looking for bass chart without tab

[nicopiano]

Hello,

I'm sure a few of you got the same problem.

I don't like to read bass chart with tab because:

- Most of the time I don't look at the tab section anyway
- I want to avoid too many page turning
- I want to upgrade my sight reading

I found a few good charts from some friends bass player, and a few for free on bass lessons website, but not much.

I don't mind to pay for quality charts without tab.

Do you know how I can get plenty of bass charts without tab? I like to play every style of music, including pop, rock, jazz, funk, latin, disco, ...

Thank you for you help.

 

[MalcolmAmos]

Hello, I'm sure a few of you got the same problem. I don't like to read bass chart with tab because:

- Most of the time I don't look at the tab section anyway
- I want to avoid too many page turning
- I want to upgrade my sight reading
.

I do not like tabs, either. Besides standard notation sheet music what else is there?

• Lead sheet which will have the treble clef, lyrics, chord name, but no bass clef.
  
• Fake chord will have lyrics and chord name. You decide what bass line fits for each chord.
  
• Nashville numbers will have chord numbers with little abbreviated notations but nothing else.
  
• I use a combination of fake chord and Nashville numbers; changing the chord name to Nashville numbers. This gives me the lyrics to help with when the chord changes are coming up and with the lyrics I can sing along (under my breath) with the vocalist which also helps me with where everyone is in the song. Nashville numbers and the major scale box, which I rely upon, go hand in hand.

Once you move away from standard notation the above methods will do little for your sight reading....
If you want to "read" the bass clef, standard notation is all I can think of that has the bass clef. And then, yes, standard notation sheet music is hard to find on a lot of the covers we play. You are a keyboard player, use your piano sheet music, this will have the bass clef. With piano sheet music the lower ledger notes will be a problem unless you have a 5 string bass - E is as low as you can go unless you compensate by moving up.

 

[Deathblade Eric]

Try here:

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[lyla1953]

I had some problems this morning getting the link to the transcripts (links didn't work due to address not found). I sent a note to the author.

 

[nicopiano]

Try here:

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Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for.

 

[nicopiano]

You can also PM me if you got something that is not on the web.