PALLADIUM (Bassline)
As recorded by Weather Report
(From the 1977 Album HEAVY WEATHER)
Music by Wayne Shorter
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Jaco Pastorius - Fretless Bass 1'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Jaco Pastorius - Fretless Bass 2'
Q=116
4/4
Gtr I
Q E. S +E. S S S S S S E. +H. E. S E S S H Q Q Q Q
|---------------1-------|---------------||-----------------|-------------|
|-------2-(2)-4---4-2---|-0-4--(4)------||-3--3------------|-------------|
|----2----------------2-|---------------||-----------------|-------4--1--|
|-0---------------------|---------------||----------1------|----2--------|
E. S E S S H Q Q Q Q E. S E S S H Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-3--3------------|-------------|-3--3------------|----2--------|
|-----------------|-------4--1--|-----------------|-------4--3--|
|----------1------|----2--------|----------1------|-------------|
E. S E S S H Q Q Q Q E. S E S S H W
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|------||
|-3--3------------|----2--------|-3--3------------|------||
|-----------------|-------4--3--|-----------------|------||
|----------1------|-------------|----------1------|------||
E. S S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|----------9-(9)-x---------------|
|-0--0-x-7---------x-------------|
|--------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|
|--------------------------------|
E. S S E S +S S S S +S S S S E. S S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|----------9-(9)-x---------------|----------9-(9)-x---------------|
|-0--0-0-7---------x-------------|-0--0-x-7---------x-------------|
|--------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|--------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E S S S E S +S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|-----------9-(9)-9---------------|---------------9-(9)-x---------9-----|
|-0-0-0-0-7---------x-------------|-0-0-0-0-(0)-7---------x---------7---|
|---------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|-------------------------0-(0)-----0-|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|-------------9-(9)-x-----------------|
|-0-0-0-(0)-7---------x---------------|
|-----------------------0-(0)-x-2-0---|
|-------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~
E. S S S S S +E. S +S S S S E. S S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|------------12-(12)-------------|----------9-(9)-9---------------|
|-0--0-0-7-----------------------|-0--0-0-7---------x-------------|
|--------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|--------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
~~~~~~~
E S S +S S S S +E. S +S S S S
|---------------11-(11)--------------|
|-0-0-0-(0)-7------------------------|
|-----------------------0-(0)-0-7-0--|
|------------------------------------|
E S S S E S +S S S S S S S S E S S S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|-----------9-(9)-9-------------|-----------9-(9)-x---------------|
|-0-0-0-0-7---------0-------2---|-0-0-0-0-7---------x-------------|
|---------------------0h2-2---0-|---------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E. S S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|----------9-(9)-x----------------|
|-0--0-0-7---------x--------------|
|--------------------0-(0)-0-7-0--|
|---------------------------------|
E. S S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|----------9-(9)-x---------------|
|-0--0-0-7---------x-------------|
|--------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|
|--------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
E. S +S S S S +S S S S +S S S S E S S +S E S +E. S +S S S S
|--------------9-(9)-x---------------|--------------9--(9)-------------|
|-0--0-(0)-7-----------x-------------|-0-0-0-(0)-7---------------------|
|------------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|---------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| W Q S E S +E. S Q
|------------------------------------|-------------10-(10)-------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------7---------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
~~~~~~~
E S S S S S S +S S S S +S S S S E S S +S S S S +E. S +S S S S
|-------------9-(9)-x---------------|---------------12-(12)-------------|
|-0-0-0-0-7-----------x-------------|-0-0-0-(0)-8-----------------------|
|-----------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|-----------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E S S +S S S a S +E. S +S S S S
|---------------9s11-(11)-------------|
|-0-0-0-(0)-7-------------------------|
|-------------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|
|-------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~
E S S +S S S a S +E. S +S S S S
|---------------9s12-(12)-------------|
