Kaye Bass Lines 1 - 6

[austinrick]

I'm just starting into the full set of Carol Kaye's "Electric Bass Lines" No. 1 (1969) -- 6 (1980) that I picked up on eBay last week for not much dinero. I feel like I scored a big piece of bass guitar history!

There is no tab anywhere; every note is shown in conventional notation. I assume tab existed 40 years ago, so this is more likely the mark of a good teacher.

 

[Thuddy Waters]

View attachment 948833 I'm just starting into the full set of Carol Kaye's "Electric Bass Lines" No. 1 (1969) -- 6 (1980) that I picked up on eBay last week for not much dinero. I feel like I scored a big piece of bass guitar history!

There is no tab anywhere; every note is shown in conventional notation. I assume tab existed 40 years ago, so this is more likely the mark of a good teacher.

I recently bought those books too. She sells them directly from her house, so they come out of the package smelling of her perfume. I'm working through her book How to Play the Electric Bass right now. I love it because it's full of so many great lines.

 

[inanimate_carb]

TAB wasn't a thing when Carol originally wrote these books. If you want to get persnickety, there was tab-like music for lutes hundreds of years ago, but TAB as we know it really took root in the 80's with the hair metal stuff.

 

[dtripoli]

TAB wasn't a thing when Carol originally wrote these books. If you want to get persnickety, there was tab-like music for lutes hundreds of years ago, but TAB as we know it really took root in the 80's with the hair metal stuff.

Seriously, there is tab for Lutes?
Damn, and all this time I've been struggling with sheet music for my awesome Lute solos during our Motown set.
I was a fan of Carols before I knew who Carol was. I just liked the simple but spot on bass lines she played.
It wasn't until later that I discovered who was playing on all those hits.