pajc72 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Great new Beatles bass tabs available by album. Unique layout making it easy to read and play, and very accurate tabs! Available to download at http://pcroppier.wix.com/bassicallytab Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Cheers for that! Just what I was looking for http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t6Ev0yVg8o&index=24&list=PLB6730405EAFCA9C3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Excellent resource. Is there a way to print out an individual tab? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luulox Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Great link, thanks for this! Cheers Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 [quote name='ead' timestamp='1421743140' post='2664402'] Excellent resource. Is there a way to print out an individual tab? [/quote] Err… It's just a PDF you print out individual pages just like any other PDF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 What a great resource! Thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfretrock Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 [quote name='ead' timestamp='1421743140' post='2664402'] Excellent resource. Is there a way to print out an individual tab? [/quote] Your browser may be displaying them in its window. You need to download and then view with any PDF viewer. You can then select any page(s) to print. Printing direct from the browser is usually a mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1421744320' post='2664416'] Err… It's just a PDF you print out individual pages just like any other PDF. [/quote] [quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1421757141' post='2664567'] Your browser may be displaying them in its window. You need to download and then view with any PDF viewer. You can then select any page(s) to print. Printing direct from the browser is usually a mess. [/quote] I tried all the downloading and printing but it looks to me like the file is protected to disable printing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 [quote name='ead' timestamp='1421760226' post='2664607'] I tried all the downloading and printing but it looks to me like the file is protected to disable printing. [/quote] Works alright on a Mac. I would wager these tabs to be a rip from this book - http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/sm/7035109 - but formatted to be on one page. Seems a bit crazy that somebody would spend time doing this (probably breaching copyright) and then asking for paypal donations! Seems like a surefire way to get into some legal bother... Anyway, that aside, I can highly spending the 50 quid on the complete works book - all the parts, 100% spot on. One of my fave musical purchases ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 It would seem pajc72 is P Croppier... if you are taking the time to actually transcribe all these lines... maybe you should buy the book to speed up the process! (If you haven't already) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfretrock Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 [quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1421762489' post='2664642'] Works alright on a Mac. [/quote] Works OK on my PC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 [quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1421763388' post='2664651'] Works OK on my PC [/quote] Ah. User error then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pajc72 Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) [quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1421762489' post='2664642'] Works alright on a Mac. I would wager these tabs to be a rip from this book - [url="http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/sm/7035109"]http://www.prestocla...o.uk/sm/7035109[/url] - but formatted to be on one page. Seems a bit crazy that somebody would spend time doing this (probably breaching copyright) and then asking for paypal donations! Seems like a surefire way to get into some legal bother... Anyway, that aside, I can highly spending the 50 quid on the complete works book - all the parts, 100% spot on. One of my fave musical purchases ever. [/quote] You have obviously not taken the time to look through the tabs I transcribed. The reason I tabbed the Beatles songs was because of the abundant inaccuracies of the bass tabs in books like The Beatles Complete. Though this is an excellent reference book the bass tabs fall way short of '100% spot on' as you describe. Transcription of a song is very subjective, especially when it concerns the bass lines. Two very excellent transcribers can hear things very differently. I have seen a bass transcription of in My Life where the transcriber has heard an 'F natural' in the first couple of bars'. Comparisons to other Bass Tabs are inevitable, but you really havent taken the time to compare both my tabs and ones supplied anywhere else. I have EQ set up in a certain way to highlight the bass making it easier to transcribe. Its painstaking but incredibly joyful work, which I love doing, and I think the results speak for themselves By the way, these books have been provided completely free, no one need donate to use these books, the option is there and can be completely ignored. My only aim here is to provide the most accurate bass transcriptions possible of the Beatles back catalogue, something that has not been done until now. Edited January 20, 2015 by pajc72 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 [quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1421763470' post='2664653'] Ah. User error then! [/quote] My download still says in the Permission box that you can't print it. I am a techno muppet though so if anybody can tell me what I'm doing wrong that would be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfretrock Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) [quote name='ead' timestamp='1421783621' post='2665024'] My download still says in the Permission box that you can't print it. I am a techno muppet though so if anybody can tell me what I'm doing wrong that would be good. [/quote] I've used Acrobat reader and Foxit (free pdf reader), both print OK. Do you know what you are using to view the PDFs ? Edited January 20, 2015 by pfretrock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybertect Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) [quote name='pajc72' timestamp='1421763865' post='2664663']The reason I tabbed the Beatles songs was because of the abundant inaccuracies of the bass tabs in books like The Beatles Complete. Though this is an excellent reference book the bass tabs fall way short of '100% spot on' as you describe.