Looking for a few transcriptions

[bopeuph]

Picked up by a party band, and they sent a massive list of songs. I've been going through them, but there's a handful I don't either have or can't find super easily. I've searched the internet, and these just don't have easily accessible transcriptions I know I can sightread on the gig with no mistakes.

I can easily transcribe these, but I don't want to spend the few hours doing the rest of these tunes if I don't have to. And I need to start getting ready for the next gig. Anybody have master rhythm charts or bass parts for these? I don't really read tablature, so if that's all you have, I'd be rewriting it, anyway.

Your Song - Elton John
Bottoms Up
Cupid Shuffle
Empire State of Mind
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Mezinka (Jewish traditional)
Old Town Road
Party in the USA
Party Rock
Push It
Tearin’ Up My Heart
Truth Hurts
We Found Love
Wobble

Most of these are pretty simple, but if I can minimize the work needed to write out or even memorize these, that would be awesome. I just spent the day yesterday organizing over 150 songs that are also on this list, and these are just the last few I don't have.

If you have a musicxml or notation program version, that would be great, too! I can always tweak those to my tablet easier.

 

[pmatz2]

From @Constantine - girls just wanna have fun
It we be great if you could share the charts you already have.

 

[bopeuph]

It we be great if you could share the charts you already have.

I have hundreds (if not thousands) of transcriptions. Some are mine, many are after tons of digging. I would have to be careful due to copyright issues. But If there's anything you need, I may have.

I just can't exactly share Duck Dunn or James Jamerson transcriptions. I definitely would have some contractual issues there.

 

[Fr Peyratout]

Hi,
Here's Your Song transcribed by Jeremie Vinet on his youtube channel

 

[pmatz2]

I have hundreds (if not thousands) of transcriptions. Some are mine, many are after tons of digging. I would have to be careful due to copyright issues. But If there's anything you need, I may have.

I just can't exactly share Duck Dunn or James Jamerson transcriptions. I definitely would have some contractual issues there.

If you have something that you have done and like, that's always a good one to share. I just posted Betty Davis - Your Mama Wants ya back on my website. On a side note I really enjoy your book and the included transcriptions. Had the pleasure of meeting Duck Dunn at the Lakland 10th Anniversary Master Class.

 

[biobass]

I’m often in the situation like yours where I have to learn an enormous amount of material in a very short time. As a matter of fact, I played a gig last Friday that was mostly 80’s style smooth jazz/pop (George Benson, Grover Washington Jr, Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker, etc.) plus about half the material was original music written by the band leader. There were only two songs on the entire set list that I had ever played before, and both were standards - Georgia and In A Sentimental Mood. Thank goodness for the charts the BL had and the transcriptions I found on line. I had one rehearsal and a week to acquaint myself with the material.

For more rock and pop stuff, there is a website, MusicNotesLib.com, that I find can be useful in situations like these. It is a compilation site of mostly guitar and bass tabs, but also in many cases piano “scores” with most of the instrumental parts written in standard notation. Look for a song, then within that song look for links to piano. Usually, it starts out in orchestral style scoring in concert pitch. But if you scroll through the pages listed at the bottom, most often you can find the individual instrument parts written in transposed form. I then copy the pages into Word, then save them as PDFs for use in either UnRealBook or ForScore.

They are sometimes (often?) not exact transcriptions, but frequently they are close enough to get you started. If there are multiple piano links, look at all of them to see which one is best.

I have no idea where these transcriptions come from, but they have saved me from having to start transcribing myself from scratch. I would like to thank those anonymous musician donors.

Also, search this forum. Many of the most popular cover band songs have been transcribed and generously made available by our fellow TB members - especially ChrisDev - and many others including Tom Read, a bassist from the UK, who has made 100s of his transcriptions available. Thank you to both Chris, Tom, and all the others who share their work!!

If you find that someone has provided transcriptions that are useful, i’m sure that a small donation through their website would be appreciated.

Good luck.

 

[bopeuph]

Yeah, usually I would google something like "born to run bass transcription pdf" and if it exists, I'll get a hit. A lot of times I get tablature at the top, meaning it's time to start transcribing.

I always thought by now I'd basically have everything I'd ever need in a transcription, but every band throws some curve balls.