|-0-0-0-(0)-7-------------------------|
|-------------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|
|-------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~
E S S +S E S +E. S +S S S S E S S S S S S +E. S +S S S S
|-------------10-(10)-------------|-------------9-(9)-------------|
|-0-0-0-(0)-7---------------------|-0-0-0-------------------------|
|---------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|---------0---------0-(0)-0-7-0-|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S E S S +S E S +Q E S S
|-------------9-(9)-x---------------|-------------9-(9)--------||
|-0-0-0-(0)-7---------x-------------|-0-0-0-(0)-7--------0-----||
|-----------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|--------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------0-1-||
E. S S E S +S S S S +S S E +E. S S S S S +S S S S +S S S S
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------3-(3)-3-------------|-------------3-(3)-x---------------|
|------3-3---------x-3-(3)-3---|-------3-3-----------x-3-(3)-3-----|
|-1--1-----------------------1-|-(1)-1-------------------------1-1-|
+E. S S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|-----------3-(3)-x-----------3---|
|-------3-3---------x-3-(3)-3---0-|
|-(1)-1---------------------------|
S S S S E. S S S S S S S E +E. S S E S +S S S S +S S E
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---0----------------0-0-----|-----------3-(3)-x-------------|
|-0---3---0--0-3-3-3---------|-------3-3---------x-3-(3)-3---|
|-------0----------------0-1-|-(1)-0-----------------------1-|
+E. S S E a S +S S S S +S S E
|-------------------0--------------|
|-----------3s5-(5)---5------------|
|-------3-3-------------3-(3)-3----|
|-(1)-1-------------------------1--|
+E. S S E S +S S S S +S S E +E. S S E S +S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------3-(3)-3-----------3-|-(3)-------3-(3)-3-----------|
|-------3-3---------x-3-(3)-x---|-----x-3-3---------x-3-------|
|-(1)-1-------------------------|-------------------------0-1-|
+E. S S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|-----------3-(3)-x---------------|
|-------3-3---------x-3-(3)-3-----|
|-(1)-1-----------------------1-1-|
+E. S S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|-----------3-(3)-x---------------|
|-------3-3---------x-3-(3)-3-----|
|-(1)-1-----------------------1-1-|
+Q S E S +S S S S +S S S S +E. S S S S S +E. S +S S S S
|--------------------------------|-------------------3-(3)--------||
|----------3-(3)-x---------------|--------------------------------||
|------3-3---------x-3-(3)-3-----|-------3---0-1-(1)-------1-0-0--||
|-(1)------------------------1-1-|-(1)-x---1----------------------||
S e S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S E S S +S S S a S +E. S +S S S S
|-------------9-(9)-x---------------|---------------9s10-(10)-------------|
|-0-0-0-(0)-7---------x-------------|-0-0-0-(0)-7-------------------------|
|-----------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|-------------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
~~~~~~
E S S +S E S +E. S +S S S S E S S +S E a S +E. S +S S S S
|-------------9-(9)-------------|-------------7s9-(9)-------------|
|-0-0-0-(0)-7-------------------|-0-0-0-(0)-7---------------------|
|-------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|---------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
~~~~
E S S +S E a S +E. S +S S S S
|-------------9s10-(10)--------------|
|-0-0-0-(0)-7------------------------|
|-----------------------0-(0)-0-7-0--|
|------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~
E S S +S E a S +E. S +S S S S
|-------------10s12-(12)--------------|
|-0-0-0-(0)-7-------------------------|
|------------------------0-(0)-0----0-|
|--------------------------------12---|
E S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S E S +S S S S S +S S S
|-------------9-(9)-9-x-------------|---------------9-(9)-9-x-------------|
|-0-0-0-(0)-7-----------------------|-0-0-0-0-(0)-7-----------x-----------|
|-----------------------0-(0)-x-x-0-|---------------------------0-(0)-7-0-|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
S S S S +S E S +S S S S +E E +E. S s E S +S S S S +S S S S
|---------------9-(9)-x-----------|-----------9-(9)-x----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-(0)-7---------x-------0-|-(0)---7-7---------x--------------|
|-------------------------0-(0)---|-----0---------------0-(0)-0-7-0--|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
E S S +S e a S +E. S +S S S S E S S +S e a S +E. S +S S S S
|-------------9s11-(11)-------------|-------------9s12-(12)--------------|
|-0-0-0-(0)-7-----------------------|-0-0-0-(0)-7------------------------|