[/quote] Totally true. I've never found the official Beatles music books to be any more reliable for chords, etc. than any pulled randomly from the Internet. [quote]Transcription of a song is very subjective, especially when it concerns the bass lines. Two very excellent transcribers can hear things very differently. I have seen a bass transcription of in My Life where the transcriber has heard an 'F natural' in the first couple of bars'.[/quote] I agree on that, too. I've certainly got some differences to your transcriptions for some of the songs I've worked out for myself - I'm hearing different notes on the tail of 'With a Litte Help from my Friends', for example. Edited January 20, 2015 by cybertect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Surely if the detail of some parts is so ambiguous as to need specialised listening, any of the versions available would fit the bill, no..? Obviously a good transcription is a Good Thing in itself, but an inaccuracy that no-one can hear or spot is no big deal, I'd have thought. Certainly not the same as a blatant 'bum note', no..? [size=4] [/size] [size=4]Just sayin', as I downloaded the files and find them to be very good; thanks for sharing.[/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 [quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1421786424' post='2665076'] I've used Acrobat reader and Foxit (free pdf reader), both print OK. Do you know what you are using to view the PDFs ? [/quote] Adobe Acrobat. It came bundled with my laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybertect Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1421787984' post='2665101'] Surely if the detail of some parts is so ambiguous as to need specialised listening, any of the versions available would fit the bill, no..? Obviously a good transcription is a Good Thing in itself, but an inaccuracy that no-one can hear or spot is no big deal, I'd have thought. Certainly not the same as a blatant 'bum note', no..? [size=4] [/size] [size=4]Just sayin', as I downloaded the files and find them to be very good; thanks for sharing.[/size] [/quote] Depends why you're doing it. I find Macca's lines are very rewarding to study and he's certainly influenced the way i play. I do keep finding little things I've not noticed before that are well hidden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfretrock Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 [quote name='ead' timestamp='1421792217' post='2665185'] Adobe Acrobat. It came bundled with my laptop. [/quote] No security settings in the PDF file. File -> Properties gives this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I tried this when I first had the problem and got this: [attachment=181648:Permissions.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 [quote name='pajc72' timestamp='1421763865' post='2664663'] The reason I tabbed the Beatles songs was because of the abundant inaccuracies of the bass tabs in books like The Beatles Complete. Though this is an excellent reference book the bass tabs fall way short of '100% spot on' as you describe. Transcription of a song is very subjective, especially when it concerns the bass lines. Two very excellent transcribers can hear things very differently. I have seen a bass transcription of in My Life where the transcriber has heard an 'F natural' in the first couple of bars'. Comparisons to other Bass Tabs are inevitable, but you really havent taken the time to compare both my tabs and ones supplied anywhere else. I have EQ set up in a certain way to highlight the bass making it easier to transcribe. Its painstaking but incredibly joyful work, which I love doing, and I think the results speak for themselves By the way, these books have been provided completely free, no one need donate to use these books, the option is there and can be completely ignored. My only aim here is to provide the most accurate bass transcriptions possible of the Beatles back catalogue, something that has not been done until now. [/quote] Well done Pete! I have been transcribing almost as long as I've been learning/playing, and I often go back to a transcription I did years ago and find I now hear it very differently (i.e. more accurately). I'm a bit torn about whether to download these, as I find I learn material more effectively if I have transcribed it myself. Also I much prefer standard notation (please start a different thread if anyone wants an argument about this!), but these tabs have the distinct benefit of accurate rhythmic notation. I just hope no-one pulls the plug on all this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybertect Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 [quote name='cybertect' timestamp='1421787321' post='2665094']I'm hearing different notes on the tail of 'With a Litte Help from my Friends', for example.[/quote] Scratch that. I've realised what I thought was a difference there is entirely down to my poor tab-reading skills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfretrock Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 [quote name='ead' timestamp='1421845614' post='2665629'] I tried this when I first had the problem and got this: [/quote] Which album was that? Perhaps some have different permissions. I've only looked at Sgt Pepper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 [quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1421853452' post='2665805'] Which album was that? Perhaps some have different permissions. I've only looked at Sgt Pepper. [/quote] It was Please Please Me. Not tried any others but will do to see if I get the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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