Bilbo's Transcription Archive

[Bilbo]

Having done that 'Wasp' transcription by John Mole, I thought I would knock out the other one of that same Gary Moore album. This is the bass part John Mole plays on the tune 'Flight Of The Snow Moose'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/flight-of-the-snow-moose-gary-moore/

[Bilbo]

More nonsense, this is Chris Squire's bass and Steve Howe's guitar part for the tune (?) 'Five Per Cent For Nothing' from the 1971 Yes album, 'Fragile'. Impossible.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/five-per-cent-for-nothing-yes/

[Bilbo]

Another Percy Jones transcription; the opening sections of the tune 'Vimana' from the 1976 album of the same name from Italian Prog/Jazz Rock band, Nova.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/vimana-nova/

[Bilbo]

Having just discovered a PDF tool (that I appear to have had for a decade) that allows me to 'append' pdfs to other pdfs, as an exercise, I have managed to 'append' the transcriptions of Geddy Lees bass parts for the  whole of the Rush - Moving Pictures album into one document. You can now play along with the whole album without interruption. How cool is that?

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/moving-pictures-rush-full-album/

[Bilbo]

Complete set of Herbie Flowers transcriptions of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War Of The Worlds

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/the-war-of-the-worlds-jeff-wayne/

[dmccombe7]

1 hour ago, Bilbo said:

Complete set of Herbie Flowers transcriptions of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War Of The Worlds

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/the-war-of-the-worlds-jeff-wayne/

Would love to have done this as a tribute / cover band. Would take a lot of work putting it together and getting musicians that like the idea would be even more difficult. Thanks for producing this one Rob. 👍

Dave

[Bilbo]

Cozy Powell Over The Top - full set of transcriptions of the Jack Bruce bass parts for the entire album. 

 

Over The Top (Complete) – Cozy Powell  (bilbosbassbites.co.uk)

Edited September 4, 2021 by Bilbo

[Bilbo]

Anthony Jackson's bass part for the tune 'Not Yet' from the live album 'Caribe'. Hold onto your hats, guys. This is intense.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/not-yet-michel-camilo/

[Bilbo]

Head and three choruses by Charlie Haden from the tune 'The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines' that featured on the 1979 Mingus Dynasty album 'Chair In The Sky'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/the-dry-cleaner-from-des-moines-mingus-dynasty/

[Bilbo]

I had forgotten about this one but then it came up on my ipod shuffle. The full Jack Bruce bass part to the tune 'Tickets To Waterfalls' from his 1969 album, 'Songs For A Tailor'. Great little chart for a great little song.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/tickets-to-waterfalls-jack-bruce/

Edited September 7, 2021 by Bilbo

[Bilbo]

A full transcription of Jeff Andrews' performance on the tune 'Gossip' from the 1988 Mike Stern album, 'Time In Place'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/gossip-mike-stern/

[Guest]

Jeff Andrews was a monster bass player. He kind of slipped under the radar a bit but was enormously respected.
Thanks very much for this and all the other transcriptions. I really wish we had this sort of thing when I was learning to play many years ago. The biggest issue with learning to read was a lack of good, bass-specific material (I ended up on Bach cello pieces, which is why I ended up on 5-string - but it was hardly rock and roll!) 

It’s also fabulous that this is freely available to everyone and inspired me to pick up the bass again. Keep up the great work!

[Bilbo]

That was why I wanted to post these transcriptions. I found learning to read using conventional method books very uninspiring. Tedious etudes with no aesthetic relationship to the kinds of music I wanted to play. When I started transcribing, I found loads of charts that would be great for learner readers and, in this day of YouTube and Spotify, the tunes were really easy to access. So I thought, stick them out there and let people use them. 73000 hits to date so they have found a niche!

[Bilbo]

Another Jeff Andrews part from the same Mike Stern album, this is the title track, 'Time In Place'. A much easier read but watch the 6:4 bars.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/time-in-place-mike-stern/

[Bilbo]

And another (I am writing out the whole album). The track 'Before You Go' from the 1988 Mike Stern album, 'Time In Place'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/before-you-go-mike-stern/

[Bilbo]

I have had 1400 hits on the website in the last two days and 3000 in the last week. 

[dmccombe7]

32 minutes ago, Bilbo said:

I have had 1400 hits on the website in the last two days and 3000 in the last week. 

Proves you're doing it right Rob. 👍

[Bilbo]

Another Tony Reeves chart from the 1973 Greenslade album, 'Bedside Manners Are Extra'. This is a transcription of Tony Reeve's part. It is not complete as the long solo section at the end is not transcribed in detail but presented as a four bar repeated section featuring the core elements.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/chalkhill-greenslade/

[Bilbo]

The full set of transcriptions of the Tony Reeves bass parts to the 1973 Greenslade album, 'Bedside Manners Are Extra'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/bedside-manners-are-extra-full-album-tony-reeves-bass/

[Bilbo]

Complete set of Jeff Berlin bass parts to the 1980 Bruford album 'Gradually Going Tornado'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/gradually-going-tornado-full-album-bruford/

[Guest]

Great album. I know Jeff Berlin isn’t universally popular but these Bruford albums and also his work with Allan Holdsworth was absolutely top drawer. Players like Jaco and Stanley Clarke are revered in the fusion world be I always thought he was every bit the equal. The real eye opener for me was his harmonic knowledge, his incredible facility across the neck and his pinpoint perfect technique. To this day I struggle to play some of his parts anywhere near as cleanly. Thanks again Bilbo 😀

[dmccombe7]

2 hours ago, FDC484950 said:

Great album. I know Jeff Berlin isn’t universally popular but these Bruford albums and also his work with Allan Holdsworth was absolutely top drawer. Players like Jaco and Stanley Clarke are revered in the fusion world be I always thought he was every bit the equal. The real eye opener for me was his harmonic knowledge, his incredible facility across the neck and his pinpoint perfect technique. To this day I struggle to play some of his parts anywhere near as cleanly. Thanks again Bilbo 😀

100% agree. I'd rather listen to Jeff Berlin than Jaco or Stanley Clarke.

Dave

[Bilbo]

I thought I had done this already but I was trying to put together a 'full album' pdf of the Bruford 'One Of A Kind' and could not find it anywhere on any of my devices. So here it is. This is the full Jeff Berlin bass part for the beautiful 'Forever Until Sunday' from the 1979 Bruford album. Full album PDF to follow.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/forever-until-sunday-bruford/ 

[peteb]

On 24/09/2021 at 19:06, dmccombe7 said:

100% agree. I'd rather listen to Jeff Berlin than Jaco or Stanley Clarke.

Dave

 

Funnily enough , I had this discussion with a drummer at the last rehearsal we had. He always rated JB, putting him in the same league as Jaco. Personally, as good as Jeff Berlin is technically, I find him to be unlistenable whereas Jaco is often sublime (if you only listen to his best / least self indulgent / most iconic recordings of course)! I once bought a Bruford album featuring Berlin - just couldn't get into it at all... 

 

[dmccombe7]

10 minutes ago, peteb said:

 

Funnily enough , I had this discussion with a drummer at the last rehearsal we had. He always rated JB, putting him in the same league as Jaco. Personally, as good as Jeff Berlin is technically, I find him to be unlistenable whereas Jaco is often sublime (if you only listen to his best / least self indulgent / most iconic recordings of course)! I once bought a Bruford album featuring Berlin - just couldn't get into it at all... 

 

 

That's what makes life interesting. We all have different tastes.

I got into Jeff Berlin because i liked Bill Bruford. I like Jaco but i find Berlin is more fluent in his playing but in a way i enjoy / prefer.

Dave