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Bayou Boogie (Donkey Kong Country 2) Guitar Tab

Submitted: Mar 29, 2011 by natenmn (Last updated: Jan 24, 2012)

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Game: Donkey Kong Country 2
Composer(s): Dave Wise
Style: Arrangement, Fingerstyle, Natural harmonics, Percussion, Tapping
Series: Donkey Kong

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       Bayou Boogie - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest 
                              David Wise                        
                     (Arranged by Nathan Nordstrom)


Tab: Nathan Nordstrom
3/29/2011


                                                                      
Acoustic Guitar 1

*A thumbpick is recommended, but not necessary.
 See score info or included txt for details.*


    4/4 100bpm

      H.           Q       H.           Q     
E||---------------------|--------------------|
B||---------------------|--------------------|
G||*--------------------|--------------------|
D||*--------------------|--------------------|
A||---0------------0----|--0-----------------|
D||---------------------|---------------5----|


                 T.P. Upstroke                                        
  ^         ^    v             ^         ^    v           
  E   E  E  E  S S E  E  E     E   E  E  E  S S E  E  E   
---------3------------------|---------3------------------|
--0h--1-----0--L---1--------|--0h--1-----0--L---1--------|
------------0--L---------2--|------------0--L---------2--|
--2-------------------2-----|--2-------------------2-----|
--0------------x-0----0-----|--0------------x-0----2-----|
----------------------------|----------------------------|


  ^         ^    v             ^         ^    v           
  E   E  E  E  S S E  E  E     E   E  E  E  S S E  E  E   
---------5--0--L---3-----0--|---------5--0--L---3-----0--|
--0h--1-----1--L------3-----|--0h--1-----1--L------3-----|
--0-------------------------|--0-------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
--3------------x-3----3-----|--3------------x-3----3-----|
----------------------------|----------------------------|


                   R.H.  Tap Body                                      
  ^                   NH            ^               v           
  E   E  E   E  E     E  S S S S    E   E  E   E  S S E  E  E   
--1p--0------------------------0-|--1p--0-------------3--------|
--3------3p--1---------------3---|--3------3p--1--L------1--1--|
----------------2----------------|-----------------------------|
--0----------------<>19--L-------|--0-------------x-0----2-----|
---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
-------------------------x-x-----|-----------------------------|


          ^    v             ^         ^    v           
  Q    E  E  S S E  E  E     E   E  E  E  S S E  E  E   
--------------------------|----------------------------|
----------0--L---1--------|--0h--1-----0--L---1--------|
----------0--L---------2--|------------0--L---------2--|
-------2------------2-----|--2------2------------2-----|
--------------------------|----------------------------|
--3----------x-3----3-----|--3------------x-3----2-----|


  S S S S E  S E  S S S S S S S    S S S S E  S E  S S S S S S S  
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0---------|
--------------------------------|------------------------5-5-5-5-|


  ^                                 ^                               
  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 S  
------5---7--8---7---------------|------5---7--8---7---------------|
--5------------------8---5---6---|--5------------------8---5---6---|
---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--7------------------------------|--7------------------------------|
--0-0-0-0-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0--0-0---0-0-0---------|
---------------------------------|-------------------------5-5-5-5-|


  ^        v          S    v        ^       v      v     v     
  E  S S S S S E.     E  S S S S    S E.  S S E  S E.  S S E   
-----5-3-L---5-----<>12--L-------|----0---L-------------------|
--5------------5---<>12--L---3-1-|--3-------------------------|
--5------------------------------|--2-------------------------|
---------------------------------|----------------------------|
--0------x-0-0-----------x-0-0---|--0-----x-0-0--x-0---x-2-2--|
---------------------------------|----------------------------|


  ^         v          S    v       ^         v   T   T      v     
  E  S  S S S S E.     E  S S E     E  S  S S S S E.  S  S S S E   
-----5p-3-L---5-----<>12--L------|-----5p-3-L---5-8---7p-5-L------|
--5-------------5---<>12--L------|--5-----------------------------|
--5------------------------------|--5-----------------------------|
---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--3-------x-3-3-----------x-3-3--|--3-------x-3-3----------x-3-3--|
---------------------------------|--------------------------------|


  ^        v          S    v        ^        v          ^      
  E  S S S S S E.     E  S S S S    E  S S S S E  E  E  E  E   
--1--0-------------------------0-|--1--0-------------3--------|
--3----3-L---1---------------3---|--3----3-L---1--1-----1--1--|
---------------2---<>19--L-------|----------------------0-----|
--0------x-0-0-----<>19--x-0-0---|--0------x-0-0--------2-----|
---------------------------------|----------------------------|
---------------------------------|----------------------------|


  H.           Q       S S E.   S  E   Q     E   E       W                 
--------------------|--5-7-8---10-12--12----10--12---||-------------------|
--------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------|
--------------------|-------------------------------*||-------------------|
--------------------|--7-------12-----------12--14--*||-------------------|
--------------------|--------------------------------||--0----------------|
--3------------3----|--------------------------------||-------------------|


