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New transcription of a disco classic: Candi Staton - 'Young Hearts Run Free' bass transcription

Chris Kelly is based in SE and teaches double bass, not sure if he'll have a spare instrument but worth a try:

This is definitely something that's difficult to articulate on a message board (both for the OP and those who respond). These are some things that jumped out at me: Can you elaborate on how you're going about learning these things? That might help to shed some light on why things haven't fallen into place yet. As someone who has focused a lot of time and effort on learning music theory and thinking about musical concepts, I'd strongly suggest abandoning your quest to see things and instead focus on being able to hear them. Theory is a great tool, but it's a terrible master. It's a wonderful device for explaining musical ideas and communicating with other musicians, but it shouldn't be the primary resource that you use for playing and improvising. To put it another way, have you ever been to a theory concert? Learn intervals by ear, learn chord tones all over the fretboard, transcribe players that you love. Forget scales for a while, concentrate on intervals and then triads instead.

As a belated happy birthday to the great Anthony Jackson here are all of the notes that he played on Harvey Mason's 'Phantazia' (there are lots of them): Harvey Mason - 'Phantazia' bassline + solo transcription

I'm offering electric bass lessons in south west London, I teach from a studio in Earlsfield (SW18, about a 7-minute walk from Earlsfield station) For those who like to see qualifications, I have a BA from the Academy of Contemporary Music, Guildford and a PGCE from the Institute of Education, London. For those who want 'real world' experience, I've toured/performed across the UK and Europe with a number of artists including Hayley Westenra, Alexandra Burke and Suggs, as well as various washed-up boyband members and reality TV types. A more detailed bio is available here Since graduating a decade ago, I've taught hundreds of students both privately and in schools and have successfully prepared students for Rock School, RGT and Trinity exams as well as entrance auditions for music colleges including BIMM and ACM. Lessons focus on essential musical skills for surviving as a bass player, including: • Ear training • Fretboard knowledge • Developing a strong internal sense of time • Sight reading • Repertoire • Improvisation There are plenty of free lessons on my website/youtube channel, I’ve just finished a series of articles on how to practise effectively: https://freebasstranscriptions.com/tag/how-to-practise/ cheers, Tom

@lowdowner yeah, my hosting provider is having a mare and can't explain why the site has been down for 4 days... Hopefully normal service will resume soon, I'll keep you posted.

Cheers for the shout out, @lowdown I was about to embark on some nauseating self-promotion!

Not so much an in-depth review, but two videos giving an overview of the features of the bass micro synth and a run-through of EHX's suggested settings which give you an idea of the range of sounds that the pedal can produce:

I can't stand Anthony Kiedis, but Flea definitely knows a thing or two about playing the bass: Red Hot Chili Peppers - 'Californication' bass transcription pdf New article explaining a concept that I've found helpful in organising my practice time: Self-preservation vs. Self-perfection

That's pretty much all there is to it - I use this all the time to work on upright intonation, but there's no reason why it can't work on fretless. Generate a fixed pitch (I use a plain synth sound in garageband) and take that note as your key centre, then work on playing the major scale in that key all over the instrument. Some degrees of the scale will be easier to judge your intonation on than others... half notes/minims at 40bpm is a pretty good place to start.

This could actually be considered a huge advantage over most who pick it up seeking to emulate those guys... On a practical level, playing long notes at a really slow tempo with a fixed pitch drone is great for developing intonation.

All of these. I've largely given up taking an amp to gigs and have never been happier - a decent D.I. and some IEMs will resolve any battles over monitor mixes and you can make sure that you can always hear yourself without upsetting other band members. In-ears don't have to be expensive; provided you aren't running around too much, you could opt for a wired headphone pack and some non-moulded headphones (lots of people I work with use the shure 215s and love them). The funny thing about bass gear is that nobody else really cares apart from a handful of other bass players on the internet.

In that case, it sounds like you're ok as far as everything being in the same key is concerned. You're in the key of B major and implying these chords: E* | B/D# | B | F#/A# B | * If you've got E and F# as the only notes for this chord then you could call it a couple of different things, but it's functioning as an E major chord.

Whether or not this works depends on what quality each chord in the sequence is - are the notes that you posted just your bass notes or are all of the chords major? If it's the former, then everything could be fine. If it's the latter, then we might have to amputate...

New transcription just uploaded - note-for-note chart for Sade's 'Smooth Operator': Sade - 'Smooth Operator' Bass Transcription pdf I've also included a transcription of the main groove from Me'shell Ndegeocello's recent cover of Smooth Operator, which is dirty. And it's in 5/4:

Agreed, Janek's a terrific musician, but I think I gave up on the vlogs when he included a time lapse video of one of his therapy sessions.

This really means a lot to hear that the things I hurl at the internet have a positive impact on people, thanks Stew!

I think you missed 'gloves' off the list, too? Seriously though, I feel that these should be mandatory guidelines for anyone posting videos on anything music-related. I always find Joe Hubbard's videos more 'nutritious' than most, but I understand that his style is not to everyone's taste. Bob Reynolds (saxophonist) has some great insights in his videos, but there's a lot of the aforementioned footage of family/driving to wade through to get to the good stuff.