Finding Your Own Voice Stealing Ideas by Jimi Durso… A phrase I commonly use with students is: “Don’t steal the lick, steal the idea”. Just like the saying about teaching a man to fish, if you steal a lick you have one new lick, but if you steal and idea you can generate dozens of... [Continue Reading]
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Finding Your Own Voice Stealing Ideas by Jimi Durso
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Just the Two of Us – Bass Transcription by Andreas Farmakalidis
Just the Two of Us – Bass Transcription by Andreas Farmakalidis… ”Just the Two of Us” is a Grammy award winning R&B song that was written by Bill Withers, William Salter as well as Ralph McDonald and was recorded by Grover Washington Jr. for the album Winelight. Winelight features many well known musicians such as Marcus Miller... [Continue Reading]
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The Sorcerer – A Bass Transcription by Alex Wilkerson
The Sorcerer – A Bass Transcription by Alex Wilkerson… This transcription comes from a Herbie Hancock composition entitled “The Sorcerer”. It can be found on Herbie’s album: This Is Jazz, but is a recording from the 1981 V.S.O.P. performance in Tokyo. On the track are Herbie Hancock on keys, Ron Carter on Bass, Tony Williams on... [Continue Reading]
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We Three Kings for Solo Bass by Jonathan Moody
We Three Kings for Solo Bass by Jonathan Moody… A solo bass arrangement of the traditional holiday tune. We Three Kings Video We Three Kings for Solo Bass Transcription Right Hand Technique – Three Finger Chordal Strumming A brief explanation of the three finger technique I use a lot in my solo pieces. By using the... [Continue Reading]
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Brian Ritchie on “Please Do Not Go” by Jimi Durso
Brian Ritchie on “Please Do Not Go” by Jimi Durso… Click to download Brian Ritchie on “Please Do Not Go” A too often overlooked bassist, Brian Ritchie did same brilliant work with the Violent Femmes, had a signature style and sound, and was one of the first people I know of to do it on... [Continue Reading]
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Bass Transcription: Anthony Jackson’s Bass Part on I.G.Y. by Donald Fagen
Bass Transcription: Anthony Jackson’s Bass Part on I.G.Y. by Donald Fagen… Donald Fagen’s 1982 solo debut extends the sleek, smart pop craft of his work with Steely Dan into the realm of the concept album, taking the Dan’s penchant for intricate plotting, evocative narrative voices, and allusive imagery to the logical next step. Fagen’s connective thread is futurist... [Continue Reading]
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Bass Book – LED ZEPPELIN: WHAT IS AND WHAT SHOULD NEVER BE
Bass Book – LED ZEPPELIN: WHAT IS AND WHAT SHOULD NEVER BE… This transcription for John Paul Jones’ classic bass performance includes accurate note-for-note transcription written in standard notation and TAB (with chord/section references). Also includes isolated Bass track recording. 9 pages. Product Code: EB008 Format: eBook (pdf) Artist/Author: John Paul Jones, arranged by Eric Beaule Publisher/Distributor: Eric Beaule... [Continue Reading]
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Jiro Okada Time Warp Transcription
VIEW INTERVIEW Jiro Okada, Japan’s Melodic Superstar by Andreas Farmakalidis Bass Musician Magazine April 2013 Jiro Okada Time Warp Transcription… Prism was formed in 1975 by Akira Wada, Ken Watanabe, Katsutoshi Morizono, Koki Ito and Toru Suzuki. Most of the musicians had little professional experience, aside from Morizono, who founded the progressive rock/fusion band Yonin Bayashi.... [Continue Reading]
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Jeff Berlin’s Bass Solo on an Allan Holdsworth Composition – Water On The Brain Part II
When I was a student at the Berklee College of Music waaay back in the day (when dinosaurs still roamed the earth ) it had only been a few years since Jaco Pastorius had died and there wasn’t yet the whole new generation of amazing post-Jaco bass players that exists now. There was no YouTube... [Continue Reading]
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Bass Transcription – THE ROLLING STONES: SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL
Bass Transcription – THE ROLLING STONES: SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL… This transcription is the bass line to Sympathy For The Devil by The Rolling Stones. This is Keith Richards on bass - and not Bill Wyman. And it’s a very different style of bass line than Bill normally plays. This transcription includes accurate note-for-note transcription, one... [Continue Reading]
