Bilbo Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 From the same Scofield LP, this is Darryl's part to the tune 'Techno'. A much tougher nut to crack. Techno – John Scofield – Bilbo's Bass Bites (bilbosbassbites.co.uk) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted May 21, 2021 Author Share Posted May 21, 2021 (edited) A bass part by Genesis keyboard player, Tony Banks, this is the dots for the title tune from the 1979 concept album 'A Curious Feeling'. An old favourite of mine, the bass part is easy to perform and relatively easy to read cold. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/a-curious-feeling-tony-banks/ Edited May 21, 2021 by Bilbo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 On 18/05/2021 at 10:31, Bilbo said: From the same Scofield LP, this is Darryl's part to the tune 'Techno'. A much tougher nut to crack. Techno – John Scofield – Bilbo's Bass Bites (bilbosbassbites.co.uk) It’s a simple enough bass line but the tempo makes it a real challenge. I heard this years ago and never realised it was Darryl Jones. For some incorrect reason I thought it was Gary Grainger. I’m not normally much of a Schofield fan (great player, just not my thing), but this is a cool track. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted May 21, 2021 Author Share Posted May 21, 2021 It's a line I have never been able to make groove since I heard it as a flexi disc on the cover of Guitar Player in the 80s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted May 23, 2021 Author Share Posted May 23, 2021 A bit of fun today. I have transcribed the Steve Howe version of Vivaldi's Concerto in D Major 2nd Movement for both guitar and bass - it can be played in first position or up an octave - just play the whole chart 8va. Guitar and bass charts are available here. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/vivaldi-concerto-in-dmaj-2nd-movement-steve-howe/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted May 25, 2021 Author Share Posted May 25, 2021 Rubens Sabino's bass part for the tune 'Soy Loco Por Ti America' from Gilberto Gil's 1997 album of the same name. A great exercise for finding a way into the discipline of Latin bass, where the emphasis is on the fourth beat of the bar rather than the first. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/soy-loco-por-ti-america-gilberto-gil/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted May 27, 2021 Author Share Posted May 27, 2021 Another one of my own. A transcription of my bass performance on the tune 'Que Vale La Pena' from the Albino Cubana CD 'Dime Tu'. A bit of practice reading Latin grooves where the emphasis is on the fourth beat rather than the first. Que Vale La Pena – Albino Cubana – Bilbo's Bass Bites (bilbosbassbites.co.uk) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 A bass head chart for the tune Play from the 1999 Mike Stern album, 'Play'. The bass player on the tune is Lincoln Goines but the chart is a written part so doesn't really feature Goines in any meaningful sense - his playing on the recording is great though (the form is a C Minor Blues) Play – Mike Stern – Bilbo's Bass Bites (bilbosbassbites.co.uk) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 1, 2021 Author Share Posted June 1, 2021 Chris Squire's bass part for the tune, 'Into The Lens' from the 1980 album, 'Drama'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/into-the-lens-yes/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Few others from that album would be good @Bilbo Tempus Fugit might be a good one to cover. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 1, 2021 Author Share Posted June 1, 2021 We'll see 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 7, 2021 Author Share Posted June 7, 2021 (edited) Another Jeff Berlin tune (is that 39?). From his 1985 aolo album 'Champions'', this is my version of the bass part to the power ballad, 'What I Know Now'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/what-i-know-now-jeff-berlin/ Edited June 7, 2021 by Bilbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 9, 2021 Author Share Posted June 9, 2021 (edited) 'Three Nighter', another tune off the 1985 Passport Jazz album, 'Champion' by Jeff Berlin. I didn't transcribe the bass behind the guitar solo as it would have taken too long and have been pretty much unreadable but I have included the seque into the next section. Aside from the odd bar, the whole chart is pretty accessible. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/three-nighter-jeff-berlin/ PS there are now 40 Jeff Berlin transcriptions on there.....:) Edited June 9, 2021 by Bilbo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 14, 2021 Author Share Posted June 14, 2021 (edited) A massively important piece for me, this transcription is nothing more than the themes from Ravel's Bolero. In September, 1974, the week I started at Croesyceiliog Comprehensive School in Cwmbran, Monmouthsire, they took us into a newly built music suite and played us two films on an old fashioned movie style projector. One was the Walt Disney film of 'Peter And The Wolf' by Prokofiev and the other was Ravel's 'Bolero'. I remember, as an 11 year old, being absolutely enthralled. I ran home to tell my Mum about it and was beside myself when she was able to reach into her own record collection (these were the days when people only had about 12 albums each) and produced a copy of the recording. I wore it out playing it again and again and again. I still love it today, nearly 47 years later. The transcription consists the main themes which repeat four times on an AABB format before closing on an AB with a tag ending. It is transcribed for 5 string (low Eb and Db) but I think you