  W                  
-------------------||
-------------------||
-------------------||
-------------------||
--L----------------||
-------------------||




Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
X - 64th
. - note dotted
|-n-|  - n-tuplets


Tablature Legend
----------------
L - tied note
x - dead note
g - grace note
(n) - ghost note
> - accentuded note
NH - natural harmonic
AH - artificial harmonic
TH - tapped harmonic
SH - semi harmonic
PH - pitch harmonic
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
pb - preBend
pbr - preBendRelease
brb - bendReleaseBend
\n/ - tremolo bar dip
\n - tremolo bar dive
-/n - tremolo bar Release up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
/n - tremolo bar return
-\n - tremolo bar Release down
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
/ -  slide into from below or out of upwards
\ -  slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato
W - wide vibrato
tr - trill
TP - tremolo picking
T - tapping
S - slap
P - pop
< - fade in
^ - brush up
v - brush down
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13 comments on Bayou Boogie

beautiful! well done nate! x)

Submitted by soundsandstuff on Tue, 03/29/2011 - 19:00.
5

beautiful! well done nate! x)

nice

Submitted by Crilancelo on Tue, 03/29/2011 - 21:12.

nice

One of my favorites. Great

Submitted by ChelseaRare on Tue, 03/29/2011 - 22:18.

One of my favorites. Great job.

wow i just beat this game

Submitted by jimmyx27 on Tue, 03/29/2011 - 23:12.
5

wow i just beat this game again last week. this game has an amazing soundtrack and this tab is awesome!

(No subject)

Submitted by musenji on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 08:06.

Fantastic. Inventive and

Submitted by musenji on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 09:12.
5

Fantastic. Inventive and definitely groovy. (I cracked the nail on a string slap. :D)

My only beef is with the midi! It sounds better than the real thing can sound, because it holds notes that can't be held when you physically play the piece on a guitar.

I'm adjusting things for my hands as I go along.

Meanwhile, I want to hear you play line 7 at tempo. >:D

Line 7: Alternating

Submitted by auriplane on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 10:22.

Line 7: Alternating thumb/index for the bass, ring for the melody?

EDIT: Ohh, thumb pick.

Measure 7 is definitely the

Submitted by natenmn on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 15:28.

Measure 7 is definitely the hardest measure of the whole tab assuming it is performed the way I intended XD. It is deceptively difficult. I can only do it mostly-consistently at around 70% tempo. Of course, there are other ways the percussion can be done which would possibly work better.

Also, I agree that it is a bit hard to let certain notes ring out well. I would have loved if I could have made this work for a capo on 5 with vihuela tuning, as that would have alleviated this problem quite a bit.

EDIT: If you meant line 7 of the text file (aka measures 13 and 14) and not measure 7, those aren't too hard if you start off slow and work your way up.

Is it possible for me to do

Submitted by karathrow on Thu, 10/13/2011 - 11:57.
5

Is it possible for me to do the upstrokes without a thumbpick? I can't get the notes to sound out unless I pick them normally.

Also best tab ever or best tab ever?

You could tap the strings

Submitted by ChelseaRare on Thu, 10/13/2011 - 12:17.

You could tap the strings with the side of your thumb instead of doing an upstroke.

Chelsea has a good solution.

Submitted by natenmn on Thu, 10/13/2011 - 16:56.

Chelsea has a good solution. Also, you could use your thumbnail to do the upstroke. However, I personally find that sort of cumbersome and usually it isn't as clear aurally in my experience. Ultimately, if I didn't have a thumb pick, I'd just play the note like normal. It's doable, but less efficient, so it might be a bit harder to keep 100% tempo.

Why would it be less efficient without a thumb pick in this scenario? Lets find out!

  • With a thumb pick, the motion would be: Slap, upstroke, downstroke. This is effectively one motion after the slap and before the downstroke.
  • Without a thumb pick, the motion would be: Slap, downstroke, move thumb back up to original position, downstroke. This would be two motions after the slap and before the same downstroke as the previous example.

One motion in a 16th note interval is more efficient than two motions in a 16th note interval. This isn't an issue at slower/mid tempos, but as the tempo rises, a thumb pick can help to easily maintain a correct and steady pace (at least in situations where upstrokes are viable).


Anyways, I also updated the tab just now (which I've been meaning to do for a long time). The difference is a playability change in the 22nd measure and notation for tapping in the 18th measure. The tapping is how I play it, but I don't think it is actually necessary. Also, I included a "Suggested fingerings" folder that includes a gp5 and pdf file for anyone that might find that useful.

¡Guau..Genial!!

Submitted by dart1234 on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 22:21.
5

¡Guau..Genial!!

If I could have made this

Submitted by AnnieCroxton on Thu, 09/22/2022 - 13:21.

If I could have made this work for a capo on KFC Near Me with vihuela tuning as that would have alleviated this problem quite a bit.