Stomping Grounds written by Bela Fleck performed by Bela Fleck and the Flecktones on Live Art I bass played by Victor Wooten bass line tabulature by Mike McElhaney
As you can imagine it is nearly impossible to transcribe a song played by Victor Wooten note for note. Like most other songs that the Flecktones play, every time it is played it comes out a little different. This is meant to be a guideline.
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h = Hammer-on I didn’t tab out the 8 measure bass introduction, but its pretty simple to figure out. It starts out with Vic strumming a chord that I believe starts: 10th fret on the A 12th fret on the D and open on the G
Part A (melody) Repeat 2 times G---0----9-----------------------0--------------0----0----0---- D--12-------12--10--9--10--12-------------9----7----5---- A----------------------------------------------------------------- E-----------------------------------------------------------------
Part B (melody) G--4--4--2--0---------0--2--0-------------------------------------------------------- D-----------------0--2------------2--0---------0--------------------------------------- A------------------------------------------2--0-----3------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Part A (bass line) Repeat 2 times G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D----------------------------5-----------5--------------------------------------------- A-------------------------5-------------------5--------------------------7-------5---- E--3------------------3---------------------------3-------------3---------------------
Part B (bass line) G--------------------------------------------------------------------------5---------4- D---------------------------------5---------------------------------------------------- A-------------------3----5-----------------5--------3--------------3----------2------- E--3------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Part C G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A--7------7-------------------7-------------5--------5---------------------5--------- E--------------0----0----7------------------------------------5------5----------------
After Part C, Bela does an harmonic thing for 8 measures and Vic improvises around a G. Then Bela goes once through a longer variation on Part D while Vic just peddles eighth notes on a low G. The band then comes back in at Part E
Part D G------7----------------------------------------------7-------------------------------------- D8h9----10--7--9-------------5----5---9--8h9----10--7--9--------------7-----7--5 A---------------------10--7--5----7-------------------------------10--7--5-----7--------- E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------7---------------------------------------------7------------------------------------ D8h9----10--7--9------------5-----5---9--8h9----10--7--9---------------7--------- A---------------------10--7--5----7--------------------------------10--7--5-----7--5--- E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
G------7----------------------------------------------7-------------------------------------- D8h9----10--7--9-------------5----5---9--8h9----10--7--9--------------7-----7--5 A---------------------10--7--5----7-------------------------------10--7--5-----7--------- E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G------7------------------------------------ D8h9----10--7--9-------------5----5---9-- A---------------------10--7--5----7--------- E----------------------------------------------
Part E G------------------------------5------------------------------------- D----------------------5-------------5-------------------------2---- A--3-------------------------------------3----------3----5--------- E--------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------7-------------------------4---- A--5------------0----5----5-------------5---------5----7---------- E-------------------------------------------------------------------- ^ Vic does a quick run right here
First solo section: 8 measures trading twos, bass & banjo then 8 measures trading ones, bass & banjo
Then Vic and Bela play Part D in unison and go right into Part E
Second solo section: 16 measures trading ones, banjo, sax, bass & mandolin (this instrumentation will vary depending on the version of the song) then the band just has fun hitting off beat notes (mostly G) for 4 measures.
The entire band (except Future Man) then plays Part D in unison and again goes right into Part E
After that, the song goes back to Part A with Vic jamming the melody along with them. Next, the band plays Part B in a round starting with the bass.
The song then ends on Part C.
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