Featured bass transcriptions

 
 

Bass Transcription: Vulfpeck – Dean Town

 
 

Bass Transcription: Dua Lipa – ‘Levitating’

 
 

Bass Transcription: Sade – ‘Smooth Operator’

 
 

Bass Transcription: David Bowie – ‘China Girl’

 
 

Bass Transcription: McFadden & Whitehead – ‘Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now’

 
 

Bass Transcription: Clean Bandit – ‘Rather Be’


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Groove of the Week

Groove Of The Week #56: Don Blackman – ‘Yabba Dabba Doo’

Don Blackman’s debut album (1982’s Don Blackman) is one of a handful of discs that falls into the category of ‘Records I Wish I’d Discovered 10 Years Earlier’, along with Donny Hathaway’s Extension…

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Groove Of The Week #55: Incognito – ‘Colibri’

If there was one album that irreversibly changed the course of my bass playing at a pivotal point in my development, then it was Incognito’s Tribes, Scribes and Vibes (1992). My first term…

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Groove Of The Week #54: Snarky Puppy – ‘Quarter Master’

The bass groove that serves as the introduction to ‘Quarter Master’ grabbed my attention the first time I heard it way back in 2012 and it’s been on my transcription to-do list ever…

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Groove Of The Week #53: Q-Tip – ‘WeFight/WeLove’

Raphael Saadiq might not be a household name in the bass community, but the bass has been at the heart of the singer and multi-instrumentalist’s diverse career from the very beginning. At the…

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Gear and advice

Boss BF-2 Flanger Bass Demo

Boss BF-2 Flanger Bass Demo

When to say ‘NO’ to gigs (Gigonomics 101)

When to say ‘NO’ to gigs (Gigonomics 101)

MXR M288 Bass Octave Deluxe

MXR M288 Bass Octave Deluxe

Is the Boss OC-2 still the best analogue octave pedal?

Is the Boss OC-2 still the best analogue octave pedal?

“No Need for 5-Strings if You’re Good Enough.”

“No Need for 5-Strings if You’re Good Enough.”

DOD FX25 Envelope Filter

DOD FX25 Envelope Filter


Lessons

How Joe Dart Got His Groove

How Joe Dart Got His Groove

100 Albums In A Year?

100 Albums In A Year?

10 Years to Learn a Lick?

10 Years to Learn a Lick?

Taking the Sting out of Odd-Meter Playing

Taking the Sting out of Odd-Meter Playing

5 Wonder-ful Pentatonic Unisons

5 Wonder-ful Pentatonic Unisons

Double Bass Technique on the Electric Bass

Double Bass Technique on the Electric Bass