Used To Be a Cha Cha Solo

[Coeball]

I have been working on this song for a while and am having really difficulty getting my head around the bass solo. Any help and adivce would be appreciated.

[Kobaia]

!Slow down and transcribe with Roni Music software - slow down the speed of music without changing the pitch

[beelzelboss]

Audacity also slows down the song!

[Fishbrain]

I got 'A Portrait of Jaco' by Sean Malone which has the whole thing transcribed, worth a look!

[Coeball]

Originally Posted by Fishbrain

I got 'A Portrait of Jaco' by Sean Malone which has the whole thing transcribed, worth a look!

Thanks I am learing it as an ear training exercise, so don't want to have any music in front of me. The method that is working best so far is putting the solo into audacity and inserting gaps inbetween each phrase, but leaving it at the normal speed. I had considered slowing down until Janek Gwizdala advised me against this in a recent "webinar". He said slowing down the song hinders your progress in learning to make sense of fast material.

Thanks to everyone for the help and advice thus far.

[Mr Guy]

I remember using a turntable to learn this lol.
I got real good at being able to drop the needle right at the phrase I was learning. Wore out three copies this way! I believe I also destroyed 4 different cassette players with "stop - rewind - play".
One note at a time works, takes a while and dedication but worth it.