Animated videos of james jamersons amazing motown bass lines. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. A true session giant, jamerson has played on over 30 number one records, laid down stone cold grooves for the biggest artists motown, soul and. Walking bass lines in 12 keys, techniques and exercises for the electric bass.
I cant tell you how useful and fascinating its been to have those naked jamerson bass lines. To access the quality content at cocosbassment, a small fee of. And here is a small sample of great books of transcriptions from a range of artists, many including performance and gear notes. All other use s require permission from the owner s and transcription author s. Recent transcriptions are highlighted in orange, and new transcriptions are highlighted. Bass transcription service my sheet music transcriptions. James jamerson motown bass lick in all 12 keys with tabs. This site features over 200 free pdf bass transcriptions in standard notation. Moreover, for tabbing guitars, it works really well.
Motown center was just one of the historic places my group explored over the years. James jamerson on bernadette february 29, 2016 dave speranza i came across an isolated bass recording of james jamerson on youtube recently, and decided that there couldnt be a better transcription project than that. Richard bona insta groove bass transcription richard bona just kills it every time i stumbled. Get ready is a motown song written by smokey robinson, which resulted in two hit records for the label.
Standing in the shadows of motown uk us james jamerson was basically the first electric bass virtuoso, and these transcriptions of his lines provide a great reading workout. Motown was notorious for reusing the same backing tracks for different artists, which means that the mix is often quite different. I play upright and electric bass and live in brooklyn, ny. That man was bob babbitt, who worked on many motown hits between 1966 and 1972, sharing the funk brothers bass chair with jamerson. Jan 23, 2017 my transcription of james jamersons bass line on whats going on hi, im dave. From the funkiest bass grooves to the most lyrical bass solos, from the 50s up until 2020. Next time, im going to dive into the topic of software, and what might suit you best, according. Transcribing the musical language of other musicians is one of the most positive things i ever did for my bass playing, and in this new lesson. The best part, is that you dont just have to transcribe bass lines.
Here you can find more about the best web sites that offer free and paid solo transcriptions. In this bookonline audio access pack, bass legend ron carter illustrates step by step the basic concepts of creating bass lines. From james jamerson and bootsy collins to john entwistle and flea, this book. Jamersons syncopated style frequently plays off of the bass drum, which has the effect of sounding like more notes than are actually being played. New lifts appear occasionally, so be sure to check again in the future. Plagued by alcoholism and emotional problems throughout his career, james has influenced whether they know it or not every electric bassist to ever pick up the instrument. Incidentally what software do you use to write them.
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Bass transcription of the barney miller theme some of the more fun and funky basslines, ive played over the years, transcribed to share out for educational use only not for sale. Motown bass lines in todays music love by joss stone love is a jazz song written by bert kaempfert and milt gabler for american singerpianist nat king coles 1965 album love. Constructing walking jazz bass lines book i walking bass lines the blues in 12 keys bass tab edition. We are a team of skilled, talented musicians with extensive experience and we strive to provide topnotch quality transcriptions and the best customer service. Sometimes i have difficulty extracting the bass line from a song my. This page features over 180 free bass transcriptions in standard notation.
The mac version is just hitting the app store so keep an eye out for this. His work includes motown hits such as, among hundreds of others, you cant hurry love by the supremes, my girl by the temptations, shotgun by jr. All transcriptions found on the bassment are for educational use only. Even though i specialize in transcribing and arranging music for bass guitar. The first thing is that it definitely helps knowing the tune before hand. Notefornote transcriptions of 24 classics from such greats as victor wooten, jaco pastorius, stanley clarke and james jamerson. If youre looking for bass tabs, then click here these free bass transcriptions are provided for educational use only click on the transcription title to view and download the pdf. These free bass transcriptions are provided for educational use only click on the transcription title to view and. Wide selection of free music transcriptions of bass lines to popular songs. Transcription services canada line count definition and. Just found the best bass notation site in the universe, also offering tab to the lesser bass mortals, just cannot understand why it took me so long to find you. For less than the cost of a private lesson, you can start building a library of customized transcriptions featuring your favorite bass lines and solos. Ive been transcribing 23 bass lines a week for the past semester as part of an independent study and have it down quick now.
To get some great and saddening insight into his life and work, to see how many bass players are in awe of him, and to try to keep up with some of his best bass lines including my personal favorite, the bass line to whats going on, check out this book. Bass transcription archives bass musician magazine, the. Though there are tons of tabs and transcriptions of varying quality circulating the internet of popular songs and even some lesser known songs and even songs, finding a reliable source of readable, userfriendly bass guitar transcriptions can be very difficult. Put simply, bryan bellers seminal second album rocks. Below is a comprehensive table of all free transcriptions we have available in our archive. Last weeks transcription was a live, 1973 performance of whats happening brother. Note not full songs but enough of the song transcribed to play the song. See all eric beaule bass music transcription ebooks.
This week i wanted to compare and contrast the live performance with the original 1971 version from marvin gayes whats going on album. Featuring artists such as mark king level 42, stuart zender jamiroquai, bernard edwards chic, marcus miller and more. Standard notation for over 200 songs free bass transcriptions. Jamersons ability to create variations on bassline motives and progressions is unlike any other bass player. Queen bass transcriptions are few and far between online and are usually pretty inaccurate so i decided to do my own. This transcription of greasy wheel, hosted on bryans own site, serves as a sampler for the full 140page book of transcriptions, which can be purchased from monsieur bellers digital superstore. Thriller for bass michael jacksons thriller album was a creative milestone latest willie weeks bass transcription. Aug 02, 2004 james jamerson was a genius, and hes a constant source of inspiration for this bass player. All the bass tabs and sheets are 100% customized and manually crafted by professional bass players, and the process is completely hasslefree and smoothly coordinated by our specialists. However, ive been transcribing music for many years and ive come to the conclusion that in. Exact bass transcriptions with tab for 21 bass heavy motown classics. Charles mingus tensions janek gwizdala erdnase head and bass solo janek gwizdala to begin.
Aint no mountain bass transcription james jamerson. Motown s tormented genius, james jamerson is unanimously acclaimed as the first virtuoso of the electric bass. The conference brought middle and high school teachers from all over idaho to the college of southern idaho for three days of seminars and workshops. Even though i specialize in transcribing and arranging music for bass guitar and. The bassment free bass guitar transcriptions in standard. Analysis of pitch sets, rhythmic cells and more reveals the essential character of these lines.
My top 5 essential transcription tips for bass players scotts. Audibly i am sure that the transcriptions are accurate, but i find it hard to believe that songs were played on bass in keys such as b major, eb major and db major, it. Jan 31, 2014 quality bass guitar transcriptions can be difficult things to find on the internet. The first thing that struck me was john deacons inventive and lyrical bass lines. Then get in touch about custom transcriptions at reasonable rates. Motown bass classics paperback december 1, 1998 by hal leonard corp. Words and music by the temptations backing track is synced to 105 bpm. More than 470 free transcriptions for bass and other instruments on basslessons. One trick ive used in the past for working out bass lines, is to not use a bass whilst. If you see mistakes, and there may be many, please email me and let me know. In this bass lesson, youll learn exactly how to transcribe on bass so you never.
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