Bilbo's Transcription Archive

[Bilbo]

Another one from the same Panoply album, this is the track 'Riding The Wave'. Some tough files on the opening section.

 

Riding The Wave – Panoply – Bilbo's Bass Bites (bilbosbassbites.co.uk)

Edited October 19, 2021 by Bilbo

[Bilbo]

Another Jeff Berlin chart. This is the tune 'Marabi' from the 1986 Berlin solo album, 'Pump It'. It is reportedly a transcription of a Cannonball Adderley solo but I can't find the original. If anyone knows which recording the original solo is on, please let me know. I know there are other versions of this transcription on line but this is all my own work.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/marabi-jeff-berlin/

 

That's 44 Jeff Berlin charts up there now. I wish I had had them 30 years ago!!

Edited October 22, 2021 by Bilbo

[Bilbo]

A partial Jeff Berlin transcription this time. This is the first half of the tune 'Constant Comment' from the 2005 album, 'Boston T Party' featuring Dennis Chambers, JB, David Fuiczynski and T. Lavitz. The reason the chart of partial is because I got bored and the notes were not very easy to find in the mix. The bit I have not transcribed is essentially a continuation of the bit that I have just with different fills. 

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/constant-comment-chambers-berlin-fiuczynski-lavitz/

[Bilbo]

Another track from the great 2021 Solstice album, 'Sia', this is Robin Phillips' bass performance on the track, 'Love Is Coming'. A relatively easy read in 5:4, the chart is essentially 8 bars repeated with subtle variation.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/love-is-coming-solstice/

Edited October 26, 2021 by Bilbo

[Bilbo]

Chris Squire's bass part from the track, 'And You And I' from the 1972 Yes opus, 'Close To The Edge'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/and-you-and-i-yes/

[Bilbo]

Another one to round off a 'full album' bass playing experience, this is the Chris Squire bass part for the tune 'Siberian Khatru' from the 1972 Yes album, 'Close To The Edge'. There is a slippery section in the middle that I am not convinced I have got right but have a look and see if you can figure out what is actually happening!!

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/siberian-khatru-yes/

[Bilbo]

Another chart from the studio project I am involved with which composer/guitarist Kevin Fitzgerald is looking to play live. This is the tune 'Paradigm Shift' from the 2018 Panoply album, 'A Walk In The Park'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/paradigm-shift-panoply/

[Bilbo]

A transcription of the full album, 'Close To The Edge' presented in the order in which the tracks appears on the original vinyl LP. Now you can play the whole thing uninterrupted.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/close-to-the-edge-full-album-yes/

[Bilbo]

A special request from the website, the is a complete transcription of Colin Bass's bass part for the live version of 'Long Goodbyes' from the Camel DVD 'Live at the Royal Albert Hall' recorded in 2018 (with Peter Jones on vocals and keys). Lovely tune but not a particularly difficult part to read or play.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/long-goodbyes-camel/

[dmccombe7]

Brilliant Rob. More Camel please. 

Dave

[Bilbo]

Another from the Panoply project, this is the tune, 'Later' from the 2019 album, 'Transcript'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/paradigm-shift-panoply-2/

Edited November 4, 2021 by Bilbo

[Bilbo]

Another tune from the same album, this is the track 'Five Steps To Nowhere'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/five-steps-to-nowhere-panoply/

[Bilbo]

Sorry if this is getting a bit boring but here is another of the Panoply charts I have been preparing in advance of a rehearsal this coming Thursday. This is the title track from the 2018 Panoply album, 'A Walk In The Park'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/a-walk-in-the-park-panoply/

[Bilbo]

Every time I hear this tune, I am left with a big smile on my face. This is Victoria De Angelis' bass part for the tune 'Zitti e Buoni', the winning tune from the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/zitti-e-buoni-victoria-de-angelis/

[Bilbo]

The bass part for the tune 'Hereafter' from the 1980 recording, 'Dregs Of The Earth'. Not too difficult to play but there are a few tricky bits (bars of 9:8 with three against two crotchets etc). This is now I hear it and is by no means definitive.

 

)https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/hereafter-the-dixie-dregs/

Edited November 10, 2021 by Bilbo

[Bilbo]

Another Robin Phillips bass part from the 2021 Solstice album, 'Sia', this is the tune 'Stand Up'. 

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/stand-up-solstice/

[Bilbo]

From the pad that I am preparing for the Panoply gig, this is the tune 'Terra Firma' from the 2019 album, 'Transcript'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/terra-firma-panoply/

[Bilbo]

Nearing the end of the preparation for the Panoply project but here is another chart for the tune 'Inflection Point' from the 2021 album, 'First Inversion'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/inflection-point-panoply/

[Bilbo]

Just a head chart from the Ornette Coleman tune 'Round Trip' as played by Jaco and Pat Metheny on the guitarist's 1976 debut solo LP for ECM, 'Bright Size Life'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/round-trip-head-pat-metheny/

[Bilbo]

One I learned way back but never wrote down until now! 'Level Pegging' from Dave Pegg's 1983 debut solo album 'The Cocktail Cowboy Goes It Alone'. There are two basses on this piece so there are two staves on the chart. Some tricky passages but the reading helps to make sense of them.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/level-pegging-dave-pegg/

[Bilbo]

From the 1975 Greenslade album, 'Time and Tide', this is Martin Brierley's bass part to the tune 'The donkey's Ears'. An easy read and an easy play but a great bass part.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/the-asss-ears-greenslade/

[Bilbo]

Another from a later release of the Time and Tide album, this is tune 'Gangsters' that Dave Greeenslade wrote for the BBC TV drama of the same name.

 

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

[Bilbo]

From the 1980 Al DiMeola double album, 'Splendido Hotel', this is the Anthony Jackson bass part for the tune, 'Alien Chase On Arabian Desert'. Some trick passages and watch the movements from 4:4 to 6:8 to 4:4 to 12:8. It plays tricks on your ears and your eyes.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/alien-chase-on-arabian-desert-al-dimeola/

[Bilbo]

Another full album experience, this is the complete pad of Martin Briley's bass parts for the whole of the 1975 Greenslade album 'Time and Tide'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/time-and-tide-full-album-greenslade/

[Bilbo]

A nice Latin groove in 7:8, this is a complete transcription of Mark Egan's bass part to the tune 'Misturada' from the 1987 Airto/Flora Purim album, 'Three Way Mirror'. Not as tricky as it sounds.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/misturada-airto-and-flora-purim/