the upper register mostly with flatted 7ths and 3rd’s. Then play this at the 2:57 mark
|---------------------------5-7--------------------7-5-----|
|-----------0-2-3--5--8-----------------0-2-3-5-----8------|
|----0-1-3-----------------------0-1-3---------------------|
|-3-----------------------------3--------------------------|
Then this
|-3-5-7--8-10-12-11-13---19-20-22---3-5-7--8-10-12-11-13-----------------|
|-5-7-8-10-12-14-13-15---20-22-24 --5-7-8-10-12-14-13-15-----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Yeah good luck with that section. It’s the same basic G minor scale (Flatted third and flatted 7th, no flatted 6th which causes for an interesting sounding third at the 14th fret there. It is a really difficult run to pull off, but hey He’s Victor Wooten.
After that at the 3:09 mark play:
|----4-------------------------|
|-5----7------4----2-----------|
|---------7-5----3-----5-------|
|---------------------------3--|
3:12 to 3:49 marks a free Victor Wooten solo. I am not going to tab it…because I can’t. The live solo is very percussive and uses slaps and muted pops a lot. I’ll give you one commonly used fill, and try to explain the theory behind the solo:
|--------------p3----p5----p7-----|
|---p5--p7------------------------|
|------------s1---s3----s5--------|
|-s3---s5-------------------------|
The solo, like the last jam section, is also in G minor. So just get funky. Slap the low G and pop on the high G and high Bb. But keep it mostly percussive, slapping and popping muted notes. Also throw in harmonic G’s where you can.
At 3:50 he begins to play this run fast:
|-------------------------------0--------------|
|---------0-2-3------------0-----3-0-----------|
|--0-1-3-----------0-1-3------------3-1--------|
|-3---------------3-------------------------3--|
Play that three times then play this again same speed:
|--------------------------------------|
|---------0-2-3-----------0-3-3-4-5----|
|--0-1-3----------0-1-3----------------|
|-3---------------3--------------------|
Once you hit on the five at the 4:01 mark go back into the main phrase. Play that 4 times till 4:11 then play this:
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------2----4----5-----------|
|-------------------2--0--------------------------0-2-----|
|0----2----3----2-------3-2---0----2---3---2-----------3--|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----2----4-----------------------------------|
|----------------2-3---------------------------|
|0----2------3---------0-------2-----3----5----|
Till the 4:32 mark when you play this:
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-----------3--5------------------------|
|-3--5--6------------3--5--6--1--3------|
Fill:
|----------------------------------|
|-----------------5--3-------------|
|----------3--5--------5-----------|
|-3--5--6------------------1-3-----|
Play that phrase above phrase ten times over Bela’s solo, until 5:36 mark then play this twice:
|--------------------------0--5-7------------------------0-7-5--------|
|----------------0--2--3---8-------------------0--2--3--------8------|
|------0--1--3------------------------0--1--3-------------------------|
|13\3-------------------------------3---------------------------------|
That ends at 5:49.
And this begins, (bass part over Jeff’s Solo) make sure to hold out each note at the end of the phrase.
|---4-------------------------------------|
|-5----7-------4--------------------------|
|----------7--5---7-----------------------|
|---------------------0-------------------|
|---4--------------------------|
|-5---7-------4----------------|
|--------7--5----7--3----------|
|------------------------------|
|---4---------------------------|
|-5---7-------4-----------------|
|--------7--5----7--------------|
|--------------------0----------|
|---4----------------------------|
|-5---7-------4------------------|
|--------7--5----7---------------|
|--------------------3-----------|
|---4-----------------------------|
|-5---7-------4-------------------|
|--------7--5----7----------------|
|---------------------1-----------|
|---4------------------------------|
|-5---7-------4--------------------|
|--------7--5----7-----------------|
|---------------------0------------|
At 6:15 the style changes a little bit:
|---4---------------------------------------|
|-5---7-------4-----------1---3---5---6-----|
|--------7--5----7--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
At 6:20 that main theme kicks in as Jeff grabs the two saxophones. That main theme, which I assume you would know by now, goes till 7:29 where you play this slow run:
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|0-----2-----3-----5---|
7:34 brings you this ending:
|---4-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5---7-------4-----3------3---------------------------------------4-5-7----|
|--------7--5-----3----5-3----5----4------4-----4--------4-5-7--------------|
|-----------------------------------6---8-6---8-6---8-5-7-------------------|
The ending is tricky, you have to listen to the timing very closely.