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Bass Transcription – STEVIE WONDER: LIVING FOR THE CITY – MOOG BASS LINE
Bass Transcription – STEVIE WONDER: LIVING FOR THE CITY – MOOG BASS LINE… This transcription is the Moog Bass line that Stevie Wonder played on his tune Living For The City. Now due to the range of this one – and the intervals that you need to cover in parts of the bass line –... [Continue Reading]
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Bass Lines by Jaime Vazquez – Adventurous Bass Playing Part V
Hello Bass Brothers! Last month, we studied how to play the bass like a piano. We worked with the interesting piano part of the song Don’t Stop Believin’. Now let’s deepen into this way of playing the bass. For that, we need to understand that we have to coordinate the right hand and the... [Continue Reading]
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Bass Transcription: “Livin’ On A Prayer” Revisited by Rob Collier
Click to download the bass transcription for “Livin’ On A Prayer” I was a big fan of Bon Jovi when I was in third and fourth grade. I made my own Bon Jovi t-shirts with black spray paint. I watched and re-watched their music videos. I spent a lot of time trying to decide if... [Continue Reading]
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Bass Transcription – Silly Love Songs from Wings Over America By Rob Collier
Bass Transcription – Silly Love Songs from Wings Over America By Rob Collier… Click to dowload the bass transcription for Silly Love Songs This summer Paul McCartney released a remastered edition of Wings’ classic live triple album, Wings Over America, which documents the American leg of the band’s monumental world tour of 1975-76. The album is... [Continue Reading]
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Bass Transcription – Eddie Gomez Bass Solo on Bill Evans’ We Will Meet Again by Lucas Pickford
Bass Transcription – Eddie Gomez Bass Solo on Bill Evans’ We Will Meet Again by Lucas Pickford… Acoustic bassist Eddie Gomez in one of my all time favorites. I’ve contributed one other Gomez transcription here for Bass Musician Magazine awhile back. This is another Eddie Gomez solo from that same album, this time on a beautiful Bill Evans... [Continue Reading]
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BASS LINES by Jaime Vazquez: Marc Anthony – Vivir Mi Vida Rendition
Welcome to BASS LINES! Thank you for all your support! We appreciate it! This month we have Marc Anthony’s Vivir Mi Vida, the first version of Salsa in history to hold the #1 position for ten consecutive weeks. The hit is from the eleventh studio album 3.0, released on July 23, 2013. It is his […]
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BASS LINES by Jaime Vazquez: Yngwie J. Malmsteen – The Polydor Years
Steve Huey of AllMusic stated that, ”Yngwie Malmsteen is arguably the most technically accomplished hard rock guitarist to emerge during the ’80s.” yngwiemalmsteen.com/yngwie Yngwie Malmsteen was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on June 30, 1963. The youngest child in a household that included his mother Rigmor, sister Ann Louise, and brother Bjorn, Yngwie originally had no interest in music. […]
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Megadeth Bass Anthology
New from Hal Leonard, the Megadeth Bass Anthology features 20 of the finest from these thrash masters, with Dave Ellefson’s awesome bass lines transcribed note for note with tab. Songs: Countdown to Extinction · Dawn Patrol · Five Magics · Hangar 18 · Head Crusher · Holy Wars … The Punishment Due · In My Darkest Hour · […]
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Metal Bass Tabs
Metal Bass Tabs contains note-for-note transcriptions of 18 classic bass-heavy favorites! Songs: Ace of Spades · (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth · Bat Country · Before I Forget · Combustion · Hammer Smashed Face · Hold On · Laid to Rest · Nothing Remains · The Number of the Beast · Oblivion · Panic Attack · Raining […]
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BERRY OAKLEY BASS LINES – EBOOK/PDF VERSION
Welcome to this collection of Berry Oakley transcriptions. Berry Oakley was the Bass player for The Allman Brothers prior to his untimely death in 1972 in a motorcycle accident. (And this just three blocks from where Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident the year before.) Berry was a guy who played in a […]
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