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Grease

dravyn

dravyn

Jul 8, 2004
20
15
Newcastle, Australia
#1
Hi All,

Does anyone know where I can get my hands on a score, sheet music, or last resort tabs for the bass guitar for all of the songs in Grease (that have a bass in them)? I'm happy to buy a copy online, I just can't find one! I've looked all over, perhaps i'm looking in the wrong spots.

Many thanks,
Michael.
 
#9
The only way to get that is to find someone who has played the show and copied the music. I don't have a copy, but the music isn't that difficult. Most players who read well can sight read that show. Lot's of 50's I-iv-IV-V-I stuff.
 
#10
BassChuck said:
The only way to get that is to find someone who has played the show and copied the music. I don't have a copy, but the music isn't that difficult. Most players who read well can sight read that show. Lot's of 50's I-iv-IV-V-I stuff.
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Thanks :) I've only been playing for a few months, i'm not quite up to doing it by ear yet :) I'm amazed though that there aren't (well, that I can find) any tabs for the music given it's popularity.

Cheers,
Michael.
 
#11
I have played the Grease musical, but using my own notes. Sorry I don't have them anymore.
Indeed a part is simple Rock & Roll tunes, but the famous songs (you're the one that I want, grease, hopelessly devoted) are actually quite advanced.
Just listen to that 'you're the one' bassline. Hats off if you can do that with only a few months of experience.
 
#12
dravyn said:
Thanks :) I've only been playing for a few months, i'm not quite up to doing it by ear yet :) I'm amazed though that there aren't (well, that I can find) any tabs for the music given it's popularity.

Cheers,
Michael.
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It's very unlikely you'll find tabs to musical theater music. There are books with the vocal part and piano accompaniment, but they will only be the major songs, not the lesser known and certainly not any of the incidental music. Playing for musicals is NOT the same as playing a set list for a bar band. It's a whole lot closer to playing opera or symphonic music, even the shows in rock style. Reading standard notation is the way it's done. There are some shows (only a few) you can get by without really reading well, and "Grease" is one of them. "Rent" may be the most difficult show to play and there's no way you can do that, as it's supposed to be done, without reading. And BTW, if you get a cast recording of the a show (any show) it will only have about 80% of the music you'll be required to play AND the music that comes from the rental agency just might be a different version or not the original, but a revival, and the whole thing could be very different. This is a different world than Rock and Roll. The book IS the show. Recordings are just what happened at one time.

Some advice to you. Get off the tabs ASAP and learn to read standard notation. Even you never play another musical, you'll be glad you spent the time and effort to learn to read music.
 
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Those lines are mixed very prominently.

Bass in lap, pen and manuscript on the table, and transcribe them. The other thing you'll accomplish, is ear training.

It wasn't that long ago, that this was the ONLY way to learn songs you liked.
 

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