Funky Dunky Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 (edited) I was looking for something like a Motown bass tab anthology, but so far can only find the Hal Leonard Motown Classics book (which contains 21 songs). had a search on Google and Amazon but books of full song transcriptions for bass seem to be thin on the ground! Can this really be, with giants like Jamerson, Dunn and Babbit providing the low end on all those hits? I thought there would loads to choose from, but apparently not! I can learn a lot of these songs by ear but it would take a whole lot longer. I was hoping to learn three or four a week via tabs, but tab books appear to be surprisingly hard to come by. Edited July 6, 2015 by Funky Dunky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Standing in the shadows of motown is pretty good. No TAB though, it's all standard notation, but you do get a CD backing track included with the isolated bass track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 +1 for Shadows, look out for What Duck Done as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Dunky Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 Cheers guys, yeah, I saw that and ummed and ahhed a bit over the notation-only factor, but I know it would serve to make me a better musician. I can pick it up cheap on Amazon so I'll get that ordered. I will have a look for What Duck Done also. Can't believe there aren't more bass anthologies for Motown though. Bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 [i]Hal Leonard R&B Bass Bible [/i]has a mix of Motown and Stax/Atlantic material in tab and notation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Good luck trying to find What Duck Dunn. It is out of print and seems hard to find second hand. I look every so often,but never seen for sale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booooooom Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1436215033' post='2816140'] [i]Hal Leonard R&B Bass Bible [/i]has a mix of Motown and Stax/Atlantic material in tab and notation. [/quote] +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon. Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Whilst it's not TAB (but most of it isn't too hard to work), there is a huge and very good resource of soul transcriptions here: [url="http://freebasspart.pv24.pagesperso-orange.fr/Bass_Players.htm"]http://freebasspart.pv24.pagesperso-orange.fr/Bass_Players.htm[/url] It's Stax/Atlantic based, rather than Motown, but should keep you occupied for a good while. Plenty of Duck Dunn lines to get stuck in to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Plenty good stuff there thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Dunky Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1436215033' post='2816140'] [i]Hal Leonard R&B Bass Bible [/i]has a mix of Motown and Stax/Atlantic material in tab and notation. [/quote] Thanks for this, just checked it on Amazon and it's ideal. I'm having that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Dunky Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 [quote name='Simon.' timestamp='1436263996' post='2816466'] Whilst it's not TAB (but most of it isn't too hard to work), there is a huge and very good resource of soul transcriptions here: [url="http://freebasspart.pv24.pagesperso-orange.fr/Bass_Players.htm"]http://freebasspart.pv24.pagesperso-orange.fr/Bass_Players.htm[/url] It's Stax/Atlantic based, rather than Motown, but should keep you occupied for a good while. Plenty of Duck Dunn lines to get stuck in to. [/quote] Fantastic, thanks for this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Early Jamerson and all Babbitt bass lines are pretty straightforward. You should be able to work out a lot of the Motown bass lines. Most people need help with the Jamerson "golden period", but I'd work up to those. Duck Dunn was on Stax, not Motown, but you should be able to work out his bass lines pretty easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Dunky Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 Yeah, some of the Jamerson lines are unpredictable and tricky. Wonderful, but tricky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Starr Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 [quote name='Simon.' timestamp='1436263996' post='2816466'] Whilst it's not TAB (but most of it isn't too hard to work), there is a huge and very good resource of soul transcriptions here: [url="http://freebasspart.pv24.pagesperso-orange.fr/Bass_Players.htm"]http://freebasspart....ass_Players.htm[/url] It's Stax/Atlantic based, rather than Motown, but should keep you occupied for a good while. Plenty of Duck Dunn lines to get stuck in to. [/quote]Thanks for that, great link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 [quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1436269481' post='2816536'] Thanks for this, just checked it on Amazon and it's ideal. I'm having that! [/quote] I have it, it's very worthwhile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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