norvegicusbass Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I am trying my arm at learning transcriptions of sheet music rather than relying on tabs ( no snobbery I am willing to learn from any method I can ) and have just bought a transcription book of LZ songs. On Celebration Day some of the notes are bracketed what does this mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I don't know the book...but you often get bracketed notes meaning ghost notes. Bass specific publications will often write ghost notes with cross heads instead of dots,but a lot of charts you may find on gigs will often write the note in brackets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisthebass Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I always thought the bracketed notes were grace notes where you slide into the main note? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 [quote name='louisthebass' timestamp='1331931683' post='1581243'] I always thought the bracketed notes were grace notes where you slide into the main note? [/quote] A grace note is usually written as a smaller note leading into the main note,like this.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisthebass Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 [quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1331932251' post='1581260'] A grace note is usually written as a smaller note leading into the main note,like this.... [/quote] Ok, that's cool Doddy - thanks for clearing that one up for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakebeamish Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 a ghost note like this: d___(d) [with the underscores as a tie) could just be notating the tie properly. (d) can imply a note that isn't plucked, but tapped with the fretting hand. It could also be a harmonic. Or maybe even just played very quietly. I'm surprised it doesn't say at the front of the book. I can't get on youtube to hear the record and I unfortunately no longer have the CD. Otherwise I'd have had a listen and tried to hear what JPJ's doing. I guess you'll have to do that Instead, I'll play Lemon Song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 [quote name='jakebeamish' timestamp='1331937851' post='1581333'] a ghost note like this: d___(d) [with the underscores as a tie) could just be notating the tie properly. (d) can imply a note that isn't plucked, but tapped with the fretting hand. It could also be a harmonic. [/quote] I've never seen a tied note be bracketed-on all the charts I've ever been given,you'll just see the two notes and a tie marking. In most bass/guitar specific transcription books,tapped notes are usually written with a cross above the note head,while a harmonic i notated by a diamond shaped note rather than the usual oval shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakebeamish Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 [quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1331938665' post='1581341'] I've never seen a tied note be bracketed-on all the charts I've ever been given,you'll just see the two notes and a tie marking. In most bass/guitar specific transcription books,tapped notes are usually written with a cross above the note head,while a harmonic i notated by a diamond shaped note rather than the usual oval shape. [/quote] I did some work for a school musical as an ex-student not too long ago and the music teacher handed me a wad of handwritten scores, with all of the nonsensical crap I described, stupid I know. I guess you have to take any transcription with a pinch of salt and play what sounds right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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