could play it 8va if you haven't got a fiver). Bolero – Maurice Ravel – Bilbo's Bass Bites (bilbosbassbites.co.uk) Edited June 20, 2021 by Bilbo 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 (edited) Another easy one, this chart is one of the easiest reads on the website. This is not a celebration of the playing capabilities of Andy Gonzalez (who is a monster presence on the Latin Jazz scene) but a simple performance exercise for the developing reader. Technically only 13 bars long, the chart is two eight bar sections in C minor which repeat four times and three time respectively before ending on the root. Straight quarter-notes throughout. It is included here to evidence how reading, even at this level, can help even the most rudimentary reader generate a performance of something exquisite and beautiful. It would also be nice to think that it could introduce some of the world’s bass players to the heart rending music of Astor Piazzolla. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/tango-apasionado-prologue-astor-piazzolla/ Edited June 20, 2021 by Bilbo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 592 hits on the website yesterday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 The website just passed 60000 hits. Roughly 1150 per week. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 Another one for old time's sake, this is Jimmy Bain's bass part for the tune 'Stargazer' from the 1976 Rainbow album, 'Rising'. One of the greatest Heavy Rock albums of all time. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/stargazer-rainbow/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 1 minute ago, Bilbo said: Another one for old time's sake, this is Jimmy Bain's bass part for the tune 'Stargazer' from the 1976 Rainbow album, 'Rising'. One of the greatest Heavy Rock albums of all time. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/stargazer-rainbow/ Used to play this in a Friends of Deep Purple tribute act. Can see how my own notes fair against your Rob. Def a classic rock album. Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 15 minutes ago, Bilbo said: Another one for old time's sake, this is Jimmy Bain's bass part for the tune 'Stargazer' from the 1976 Rainbow album, 'Rising'. One of the greatest Heavy Rock albums of all time. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/stargazer-rainbow/ That was the album that really lit the spark and made me want to pick up a bass and be in a band! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 One I had been meaning to get back to for a while. This is Benny Reitveld's bass part for the Santana hit 'Smooth' from his 1999 'Supernatural' CD. I posted a section of this very early on on here but it was just a sketch whereas this chart is the full part (except the repeating turnaround during the fade). Not a massively challenging read but there are a few moments that require concentration. A fun chart to play. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/smooth-santana/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted July 6, 2021 Author Share Posted July 6, 2021 (edited) Today is the first anniversary of the Bilbo's Bass Bites website going live. I started it with no expectations other than I wanted to create a resource for people who wanted something interesting to practice their reading on (a lot a reading material for developing players doesn't resonate whereas access to some of the tunes we like, want to play or are interested in exploring would, to my mind, offer people a sense of the 'point of it all'). A few months in, I was seeing a gradual increase in footfall and I thought to myself, I wonder if it will reach 50,000 hits in twelve months or even 52,000 (1,000 a week)'? Well, the final score is in an there have been 62489 hits over the last 365 days. That's 1202 hits a week and 171 hits a day. More to the point, I have had feedback from hundreds of people who have benefitted from my transcriptions and have been in touch with several of the players whose work has been featured, every one of which has been supportive. What has been lovely is to see people hearing things for the first time as a result of these charts and reconnecting with things they have not listened to for years. In short, it's all good! We are 271 transcriptions in including 40 Jeff Berlin transcriptions! I would have killed for those 40 years ago when I started out! It's all down to Transcribe! and Sibelius software which was most certainly NOT around when I was 17 (in fact, thinking about it, computers themselves were a VERY new thing (I got a Computer Studies O Level in 1980) and a website of any kind was unheard of) Edited July 6, 2021 by Bilbo 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Well done Rob and much appreciation from me. I'm enjoying quite a few of them so far. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted July 7, 2021 Author Share Posted July 7, 2021 (edited) An easy read, this one. It is a short piece called 'How Long'? which is the opening bass solo of the 'Transatlantic Echoes' section of the 1992 'Citi Movement' (Griot New York) recording by the Wynton Marsalis Septet. It is a 1:05 long and played arco but, as a reading exercise, it has merit. It is essentially a 23 bar Blues lick. How Long? – Wynton Marsalis Septet – Bilbo's Bass Bites (bilbosbassbites.co.uk) Edited July 7, 2021 by Bilbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 That's the good and interesting thing about your site Rob. It has quite a varied list of styles to choose from. Keep up the good work and once again many thanks for all your work so far. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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