I just finished a transcription of Chuck Rainey's Bass line. Would anyone mind doing a little proofreading? There is no tab, just standard notation. Any comments would be helpful. Thanks!
Matt
Matt
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Josie transcription
- Thread starter melkinsbass
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Absolutely! Thanks for taking the time to look it over. There was some things I was on the fence about, and would love to hear your views.
Maybe I'm hearing this differently, but in the figure in Bar 39 (and later occurrences), the second E I play as a B, creating a 3-note whole-step scale, rather than bouncing back down to the E.
You may want to put a key signature: Either Em with 1 sharp, or E with 4 sharps. Or, you can just make it easy to read with 3 sharps.
Beats per second = 124
Bar 16 - The 1/16 note should be an A or a dead note. And the 1/8 note at the end of the bar is a D.
Bar 19 and in many places - He holds the low E note a little longer on beat 1. So, I don't think there is a 1/4 note rest in this bar. I think it's better with a dotted 1/4 and 1/8 note rest. And throughout the piece, the low E on beat 1 is at least a dotted 1/4.
Bar 20 - The two 1/8 note Ds should be a single 1/4 note. Or, tie them together.
Bar 34 - Maybe those high notes need to be pops.
Bar 39 - I think you have bar 39 correct, I slowed it down to 70% and bumped it up an octave and he is definitely playing a low E there.
Beats per second = 124
Bar 16 - The 1/16 note should be an A or a dead note. And the 1/8 note at the end of the bar is a D.
Bar 19 and in many places - He holds the low E note a little longer on beat 1. So, I don't think there is a 1/4 note rest in this bar. I think it's better with a dotted 1/4 and 1/8 note rest. And throughout the piece, the low E on beat 1 is at least a dotted 1/4.
Bar 20 - The two 1/8 note Ds should be a single 1/4 note. Or, tie them together.
Bar 34 - Maybe those high notes need to be pops.
Bar 39 - I think you have bar 39 correct, I slowed it down to 70% and bumped it up an octave and he is definitely playing a low E there.
Looks very good. Back in the days of my youth(mutter that sounds like 25 years ago), I played that in a few bands. It is interesting to see someone transcribe it. OK, so to my comment, on bars 9 to 10, on that 2 note slide, we did that sliding the D sharp to E, but using the E string from the 11th fret to 12th using our thumb. I write this as I do not have software able do this any better than hand written and scanning. However, the only video I saw of him playing seems to be the way you have it, so I may be wrong. This would be also in bar 36, etc. You know the part, try it.
Thanks for all the comments! I've been busy with work and had jury duty, so I haven't been able to reply back. I should be able to go over it tonight and comment back.