|-----------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|-----------------------0-(0)-0-7-0--|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S E S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|-------------9-(9)-x---------------|-------------9-(9)-x---------------|
|-0-0-0-(0)-7---------x-------------|-0-0-0-(0)-7---------x-------------|
|-----------------------0-(0)-0-2-0-|-----------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
~~~~~~~
E S S +S e S +E S S +S S S S E S S +S e a S +E. S +S S S S
|-------------9-(9)---------------|-------------11s12-(12)--------------|
|-0-0-0-(0)-7-------x-------------|-0-0-0-(0)-7-------------------------|
|---------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|------------------------0-(0)-0-7-0--|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
~~~~~~
E S S +S e a S +E. S +S S S S E S S +S S E +E. S +S S S S
|-------------7s9-(9)-------------|--------------9--(9)\-------------|
|-0-0-0-(0)-7---------------------|-0-0------------------------------|
|---------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|-----0-(0)-0----------0-(0)-0-7-0-|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W Q E E +E. S Q
|---------------------------------|-------------10-(10)\-------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S E S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|-------------9-(9)-x---------------|-------------9-(9)-x---------------|
|-0-0-0-(0)-7---------x-------------|-0-0-0-(0)-7---------x-------------|
|-----------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|-----------------------0-(0)-0-2-0-|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
E S S +S S S S +E. S +S S S S E S S +S e a S +E. S +S S S S
|---------------12-(12)-------------|-------------9s11-(11)--------------|
|-0-0-0-(0)-8-----------------------|-0-0-0-(0)-7------------------------|
|-----------------------0-(0)-x-x-0-|-----------------------0-(0)-0-7-0--|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~
E S S +S E S +E. S +S S S S E S S +S E S +E. S +E S S
|-------------9-(9)-------------|-------------10-(10)-----------|
|-0-0-0-(0)-7-------------------|-0-0-0-(0)-7---------------0---|
|-------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|---------------------0-(0)---0-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
S S S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|---------------9-(9)-x---------------|---------------9-(9)-x----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-(0)-7---------x-------------|-0-0-0-0-(0)-7---------x--------------|
|-------------------------0-(0)-x-7-0-|-------------------------0-(0)-x-7-0--|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S S E S +S S S S +S S E +E. S S E. E. S E S S
|---------------------||------------------------------|------------------------|
|-7--7------0--0------||----------3-(3)-3-------------|------------0--0-1-1-2--|
|------0--0------3----||------3-3---------x-3-(3)-3---|-------3-3--------------|
|-------------------0-||-1--1-----------------------1-|-(1)-1------------------|
E. S +E E +E. S +Q S E S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-3---------------------|-3-3-3-----------------0---|
|----3-(3)-------3-(3)--|-------0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-----|
|----------1-(1)--------|-------------------------0-|
E. S S e S +S S S S +S S E
|------------------------------|
|----------3-(3)-x-------------|
|------3-3---------x-3-(3)-3---|
|-1--1-----------------------1-|
+E. S S e S +S S S S +S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|-----------3-(3)-x---------------|
|-------3-3---------x-3-(3)-3-----|
|-(1)-1-----------------------1-1-|
+E. S S e S +S S S S +S S S S +E. S S e S +S S S S E S S
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------3-(3)-x---------------|-----------3-(3)-3-------0----|
|-------3-3---------x-3-(3)-3-----|-------3-3---------0-0-3---3--|
|-(1)-1-----------------------1-1-|-(1)-1------------------------|
S S S S S e S +S S S S +S S S S
|-----------------------------------|
|-------------3-(3)-x---------------|
|---------3-3---------x-3-(3)-3-----|
|-0-1-1-1-----------------------1-1-|
+E. S S S S S E. S +S S S S E. S S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|------------------------------|----------9-(9)-x-----------------|
|------------------------------|-0--0-7-7---------x---------------|
|-------3---0---1--1-(1)-1-2-0-|--------------------0-(0)-x-7-0---|
|-(1)-1---x---x----------------|----------------------------------|
E S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|-------------9-(9)-x---------------|
|-0-0-0-(0)-7---------x-------------|
|-----------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|
|-----------------------------------|
E S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S E S S +S E S +S S S S +S S S S
|-------------9-(9)-x---------------|-------------9-(9)-x---------------|
|-0-0-0-(0)-7---------x-------------|-0-0-0-(0)-7---------x-------------|
