Jolltax Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 I am a beginner and trying to wean myself off TAB and use 'proper' music notation. Based on my teachers recommendation I have been working my way through the Hal Leonard Bass Method which I have found useful (especially the accompanied pieces). My sight reading is making decent progress. I mainly like contemporary music (soul, rock, some blues). When I practice after working on my latest page of Hal Leonard I like to chill out by trying to play along with my favourites on Youtube (e.g. currently trying to learn 'Its my life' by Talk Talk which so far I can only play at 75% speed and 'Aint no love in the Heart of the City' Black Pumas version 🙃). The issue is that its amazing how many songs I can find in TAB format but I am finding it challenging trying to find contemporary stuff in sheet music format. I don't necessarily expect it to be free, and don't mind paying for it. I wonder if there is a music publisher online selling sheet music for stuff like this? My question is : Could anyone recommend a good source of sheet music or good compilation books for Bass beginners who want to play contemporary music? J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Have you looked through here, Chris has some excellent music 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolltax Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 50 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: Have you looked through here, Chris has some excellent music 🙂 Wow, I completely missed those, thank you - its a lot to go through, fantastic. I will make a donation Is there an easy way to download them ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKenrick Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 10 hours ago, Jolltax said: I am a beginner and trying to wean myself off TAB and use 'proper' music notation. Based on my teachers recommendation I have been working my way through the Hal Leonard Bass Method which I have found useful (especially the accompanied pieces). My sight reading is making decent progress. I mainly like contemporary music (soul, rock, some blues). When I practice after working on my latest page of Hal Leonard I like to chill out by trying to play along with my favourites on Youtube (e.g. currently trying to learn 'Its my life' by Talk Talk which so far I can only play at 75% speed and 'Aint no love in the Heart of the City' Black Pumas version 🙃). The issue is that its amazing how many songs I can find in TAB format but I am finding it challenging trying to find contemporary stuff in sheet music format. I don't necessarily expect it to be free, and don't mind paying for it. I wonder if there is a music publisher online selling sheet music for stuff like this? My question is : Could anyone recommend a good source of sheet music or good compilation books for Bass beginners who want to play contemporary music? J Much as I hate being self-serving... my website exists for this very purpose: https://freebasstranscriptions.com/transcriptions/ I struggled to find suitable songs to teach to younger students without resorting to TAB, so I started writing things out for them. There's very little in the way of books for sale in notation only-format, because it massively reduces the commercial appeal. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 (edited) Enjoy..... https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/ Edited October 7, 2021 by Bilbo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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