Free Bass Transcriptions

[TKenrick]

Something old, something new-ish:

• Bob Babbitt's groove on 'Inner City Blues'
• Grooving with harmonics: Squarepusher - 'Iambic 9 Poetry'

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[TKenrick]

Having spent the last couple of months enduring all sorts of self-induced technical hitches it's finally time for some new content.

First up is part 1 of a clinic with Janek Gwizdala that I bootlegged in 2007 when I was studying at ACM in Guildford. Here he talks about what he learned by 'ripping off' great players like Herbie Hancock, Allan Holdsworth and George Benson:
 

There's a PDF of the transcribed speech/widdling available HERE

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[TKenrick]

New note-for-note transcription of Louis Johnson's part on Michael Jackson's 'Get On The Floor'

 

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[TKenrick]

New Groove of The Week post on the blog: Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - 'Genuine Pt.1'

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[TKenrick]

Some new things have gone up on the site today:

- Part 2 of a Janek Gwizdala Masterclass from 2007 where he discusses how he got into playing the bass, following Laurence Cottle about, how he developed his technique and why he advocates singing while playing:

Transcription is HERE

- New transcriptions in the archive:

• The Temptations - 'My Girl'
• James Bay - 'Hold Back The River'

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[OliverBlackman]

Great coverage. He did a masterclass in 2009 in my first term at ACM and he was pretty similar to how he was here, although I think he might have been touring with VV Brown at that point. It's funny that during the masterclass I went to, he knew nothing about gear and was very bullish in his persona, a stark contrast to what we see in the YT vlog. Funnily enough these days, I find myself caring less about gear and more about transcribing and improvisation, so I wish his vlog covered more what he said in he masterclass as I'd appreciate it more now.

Did you record any others? I wish it was something I had done, there were masterclasses from Ruphus Philpot, Laurence Cottle, and Gary Willis, all where I only remember bits.

[TKenrick]

[quote name='OliverBlackman' timestamp='1505295318' post='3370763']
Great coverage. He did a masterclass in 2009 in my first term at ACM and he was pretty similar to how he was here, although I think he might have been touring with VV Brown at that point. It's funny that during the masterclass I went to, he knew nothing about gear and was very bullish in his persona, a stark contrast to what we see in the YT vlog. Funnily enough these days, I find myself caring less about gear and more about transcribing and improvisation, so I wish his vlog covered more what he said in he masterclass as I'd appreciate it more now.

Did you record any others? I wish it was something I had done, there were masterclasses from Ruphus Philpot, Laurence Cottle, and Gary Willis, all where I only remember bits.
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It's definitely amusing to see how he has relaxed his stance on certain topics - this may or may not be as a result of his desire to appeal to a wider audience; more people want to watch videos about gear than want to actually get down to it and [i]do the work. [/i]

There weren't that many decent clinics when I was there (2005-2008), I think I we had Stu Hamm, Todd Johnson and the rhythm section from Jamiroquai. I would've loved it if we'd had Rufus, Laurence or Gary! I actually found that the most informative ones were from drummers...

The last part of the Janek thing should be up in a week or so.

[TKenrick]

Weekly transcription updates:

A lovely Chic groove that isn't 'Good Times' or 'Le Freak': Groove of The Week 47

• Corinne Bailey Rae - 'Put Your Records On'
• Paramore - 'That's What You Get'
• Kool & The Gang - 'Celebration'

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[TKenrick]

New Groove of The Week post featuring Hiatus Kaiyote's 'By Fire' HERE

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[TKenrick]

Groove of The Week #49: Damian Erskine's 'Kaluanui'

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[TKenrick]

Janek Gwizdala masterclass 2007 part 3/3 is up now:
 

PDF download of the transcription is available HERE

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[TKenrick]

The 50th (and final) Groove of The Week comes courtesy of Me'shell Ndegeocello: Joshua Redman - 'Greasy G'

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[TKenrick]

If you can sight read this at tempo then you're a better man (or woman) than I am:

Mark Giuliana - 'One Month'

Other new charts on the site:

• The Monkees - Daydream Believer
• Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody
• Duffy - Warwick Avenue

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[dand666]

Man, thats nuts. Awesome rhythm reading dude.

[TKenrick]

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Man, thats nuts. Awesome rhythm reading dude.
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Thanks! I cheated slightly in that the transcription process helped me to internalise the line so I wasn't [i]really[/i] sight reading it...

[TKenrick]

Full transcription and analysis of why Jaco's debut recording as a sideman is so significant when looking at his influence in a wider context:
 

You can find the transcription and written analysis HERE

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[TKenrick]

John Deacon's fantastic part on Queen's 'We Are The Champions'... great ledger line reading practice!
Queen - 'We Are The Champions' bass transcription

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[TKenrick]

The great Deon Estus being a very bad man on possibly the campest song ever:

Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go bass transcription

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[TKenrick]

This is, without a doubt, my favourite Louis Johnson/Michael Jackson collaboration:

Michael Jackson - 'Burn This Disco Out' bass transcription

[ConstantineIsslamow]

So many great bass scores. Thanks for all your hard work. Cheers

[TKenrick]

On 11/21/2017 at 13:48, ConstantineIsslamow said:

So many great bass scores. Thanks for all your hard work. Cheers

Thanks, always nice to hear that people get something out of the site!

[Geek99]

On ‎21‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 13:48, ConstantineIsslamow said:

So many great bass scores. Thanks for all your hard work. Cheers

quite the compliment when coming from you, Constantine.

[TKenrick]

New walking bass transcription/lesson featuring things that I stole from John Patitucci:

Learning by Stealing - walking bass a la John Patitucci

[TKenrick]

Insanely fun bassline to play - I would never have guessed that it was Nathan East, though! Every day's a school day...

Kenny Loggins - 'Footloose' bass transcription

[TKenrick]

Some sublime Jamerson-style keyboard bass playing by Donny Hathaway makes this the only Christmas tune worth bothering with:

Donny Hathaway - 'This Christmas' bass transcription

Edited December 10, 2017 by TKenrick
Stupidity - assumed it was Willie Weeks on bass...