"Music of the Mind" — Jamiroquai bass tab

transcribed by Jimmy C  email= [email protected]

As with all of Stu's bass lines, he improvises a lot, so much that there is 
almost no one "basic line". Therefore with this great song I have just 
transcibed what i see to be the basic line, hopefully presenting you with a 
starting point from which you can work out all of stu's variations and/or 
hopefully come up with some of your own!! There are three main sections in 
this song.
Basic tab conventions
*= dead note  p= pull off
h= hammer on

The Intro

The intro line has four main chords, and lot's of variations of these four 
main chords can be played. In this stu does a lot of bends(up), so i have 
bracketted the notes that he bends, however this does not mean that he bends 
these notes every time!! He also often pulls on to the notes i have 
bracketted, from the fret immediately after the note eg pull off the 5th 
fret to the 4th fret. This line has so many variations yet i can't be 
bothered writing them all out!

G—————————(4h5)—————————————|——————————(2h3)—————————————|
D———————————————————————————|————————————————————————————|
A——————7————————7—————7———7—|————————5——————5————5————5——|
E——5——————————————5—————5———|————3—————————————3———3—————|

G—————————(7h8)———————————|————————————————————————————|
D——————5———————5————5———5—|————————(5h6)———————————————|
A——3—————————————3————3———|—————3————————3—————3—————3—|
E—————————————————————————|——1——————————————1—————1————|

The Fast Section

After the intro the song drops into a much faster paced section, and stu's 
line provides endless opportunities for variations! Once again i've just 
transcribed the "basic line". In about the middle of this section there is a 
sort of break, where the basic chords above are played and then it drops 
back into the fast paced section, where stu plays a very fast variation, 
which i've tabbed what i think he plays (bit of a challenge). Each bar is 
repeated, and

G———————————4—4————————|———————————2—2—————————|
D——————————————————————|———————————————————————|
A—————7—7————————7—7———|—————5—5————————5—5————|
E——5—————————————————*—|——3——————————————————*—|

G—————————————7—7———————|————————————————————————|
D————————5—5——————3—3———|————————————5—5—————————|
A——3—3——————————————————|———————3—3———————5—5————|
E—————————————————————*—|——1—1—————————————————*—|

Fast Variation

G——————————————7———————————|—————————————5———————————|
D———————7—9—10——10—9—7—9—7—|———————5—7—8———8—7—5—7—5—|
A——————————————————————————|—————————————————————————|
E——5—5—————————————————————|——3—3————————————————————|

G——————————————5———————————|—————————————3———————————|
D————————5—7—8———8—7—5—7—5—|———————3—5—6———6—5—3—5—3—|
A——3—3—————————————————————|—————————————————————————|
E——————————————————————————|——1—1————————————————————|

The End Section

After the fast section the song goes into a new section with the bass 
running up and down some scale (some major scale variation i think...i am 
weak on theory haha). This can be varied a lot, including playing fast 
triplets on some of the notes like stu does.

G———————————————————————————————————————————|
D——————————————————————————————5——6—————————|
A———————————5————————————6——8————————8——6———|
E——5——7——8—————8——7—————————————————————————|

There we go!! Hope this get's you on the right track.....
corrections by David Hodkinson ([email protected])