Learn Music: Today bass tab - Smashing Pumpkins tabs

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  Bass Line for "Today" by the Smashing Pumpkins.
  
  As taken from the pages of "Guitar for the Practising Musician."
  
  4/4 time
  
  Tuning: Tune 1/2 step down
  
  Eb Ab Db Gb
  
  
  e= Eighth Note
  s= Sixteenth Note
  h= Half Note
  .= Play note for 1 & 1/2 times the value before it.
  /= Slide Up
  = Slide Down
  
  
  
  Pattern 1:
  
    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s
  |-------------------------|------------------------------|
  |-------------------------|------------------------------|
  |-------------2--2--2--2--|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--|
  |-0--0--0--0--------------|------------------------------|
  
  
  Pattern 2:
  
    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e
  |-------------------------|-------------------------|
  |-------------------------|-------------------------|
  |-------------2--2--2--2--|/4--4--4--4-0--0--0--0--|
  |-0--0--0--0--------------|-------------------------|
  
  Pattern 3:
  
    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  s s
  |-------------------------|---------------------------|
  |-------------------------|---------------------------|
  |-------------2--2--2--2--|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-2--|
  |-0--0--0--0--------------|---------------------------|
  
  Pattern 4:
  
    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    e  s s e  s s e  s s s s s
  |-------------------------|-----------------------------|
  |-------------------------|-----------------------------|
  |-------------2--2--2--2--|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-2--|
  |-0--0--0--0--------------|-----------------------------|
  
  Pattern 5:
  
    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  s s   e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e
  |--------------------------|-------------------------|
  |--------------------------|-------------------------|
  |-------------2--2--2--2-2-|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
  |-0--0--0--0---------------|-------------------------|
                               >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >
  
  Pattern 6:
  
    e  e  e  s s e  e  e  s s    e  s s e  s s e  s s s s s s
  |----------------------------|-------------------------------|
  |----------------------------|-------------------------------|
  |--------------0--0--0--0-x--|-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4------|
  |-2--2--2--2-x---------------|--------------------------0-1--|
  
  Pattern 7:
  
    e e e s s e e e s s   e e e s s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s
  |---------------------|------------------------------------|
  |---------------------|------------------------------------|
  |-----------0-0-0-----|------------------------------------|
  |-2-2-2-2-x-------2-2-|-4-4-4-4/11-11/12-11/12-11/12-11/12-|
  
  Pattern 8:
  
    e   e   e   e  e  e  e  s s   e  s s e  s s e  s s s s s
  |-----------------------------|------------------------------|
  |-----------------------------|------------------------------|
  |-----------------------------|------------------------------|
  |-12--12--12--127--7--7--7-0-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5/12--|
  
  
  Pattern 9:
  
    e   e   e   e   e  e  e  s s    e  e  e  e  e  e  s s e
  |-------------------------------|---------------------------|
  |-------------------------------|---------------------------|
  |-------------------------------|---------------------------|
  |-12--12--12--12-7--7--7--7-7--|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9-9-9--|
  
  Pattern 10:
  
    e  e  e  s s e  e  e  s s    e  e  e  s  s e  e  e   s s
  |----------------------------|------------------------------|
  |----------------------------|------------------------------|
  |--------------0--0--0--0-2--|-------------2--2--2--2-------|
  |-2--2--2--2-x---------------|-0--0--0--0--------------0-1--|
  
  Pattern 11:
  
    e  e  e  s s e  e  e  s s    e  e  e  s  s  e  e  e  s  s
  |----------------------------|-------------------------------|
  |----------------------------|-------2-----------------------|
  |--------------0--0--0--0-2--|----------------2--2--2--------|
  |-2--2--2--2-x---------------|-0--0-----0--0-----------0--1--|
  
  Pattern 12:
  
    e e e s s e e e s s    e e e s s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s
  |----------------------|-------------------------------------|
  |----------------------|-------------------------------------|
  |-----------0-0-0------|-------------------------------------|
  |-2-2-2-2-x-------2-3--|-4-4-4-4/11-11/12-11/12-11/12-11/12--|
  
  Pattern 13:
  
    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    e  e  e  s s e  e  e  e
  |-------------------------|--------------------------|
  |-------------------------|--------------------------|
  |-------------2--2--2--2--|------------2-0--0--0--0--|
  |-0--0--0--0--------------|-0--0--0--0---------------|
  
  Pattern 14:
  
    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    e  s s e  e  e  e  s s  e
  |-------------------------|----------------------------|
  |-------------------------|----------------------------|
  |-------------2--2--2--2--|-4--4-4-4--4-0--0--0-0--0--|
  |-0--0--0--0--------------|----------------------------|
  
  
  Pattern 15:
  
    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e
  |-------------------------|-------------------------|
  |-------------------------|-------------------------|
  |-------------2--2--2--2--|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
  |-0--0--0--0--------------|-------------------------|
  
  Pattern 16:
  
    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  s s
  |---------------------------|
  |---------------------------|
  |-4--4--4--4--4--4--4-------|
  |----------------------0-1--|
  
  
  Pattern 17:
  
    e  e  e  s s  e  e  e  s s    e  e  e  e  e  e  e s s
  |-----------------------------|--------------------------|
  |-----------------------------|--------------------------|
  |---------------0--0--0--0-x--|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4------|
  |-2--2--2--2-x----------------|---------------------0-1--|
  
  
  Pattern 18:
  
    e  e  e  s s  e  e  e  s s
  |-----------------------------|
  |-----------------------------|
  |---------------0--0--0--0-2--|
  |-2--2--2--2-x----------------|
  
  
  Pattern 19:
  
    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s
  |-------------------------|------------------------------|
  |-------------------------|------------------------------|
  |-------------2--2--2--2--|-4--4-4-4--4-4-0--0-0-0--0-2--|
  |-0--0--0--0--------------|------------------------------|
  
  Pattern 20:
  
    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    e  s s e  s s s s s s s s s
  |-------------------------|------------------------------|
  |-------------------------|------------------------------|
  |-------------2--2--2--2--|-4--4-4-4--4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--|
  |-0--0--0--0--------------|------------------------------|
  
  
  Pattern 21:
  
    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    e  e  e  e  e  s s s s s
  |-------------------------|---------------------------|
  |-------------------------|---------------------------|
  |-------------2--2--2--2--|-4--4--4--4--0--0-0-0-0-2--|
  |-0--0--0--0--------------|---------------------------|
  
  
  Pattern 22:
  
    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e
  |-------------------------|-------------------------|
  |-------------------------|-------------------------|
  |-------------2--2--2--2--|-4--4--4--4--0--0--0--2--|
  |-0--0--0--0--------------|-------------------------|
  
  Pattern 23:
  
    h.
  |-------------------------|
  |-------------------------|
  |-------------------------|
  |-0-----------------------|
  
  
  playing order:
  
  Intro: (no bass) 4 bars
  Pattern 1 (x2)
  Pattern 2
  Pattern 3
  Rest: 4 bars
  Pattern 4
  Pattern 5
  Pattern 6
  Pattern 6
  Pattern 6
  Pattern 7
  Pattern 8
  Rest: 4 bars
  Pattern 8
  Pattern 9
  Pattern 10
  Pattern 11
  Pattern 10
  Pattern 12
  Pattern 13
  Pattern 13
  Pattern 14
  Pattern 15
  Pattern 16
  Pattern 17
  Rest: 4 bars
  Pattern 17
  Pattern 18
  Pattern 19
  Pattern 20
  Pattern 21
  Pattern 22
  Pattern 23

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