Bilbo's Transcription Archive

[dmccombe7]

Liking that one Rob. Sounds relatively "easy" for Jeff Berlin 😂

Dave

[Bilbo]

The secret of the big jumps is to know which finger to land on to begin the next phrase. 

[itu]

Good stuff, thanks @Bilbo! I know I cannot make it even close, but I have liked the song since its release.

[Bilbo]

A final chart from the 1986 album of the same name, this is Jeff Berlin's complete performance of the title tune 'Pump It'. Not nearly as chopsy as the rest of the album, there is a challenging opening section on harmonics that requires some attention.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/pump-it-jeff-berlin/

[Bilbo]

The complete transcriptions pdf for the Jeff Berlin 'Pump It' album

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/pump-it-full-album-jeff-berlin/

[dmccombe7]

28 minutes ago, Bilbo said:

A final chart from the 1986 album of the same name, this is Jeff Berlin's complete performance of the title tune 'Pump It'. Not nearly as chopsy as the rest of the album, there is a challenging opening section on harmonics that requires some attention.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/pump-it-jeff-berlin/

Have you put the wrong pic on this one Rob. ?

[Bilbo]

2 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

Have you put the wrong pic on this one Rob. ?

Not sure what you mean? Do you think that isn't a photo of JB? It's old but it's definitely him. 

[Bilbo]

A GIRL playing bass? Who'd have thought it. This is Esperanza Spalding's bass part for the tune Bird Blue from the 2009 Mike Stern album, 'Big Neighborhood'. A very easy read, which is why I transcribed it not because it is ES at her best. She's a monster but I wanted something really easy to read today and this one appeared on a shuffled ipod. 

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/bird-blue-mike-stern/

Edited February 2, 2022 by Bilbo

[dmccombe7]

7 hours ago, Bilbo said:

Not sure what you mean? Do you think that isn't a photo of JB? It's old but it's definitely him. 

I would never have recognised him from that pic Rob. Used to seeing him with a moustache.

Dave

[Bilbo]

A tricky little sucker, this is Alain Caron's bass part for 'Right After 4' from his 2013 'Multiple Faces' album. The main themes are accurate but the grooving solo sections are only approximations due to Alain's prolific and unpredictable use of ghost notes.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/right-after-4-alain-caron/ 

[dmccombe7]

6 hours ago, Bilbo said:

A tricky little sucker, this is Alain Caron's bass part for 'Right After 4' from his 2013 'Multiple Faces' album. The main themes are accurate but the grooving solo sections are only approximations due to Alain's prolific and unpredictable use of ghost notes.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/right-after-4-alain-caron/ 

That's nice and Alain was one of the main reasons i went for my Overwater custom fretless 6er. Just wish i could play like him but i do try some of his fingerstyle lines. Not so much his slap technique cause i'm not very good at it.

Cheers for this one Rob.

Dave 

[Bilbo]

Another monster Anthony Jackson bass part, this is the complete transcription of the tune, 'The Suitcase' from the 1984 Steve Khan album, 'Casa Loco'. There is one section I am not happy with in the middle, a mad octave thing in C. 

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/the-suitcase-for-folon-steve-khan/

 

 

 

 

Edited February 11, 2022 by Bilbo

[Bilbo]

Another classic Rush tune, this is the complete transcription of 'Circumstances' from the 1978 Rush album, 'Hemisoheres'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/circumstances-rush/

[Bilbo]

Another complete Andy West transcription, this is the title tune from the 1978 Dixie Dregs album, 'What If'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/what-if-the-dixie-dregs/ 

Edited February 15, 2022 by Bilbo

[Bilbo]

Geddy Lee's complete bass part for the tune 'Cygnus X-I: Book One' from the 1977 album, 'A Farewell To Kings'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/cygnus-x1-book-i-rush/

[Bilbo]

Another tune from the 1986 Bob Mintzer Big Band album, 'Camoflage', this is the complete Zev Katz bass part for the ballad 'A Long Time Ago'. Nothing too difficult (a couple of double stops that are hard to read), just a nice tune to play.

 

)https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/a-long-time-ago-bob-mintzer-big-band/

[Bilbo]

Lovely double bass part today, this is the complete transcription of the Harvie Swartz bass part for the tune 'Small Day Tomorrow' from the 1987 Janis Siegel album, 'At Home'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/small-day-tomorrow-janie-siegel/

Edited February 18, 2022 by Bilbo

[Bilbo]

Another one from a wasted childhood, this is the complete bass part for the first side of the Rush 'Hemispheres' album; 'Cygnus X-I: Book Two - Hemispheres'. Thanks to 'Transcribe' software and a YouTube 'isolated bass' video, I have got the bulk of it. There are a couple of passages that I am not entirely satisfied with but this will certainly get  you where you want to be in terms of playing the damn thing. A real eye-opener, the transcription really gives you a sense of how strong a player Lee was at that time and how the tunes are put together by Canada's finest.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/cygnus-xi-book-ii-hemispheres-rush/

[Bilbo]

A final cut from the 1978 Rush album, 'Hemispheres', this is the classic 'The Trees' - a complete transcription.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/the-trees-rush/

[Bilbo]

Unsurprisingly, the complete set of transcription pdfs of the Geddy Lee bass parts for the 1978 Rush classic, 'Hemispheres'. Be careful out there!

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/hemispheres-full-album-rush/

[Bilbo]

From the 1986 It Bites album, 'The Big Lad In The Windmill', this is a complete transcription of Richard Nolan's bass part for the tune 'I've Got You Eating Out Of My Hand'. Some really interesting tricks and turns and a great sound, I really love his playing on this album.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/ive-got-you-eating-out-of-my-hand-it-bites/

[dmccombe7]

13 minutes ago, Bilbo said:

From the 1986 It Bites album, 'The Big Lad In The Windmill', this is a complete transcription of Richard Nolan's bass part for the tune 'I've Got You Eating Out Of My Hand'. Some really interesting tricks and turns and a great sound, I really love his playing on this album.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/ive-got-you-eating-out-of-my-hand-it-bites/

Brilliant album Cheers Rob.

 

[dmccombe7]

15 minutes ago, Bilbo said:

From the 1986 It Bites album, 'The Big Lad In The Windmill', this is a complete transcription of Richard Nolan's bass part for the tune 'I've Got You Eating Out Of My Hand'. Some really interesting tricks and turns and a great sound, I really love his playing on this album.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/ive-got-you-eating-out-of-my-hand-it-bites/

Hi Rob i already have this one downloaded so i'm guessing you've posted before.

Dave

[Bilbo]

It wasn't in my index, Dave. It's perfectly possible. 😄

[dmccombe7]

Its worth sharing twice anyways. Brilliant band, saw them support Robert Plant and met Francis Dunnery in the lounge area after their set when he came over to our table and sat with us for quite a while chatting. Terrific guy and phenomenal player.

Dave