Bilbo Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 Jon Poole again; At The End Of The World of th Lifesigns 'Live In London' DVD. Not entirely accurate as some of the parts of a bit mad and off piste and difficult to hear even with Transcribe software but there is enough here for folk to play the tune. No video of this version on YouTube as far as I can see but this is the original track. Lifesigns At The End Of The World.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 Geddy Lee's bass part on 'Show Don't Tell' from the Presto CD Show Don't Tell - Rush.pdf 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 Jeff Andrews on Mike Stern's 'Sunnyside' Sunnyside - Jeff Andrews.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 Ben Allison's version of We've Only Just Begun. The video is a live version whilst the transcription is off the recording. It's a really interesting approach. Only Just Begun.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 Benny Reitveld on Santana's 'Smooth' Benny Reitveld - Smooth.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 Paul Chambers' bass solo on the Curtis Fuller version of 'Seeing Red' - starts around 4:51 Seeing Red.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisDev Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Thank you for all the transcriptions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 39 minutes ago, ChrisDev said: Thank you for all the transcriptions! You are welcome. Some of them have been lying around for years and I have posted them in case they may be of use to others. Seems a waste otherwise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) A three bar transcription. Richard Bona 'Mbanga Kumba' off his Celebration CD. The lick is at 1.25, where the fast ride comes in. When you can play these three bars, give me a shout and I will transcribe another three. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SGuP9knrPc Mbanga Kumba - Bona.pdf Edited January 24, 2020 by Bilbo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 Damaged In Transit 8 - Steve Swallow - sorry, no youtube version Damaged in Transit - bass.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 Steve Swallow - Wrong Together (opening solo - 18 bars). No recording available for uploading. Wrong Together - Steve Swallow.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 Latin in 5:4. 😎 This is the bass part to the Alegre Correa Sextett version of 'Quinta Da Pontal' from his album 'Negra Coracao'. The bass player on the recording is Ronaldo Gringo Saggiorato. The version posted here is not the version I have transcribed which is available on Spotify but not YouTube. This bass player on this version is Eduardo Machato. I posted this so you could hear the main ostinato that the whole tune is built around. Quinta Da Pontal - bass - Full Score.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 Some more Latin - this time a transcription of the bass part to Tres Deseos by Ednita Nazario. This is an old transcription I did off a compilation CD I have. The version attached is not the same one so the details are different but it gives you an idea of what the groove should feel like. I love this stuff. Tres Deseos - Ednita Nazario.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 I just noticed that I have posted Wrong Together twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 (edited) Three decades in the making. I have been promising myself I would do this since the 1990s. Geddy Lee's part for YYZ. Most of it is mine but I did cross refer to a few other transcriptions for 'those' licks. We were mostly in agreement (Geddy double tracked the parts and dropped in for the solo licks and so there are odd things happening when you slow things down). YYZ - Rush.pdf Edited January 26, 2020 by Bilbo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnyman Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I’ve just taken a proper look at this - wow, what a great resource! Thanks, @Bilbo, this will help me develop my reading skills enormously! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 That's always been my intention. I always thought that there was not enough interesting source material for developing readers so decided to post stuff I had already done. Now I am transcribing specifically to post as a means of encouraging people to learn to read. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 (edited) Jon Poole with Lifesigns again. This one is called 'Voice In My Head' from their 'Live In London' dvd'. A couple of inaccurate bars but it's mostly there. I cannot find a video of this one so you will have to look it up elsewhere. Voice In My Head.pdf Edited January 31, 2020 by Bilbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 Jeff Berlin's bass parts to Bill Bruford's 'Either End Of August' off his 'Feels Good To Me' album. It is in 5:4, 6:4 and 4:4 😎 I was a massive Jeff Berlin fan in those days, right up until his Champions and Pump It albums but he lost me after that as his sound lost it's guts. He always strikes me as the kind of artist that really needs a strong producer to temper his worst excesses. This on is not hard to read or to play and has nothing 'chopsy' about it. Just a beautiful tune with a lovely bass part. I always think it sounds fretless but he always said he never played fretless so I don't know. Either End Of August - Jeff Berlin Bass Part.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 Jeff Berlin again: 'Feels Good To Me' from the Bill Bruford album of the same name. Full bass part. Dots but no chords. Feels Good To Me.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 I have decided that this is not the best way to make these transcriptions available to the world so I am in the process of setting up a dedicated website for them, much like the other people on here have done. I am in discussions with a web designer as we speak as my web based IT skills don't go as far as they should so watch out for The Return of Bilbo's Bass Transcription Archive. I envisage uploading the above 57 transcriptions and then adding to it from there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 This is a transcription of Jeff Berlin's beautiful bass playing on the track 'Palewell Park' from the Bruford album 'Gradually Going Tornado'. This one took me three days and I am still not entirely convinced about the chords. Palewell Park.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drax Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 What a beautiful track - not heard that before. Cracking transcription - can see why it took so long. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 My proposed website will be called Bilbo's Bass Bites. It is being worked on as we speak and will open with all of the above transcriptions. Still working on the format but it's all good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philparker Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Great Work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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