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Gopher Bob
01-24-2002, 07:36 PM
Hey whats a good site with Bach Bass tabs on it?

Jay
01-24-2002, 11:28 PM
You might have a little difficulty finding Bach TaBz, but here's a site I've used for some Bach tunes. If you can't read standard notation, now's an excellent time to learn! :D

www.virtualsheetmusic.com

I highly recommend the cello suites, they're delicious. :cool:

Brad Barker
01-25-2002, 03:01 PM
there is a book published with bass in mind "JS Bach for Bass."

it includes both notation and tabz!

best of both worlds? even though that is a matter of opinion (and ours slants toward the "conservative"-tabs are bad), the tabs are sometimes unhelpful.

I play two (partita no. 3 in E and...um...another one!), and i noticed that the tab for the former had some bad "suggestions." It was easier to play certain notes on a different string/fret rather than what the tabs read.

If you get really serious into it, I would suggest taking lessons from a qualified teacher. My left hand technique dramatically improved from playing Bach, mostly due to the fingering (...) my teacher demonstrated to me.

cassanova
01-25-2002, 03:44 PM
Originally posted by Gopher Bob
Hey whats a good site with Bach Bass tabs on it?

Tabz for Bach!! :eek: he's gotta be rolling over in his grave now.

ChaosGwar
01-26-2002, 02:35 AM
Originally posted by bassbrobrad
there is a book published with bass in mind "JS Bach for Bass."

it includes both notation and tabz!


I just got this book, and although I haven't tried any of the pieces in it yet, I'm looking forward to trying it out this weekend.

But, IMO, for $12.95 for ten J. S. Bach pieces and an included CD, it's not a bad price.

Showdown
01-26-2002, 02:53 AM
Originally posted by ChaosGwar


I just got this book, and although I haven't tried any of the pieces in it yet, I'm looking forward to trying it out this weekend.

But, IMO, for $12.95 for ten J. S. Bach pieces and an included CD, it's not a bad price.


I got the book for free from a friend several years ago. I learned one piece from it and play it all the time for warming up. It was written for violin, and when I played the original for my wife (from a Bach CD we have) she said it was so fast that I'd never be able to play it on bass at full speed. I proved her wrong. Now when I can play it at full speed, I know I'm warmed up and ready to play.

yawnsie
01-28-2002, 05:51 PM
Paging Dave Grossman...

Actually, if you must have Bach tabz, www.activebass.com has quite a few, which I must confess I have used before in the past.