Bass Guitar Section
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Some Charts/Transcriptions |
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Written by Vince Waldon
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Monday, 04 June 2012 |
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One of the best ways I've discovered to teach myself the bass is to transcribe the great work of other bass players or to write charts from original chord changes. What follows are pdfs of some of my attempts.
PLEASE NOTE: these arrangements/transcriptions were undertaken as a learning exercise and are FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY. All rights remain with the original composer(s), and any transcription will be removed immediately if any composer contacts me with a concern.
Comments/suggestions/corrections also welcomed. 
Joy Spring - walking bass chart for the Clifford Brown jazz vocal classic, as sung by Manhattan Transfer
Embraceable You - bass chart for the Jay Althouse arrangement of a George and Ira Gershwin favorite
I'll See It Through- classic 12 bar swing blues by Colin James , with Norm Fisher on bass. 1999
Jazz Exsultate - simple bass chart for a John Purifoy tune
Shed A Little Light - simple bass chart for a James Taylor classic
Snowfall -- easy bass chart for Claude Thornhill's swing ballad, as arranged by Roger Emerson and performed by Manhatten Transfer
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Last Updated ( Friday, 08 June 2012 )
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Bass Players I Listen To, in awe ! |
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Written by Vince Waldon
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Saturday, 14 February 2009 |
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It all started with Stanley Clark
- Jaco Pastorus (Weather Report)
- Ralphe Armstrong (Jean-Luc Ponty)
- Chuck Rainey (Steely Dan)
- Marcus Miller (Miles Davis)
- Victor Wooten (Bela Fleck and the Flecktones)
- Louis Johnson (Brothers Johnson)
- Les Claypool(Oysterhead)
- Sting (The Police)
- Robert Duck Dunn (Blues Brothers)
- Charlie Haden(Pat Metheny)
- Anthony Jackson (Weather Report)
- Paul Jackson (Herbie Hancock)
- Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell)
- Charles Mingus
- John Patitucci (Chick Corea's Elektric Band)
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 29 September 2009 )
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Written by Vince Waldon
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Saturday, 14 February 2009 |
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Unlike other areas of my life I'm not much of a gadget freak when it comes to my rig:
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1976 Fender Jazz Bass
- Seymour Duncan 3 way active preamp with funk button
- DL "Fat Beams" 45 series strings .045/.065/.085/.105
- Beaver Creek acoustic travel bass
- Ibanez compression pedal
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Zoom 502 effects pedal
- Eno digital tuner
- Fender Bassman 150 amp for gigging
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Crate practice amp, rarely turned on unless the house is otherwise empty
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Mackie 402 mixer, for play-alongs
- AudioTron MP3 streamer, to play the tunes
- Alesis SR-16 drum machine, to practice playing in the pocket
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Sennheiser HD-440 II headphones for practice... most of which I do late at night ;-)
- Guitar Pro 6 for grabbing charts off UG
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Finale Allegretto for scoring, practice scales, etc
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Last Updated ( Friday, 11 November 2011 )
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