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Not affiliated at all, but I've just tried LowEnd Forge (GitHub - hannes-wan/lowend-forge-official: Bass-first transcription workbench: isolate low-end audio, edit tab, review waveform and export charts.) and I was blown away with the result. I've wondered how can a bass line be completely...

I've become a huge fan of the Uruguayan musician and actor Jorge Drexler after recently seeing his performance on Austin City Limits from late 2024. Drexler is a giant in the Latin music world, and is a philosophically rich poet and lyricist whose music over the last 30 years runs the gamut of...

Hello TalkBass community! I wanted to share my latest transcription and cover of Bruno Mars' "Treasure". This track is famous for that classic, thumpy Precision Bass tone, but I wanted to see if I could emulate that "P-Bass magic" using my Fender Jazz Bass Elite. How I achieved the tone...

Are there any accurate transcriptions out there (including ones you have to pay for) of any of Mick Karn’s bass lines? The only transcription of any accuracy at all that I have found is the one of “Cantonese Boy” at basslessons.be, but it is far from ideal — there is a video tutorial for this...

I've had lots of fun transcribing this goldmine of bass action from Dave Holland on an F blues. I had learned the solo probably 30 years ago but decided to revisit it and do the entire bass line. Available for free at Store — Stephan Crump enjoy.....!

Just uploaded to my store a free transcription of this classic Ray Brown bass activity on "C Jam Blues" from the Oscar Peterson Trio "Night Train" album. Enjoy... You'll see a few other free transcriptions there that I'm rolling out, along with some of my solo bass arrangements. The next one of...

As we decorated our tree and brought out the Christmas albums over the weekend, I got my annual reminder that Stevie's "Someday at Christmas" album is probably my favorite of the bunch. Of course there's the James Brown, and...yeah, no need to decide. Along with Stevie singing in Latin on Ave...

finally got back to completing this transcription of Charlie Haden's opening solo on Body and Soul from the live duo album with Jim Hall. An absolute torrent of melodicism. I'm sharing this for free at https://www.stephancrump.com/store and I hope it inspires you to hang out with the recording...

Here's my approximate transcription of Bruce Foxton's recorded bass line on The Jam's "Beat Surrender". Unlike the other transcriptions I've posted here thus far, I didn't try to transcribe the entire bass line note-for-note. I just wanted to capture the essence of this great, upbeat tune's bass...

Here's my transcription of Horace Panter's bass line on "Gangsters" by The Specials. This one had me bouncing all around the living room. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

I was wondering if anyone would be keen to give me a hand transcribing / navigating this double bass part from Dino Saluzzi (incredible) album? so far I have got 80% down transcribed by ear, but there are some sections before the bass part repeats that I am not sure about (I am actually very...

Hi everyone, I'm a music grad from the UK that's moved from the more classical realms of piano and trumpet playing, to the more modern venture of playing bass guitar (I'm thoroughly enjoying the challenge!). Though I'm a confident reader of notation, for whatever reason, I find it considerably...

Hi everyone, Years ago, in 2013, a basschat user named Adrian Laird was kind enough to share his transcriptions of Scott Lafaro. Here is the original post : Scott LaFaro Transcriptions He had transcribed everything from the Vanguard recordings and three other tunes (Nardis, Crows Nest and the...

I have heard Suite six in both D major and G major, which version do you guys/girls/Anything else recommend?

See what you make of this. London Calling by the Clash, with and without tabs E phrygian? Eminor with a flat 2...so the F is natural.

Hi, in the old tape recorder days they had footswitches so you could stop a recording you were transcribing, write a line down and stop it without dropping your pencil. It made it easy. Is there a footswitch setup one can use today with computer or anything like that? Thanks, Charles

Hi all, I'm interested in posting one of those videos where you hear the recording and the transcription flows along while it plays. I've been doing some transcriptions and I thought I'd try to give back a little. In the past I've loved the Jazz Capacitor for example (by Dave Fink) Does anyone...

Is there a cheap (or ideally, free) way to isolate bass parts in recordings? All I want for the moment is just to be able to hear bass parts more easily so that I can learn them. The quality of the isolated track doesn't need to be great, so long as the bass can be heard more clearly. Therefore...

I have started posting some free bass transcriptions. There's only one for JLS atm, but more will come, I'm sure: Jimmie Lee Sloas | Free Bass Transcriptions

I have started posting some free bass transcriptions. There's only one for WW atm, but more will come, I'm sure: Willie Weeks | Free Bass Transcriptions

Hey TB! I dropped in to share something I've been working on as a passion project: Bass Transcriptions I have been doing these for my own use (and my students) for years. I figured now is a good time to share them. For FREE! There's just two at the moment, but I am adding them about once a...

This is Miles Davis's recording of Bye Bye Blackbird (learn about the song itself here) from his 1957 album 'Round About Midnight with Paul Chambers on bass. Along with the same group's live recording at the Newport Jazz Festival the following year, this is among the most well-known recordings...

Had to learn this so wrote it out and thought I would pass it along. Classic bar band song if you have horns and are from a certain era. Now you to can play the bass line that made Ray Parker Jr. and Columbia Records fork over $5 million bucks to Huey Lewis. Allegedly. The guitar solo doesn't...

This is the first part of Nights over Egypt by The Jones Girls, covered by Melvin Lee Davis. Nights over Egypt (1981) The second part (that I did not transcribe) is almost the same as the first but with a few more bars. Up to you to complete that bass transcription. In this transcript, if you...

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Does anyone have transcriptions of the bass lines for How Insensitive and Meditation from Aebersold Vol. 98, Jobim, or know where I can get them? I am working on it, but I need to get my bossa chops up fast for a jazz gig. I bought the book assuming they'd have the scores, but they're basically...

Dear friends A fellow member was kind enough to respond to my request for tabs to Into the Mystic. But I am hoping to get tabs with sheet music- any suggestions? Thank you

A small tribute to the remarkable playing of Joe Osborn, who we sadly lost last week: Invalid Link Removed

Wilton Felder was always great on the Jacksons' stuff. Here he is on a Christmas tune: Jackson 5 - Santa Claus is Coming to Town Bass Transcription PDF

A disco classic with some rock-solid grooves from Jimmy Williams: Invalid Link Removed

I always assumed that this was by an American band... anyway, great playing on this and the groove has a strong Jamerson aroma to it! The Real Thing - 'You To Me Are Everything' bass transcription pdf

Per this thread here, there are variety of multi-tracks floating around that enable hearing the isolated bass parts without having to sift through the mix to hear what the notes are. Here is one for the synth bass part to Madonna's Lucky Star. Example here. The raw tracks are longer than the...

Kinda a crazy part on the bridge, not as easy as it sounds and with way more going on than it seems. Lots of syncopated rhythms!

Had a request competition from my email subscribers and here's the winning entry - George Porter Jr in fine form... The Meters - 'Funkify Your Life' Transcription

Hi. Been playing for about 4 months. Beginning to get the hang of the basics. However, I don't know where to look for fitting basslines to transcribe. Does anyone have tips for albums with relatively simple basses lines that I can lean on? Both very simple lines with focus on good time and...

Leroy Hodges plays some lovely Jamerson influenced stuff on this tune: Al Green - 'Let's Stay Together' bass transcription PDF

Had this on a gig last week - it wins a prize for the worst bass fill of all time towards the end... Rascal Flatts - Bless The Broken Road Bass Transcription pdf

Not exactly rocket science, but a lot of fun to play and a nice excuse to break out the octave pedal: Bruno Mars - 'Runaway Baby' Bass Transcription PDF