|-----------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|-----------------------0-(0)-0-7-0-|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
2/4 4/4
E. S +S S S S E. S S S E E. S +S s s S E. S +S S S S E. S +E E
|----------9-----||---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0--7-(7)---0---||------4---0-2--2-(2)-------|----------------0-----------|
|--------------2-||-2--x---2------------0-2---|-0--2-(2)-2-4------4-(4)----|
|----------------||-------------------------0-|--------------0----------0--|
E. S +S S S S +E S S +Q Q +S S S S +S S S S +S S S S
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------2-(2)----------|------------0-(0)-x---------------|
|-2--2-(2)-2-x-------0-2-(2)--|-0--(0)-0-0---------x-------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------0-(0)-x-0-0-|
E. S +E S S +S S S S +S S S S
|-----------------------------------|
|------------2-(2)------------------|
|-2--2-(2)-x-------x-x--------------|
|----------------------2-(2)-x-4-0--|
E. S E. S E. S E E E. S +S S S S +S S S S +E S S
|--------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------6-(6)-6-------------|
|-0--x-4--4------4-0-|-6--6-(6)-6-x---------x-------6-5-|
|-----------2--2-----|------------------------4-(4)-----|
E. S S S S S E. S S S S S
|---------------------------|
|------6-6----------6-------|
|-4--4-----4-4s3--3---x-3-2-|
|---------------------------|
+E S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S
|-----4-----------------------------|
|-------x-x-x-x-x-2-----------------|
|-(2)---------------x-x-2-(2)-2-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------|
+E S S +E S S +S S S S +E S S E. S +E S S E. S +E S S
|---------------------7-------------|----------------------------|
|---------------0-(0)---0-------0---|----4-(4)-----2--2-(2)------|
|-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-----------0-(0)-----|-2--------2-0----------2----|
|---------------------------------0-|-------------------------0--|
E. S +E S S +S S S S +E E S E S +E S S +S S S S +E S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------0-(0)-0------------|-------------2-(2)-2-------------|
|-0--0-(0)-x---------x----------|-x-2-2-(2)-x---------x-----------|
|----------------------5-(5)\-2-|-----------------------2-(2)-4-0-|
E. S +S S S S +S S S S +E E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0--0-(0)-0-2-4-(4)-4-4----------|
|------------------------2-(2)-0--|
E. S +E S S +S S S S +E S S E. S S S S S E. S +S S E
|--------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-6----------6-(6)-x-------------|------6-6-6-6-4------------||
|----6-(6)-----------6-------6---|-4--4------------4-(4)---4-||
|----------------------4-(4)---x-|-----------------------2---||
E. S +S S S S E S S +S S S S E S S +S S S S +S S S S +S S E
||---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||o----4-(4)-4-----2-x-------------|---------------0-(0)-0---------------|
||o-2----------2-2-----2-(2)-------|-0-x-0-(0)-x-x---------x-4-(4)-4-----|
||---------------------------0-4-0-|---------------------------------2---|
|
| Gtr II
| W E S S S S S S S S S S +E S S
||---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|------------------0--0-0-------------|
||o--------------------------------|-0-0-0--2--2-4-4---------4-(4)-------|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------2-0-|
E. S +E S S +S S S S +S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|------------2-(2)-x---------------|
|-2--2-(2)-----------x-------------|
|----------------------2-(2)-x-4-0-|
E. S +E S S +S S S S +E S S E. S +S S S S +S S S S +S E S
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------0-(0)-x-------------|--------------2-(2)-x--------------|
|-0--0-(0)-0---------x-0-(0)-----|-2--2-(2)-2-2---------x------------|
|----------------------------2-0-|------------------------2-(2)-4-0--|
S E S +S S S S +S S S S +E E E. S +S S S S +E S S E E
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------6-(6)-----------|
|-0-0-0-(0)-0-x-4-(4)-4-4---------|-6------6-(6)-------------x---6-5-|
|-------------------------2-(2)---|----------------------------4-----|
|
| Gtr II
| W S S S S +S S S S +S S S S E E
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------6-(6)-6---------|
|---------------------------------|-6--6-6-6-(6)-x-x---------x---6-5-|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------4-----|
E. S E S S +S S S S E E 3x
|-----------------------------------||
|-------6----4-(4)-x---------------o||
|-4--4---------------x---4---3-----o||
|----------4-----------2------------||
|
| E. S +E S S S S S S S S S S 3x
|-----------------------------------||
|------------4-----4---2-----0-----o||
|-4--4-(4)-----------2---4-----4---o||
|--------------------------2--------||
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
