Theory and Technique

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1. Transcriptions for bass (notations / tablatures)

   By Sté, Saturday at 23:46
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   • Sté
   • 12 hours ago

2. Steeleye Span's "All Around My Hat" transcription?

   By Rosie C, December 10
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   • Rosie C
   • December 10

3. Is this difficult to play? Is it unnecessarily complicated?

   By bass_dinger, December 6
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   • bass_dinger
   • December 7

4. View To A Trill

   By mike f, December 4
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   • mike f
   • December 8

5. Simple exercise “make 8th’s on the root feel good”

   By MyNameIsMark, November 30
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   • chris_b
   • November 30

6. Updated bass tab site, replacing old Beatles bass tab books with new tabs from many artists

   By pajc72, November 23
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   • Saturday at 09:57

7. changing rh muting technique after 20 years (need help)

   By pandemonium, November 21
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   • paul_5
   • November 21

8. Four Play - Licorice

   By vmaxblues, November 12
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   • vmaxblues
   • November 12

9. Arpeggio book recommendations please

   By essexbasscat, November 6
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   • essexbasscat
   • November 7

10. Stew's Transcriptons

    By stewblack, October 29
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    • stewblack
    • December 5

11. Downtuning to D and muddy tone

    By dave74200, October 25
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    • Musicman666
    • October 25

12. STUDY GROUP: Topics In Jazz Bass Volume 1: Harmony, by Danny Ziemann 1 2

    By Rob MacKillop, October 16
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    • November 14

13. Anyone Studying Danny Ziemann’s Books?

    By Rob MacKillop, October 15
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    • Rob MacKillop
    • October 21

14. Learn Jaco-Style Harmonics

    By greghagger, September 13   

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    • September 13

15. Doobie Bros - Can someone please transcribe this (in tab) for me?

    By cetera, September 1   

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    • hiram.k.hackenbacker
    • September 1

16. Carol Kaye Groove Technique

    By greghagger, August 30   

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    • August 30

17. How many hours do people practice? 1 2

    By Bassbooksbikes, August 23
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    • basexperience
    • November 21

18. Jaco Arpeggio Exercise - Great For Technique

    By greghagger, August 16   

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    • greghagger
    • August 17

19. Rest stroke and octaves

    By wintoid, August 11
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    • wintoid
    • August 13

20. Is This ‘Mind Bending Exercise’ A Fraud?

    By greghagger, August 2   

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    • August 2

21. Learn This James Jamerson Technique

    By greghagger, July 19   

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    • July 19

22. Pick and Fingers!

    By dave74200, June 20
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    • Wombat
    • July 9

23. Why were older basslines so much more interesting? 1 2

    By Stub Mandrel, June 16
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    • BigRedX
    • September 24

24. Switching From Fingerstyle To Pick

    By greghagger, June 14   

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    • FretsOnFire
    • October 3

25. Unlocking Linear Pentatonics

    By greghagger, May 31   

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    • May 31