Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder Bass Tab
100% accurate note-for-note transcription of the bass part played on Stevie Wonder song Sir duke from 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life.
Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder Bass Tab
100% accurate note-for-note transcription of the bass part played on Stevie Wonder song Sir Duke from 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life.
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The Van Tuyl Music Foundation’s bass tab sheet music transcription of the bass line played on Stevie Wonder’s song Sir Duke was completed by our team of elite, professional musicians who invest multiple hours into ensuring the accuracy of each transcription. PDF bass tab sheet music downloads of our transcriptions are available for educational use only to members of The Van Tuyl Music Foundation’s Rhino Clubs, to students in programs funded by The Van Tuyl Music Foundation, and also to donors of The Van Tuyl Music Foundation who support our mission to make modern music education accessible to people of all ages, ethnicities, and economic backgrounds.
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About Sir Duke (from Wikipedia):
“Sir Duke” is a song composed and performed by Stevie Wonder from his 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life. Released as a single in 1977, the track topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Black Singles charts, and reached number two in the UK Singles Chart, his joint biggest hit there at the time. Billboard ranked it as the No. 18 song of 1977.
The song was written in tribute to Duke Ellington, the influential jazz legend who had died in 1974. The lyrics also refer to Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald.
Wonder re-recorded the song for the 1995 live album Natural Wonder.
Produced, written, arranged and composed by Stevie Wonder
Vocals, Fender Rhodes electric piano, and percussion by Stevie Wonder
Trumpets by Raymond Maldonado and Steve Madaio
Drums by Raymond Pounds
Bass guitar by Nathan Watts
Lead guitar by Michael Sembello
Rhythm guitar by Ben Bridges
Alto saxophone by Hank Redd
Tenor saxophone by Trevor Lawrence
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