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Great site for understanding Arabic scales & Rhythms. So if you want to put something exotic into your compositions give it a go. [url="http://www.maqamworld.com/"]http://www.maqamworld.com/[/url] Garry

[quote name='Gareth Hughes' post='1232499' date='May 15 2011, 10:01 PM']Pretty cool, IMO. I know I've been stumped a few times and always felt a right noob not knowing what was going on. I know there will be times that this will be invaluable.[/quote] Just been having another look, really in depth stuff going on there. Garry

Some might find this useful, Some might find it complete Tom Tit. On line Music dictionary. [url="http://www.dolmetsch.com/defso.htm"]http://www.dolmetsch.com/defso.htm[/url]

[quote name='jakesbass' post='1230904' date='May 14 2011, 01:06 PM']Absolutely [/quote] I know that in Finale it is a pig to get 6/4 to tie dotted sixteen notes. Perhaps a Cuban version of Finale might do it easily enough.. Garry

[quote name='phil625sxc' post='1230909' date='May 14 2011, 01:15 PM']here's the chart I'm working from - enjoy ! [attachment=79870:Not_Yet___016_Bass.pdf][/quote] Thats the [written] version that i have noticed seems to pop up - Thanks for the chart Garry

[quote name='jakesbass' post='1230890' date='May 14 2011, 12:38 PM']I always hate chipping in because it's so hard not to sound snotty.... BUT the rhythm you have used in the 6 4 bars is not what is on the version I have, and even if it were, as a reader I hate it when people write dotted quavers across a stem line, it's really easy to lose a sense of one when you can't see the the beginning of the beat, so I regard joining quavers with dots rather tan ties the cheapest way to write and the most expensive way to read. I'll post my version in a bit. Otherwise great tho.[/quote] To be fair Jake - sometimes its down to the Score software [and if he is new to that programme] But otherwise i agree with you... Always better on the eyes if you use dotted quavers and tied semi quavers across the beat. No need to make something hard even harder. Thanks Michel for the part. Garry

Here is the long version with the refrain at the start. Written straight out - IE no key signature. Its in the written key F minor [Ab] Watch out for the key change at the chorus. [attachment=79698:STREET_L...Bass_Gtr.pdf] Garry

Prat Bass.... Garry

[quote name='wal4string' post='1154115' date='Mar 8 2011, 06:22 PM']Hi guys the site link is no longer available. I like others are still searching for a good transcription of "Do I Do" so if anyone has it please can you post. Many Thanks Managed to find the moved site, its now [url="http://www.arcellussykesmusic.com/index.php?/transcriptions/"]http://www.arcellussykesmusic.com/index.php?/transcriptions/[/url] some great transcriptions there. But the transcription is the same as I have seen before, still looking for the Bass Player June 2010 version. Can't even seem to buy a back issue.[/quote] Thanks for the link - some interesting stuff there. Garry

[quote name='chris_b' post='1226054' date='May 10 2011, 12:24 PM']Tell that to Slam Stewart, Ray Brown and Charlie Mingus![/quote] +1 Garry

[quote name='Dave Vader' post='1225974' date='May 10 2011, 11:08 AM']Bass solos are dull[/quote] I usually find its the Bassist soloing that is dull, not the actual solo aspect of it. Bassists by nature seem to be un melodic, and are not lyrical in their approach. [Not all of course] They tend to play everything in scale form , going up and down as fast as they can because it possibly falls under the fingers. Using larger intervals seems to pass them by, of course this might be because cross string playing can be harder to achieve in a fluent way on the Bass. A bass player winging a solo [mainly because they don't know what they are doing, or why they are doing it] is no different to bad guitar solos, Bad horn solos - or even worse the likes of Nigel Kennedy straying from their classical environment and having a go at improvising. So its possibly not the type/what Instrument - but the player who spews out a bad solo. Some people just seem to be more melodic than others when pulling off a solo [any instrument] Not to say you can not learn to be melodic - and a lot of players do learn over time. Garry

[quote name='ZMech' post='1225259' date='May 9 2011, 04:29 PM']Is the dude at 0:59 just noodling around practising for the next song then? [/quote] On that Promo video - it looks like 'the Dude' Nathan Watts is playing 'Superstition' However on the studio version 'The Dude in question' ain't playing nowt. Another Dude [In this case Stevie Wonder] is playing - Keyboard Bass, who apart from writing and singing great songs, Had a nose for a melodic nifty left hand Bass line... Sorry, i thought everyone had a good idea of that. No offence intended of course. Garry

Money - and lots of it. Garry

[quote name='TomKent' post='1222715' date='May 6 2011, 11:01 PM']Cheers man The tempo is slightly slower because my wrists have been giving me hell the past few days and any faster would've killed me. Just looked at Kontact, blooming expensive but knowing them it's worth it.[/quote] Tom - sounds good. I use Kontakt 4.2, its the way to go. Huge amount of libraries out there that sound pretty much spot on. As far as Pop/Jazz horns go, there are four really worth a look. Not just for the sounds but also for the articulations [thats what makes them come alive and more realistic/usable] Word of warning - it gets expensive...so if its just for re doing the Chicken, I would stick with General MIdi sounds Check out the Demo sounds Garritan Jazz & Big Band [come with own sample/patch player] [url="http://www.garritan.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144&Itemid=56"]http://www.garritan.com/index.php?option=c...4&Itemid=56[/url] Mojo Horns [url="http://www.vir2.com/instruments/mojo-horn-section"]http://www.vir2.com/instruments/mojo-horn-section[/url] Chris hein horns [url="http://www.chrishein.net/CHH%20V1.5/chhv1_productsite.htm"]http://www.chrishein.net/CHH%20V1.5/chhv1_productsite.htm[/url] A oldie but still going strong - [you would need to convert in Kontakt format - but Kontakt 4 does this from within] [url="http://avaxhome.ws/software/software_type/multimedia/Pro_Audio_Plugins/east_west_quantum_leap_brass_akai.html"]http://avaxhome.ws/software/software_type/...brass_akai.html[/url] Garry

[quote name='Mornats' post='1222113' date='May 6 2011, 12:00 PM']Will doing it this way (panning one track left and the other right) essentially put the guitar track back in the middle?[/quote] Also try nudging one of the tracks a few milliseconds behind the other, nice natural delay sound. Garry

[quote name='blamelouis' post='1220203' date='May 4 2011, 07:55 PM']Love that mate cheers ![/quote] Worth checking the albums out, very punchy sound, great playing with superb arrangements. Garry

[quote name='PeteinKent' post='1219393' date='May 4 2011, 12:42 AM']I have nothing against Jazz per se but I am sick to the back teeth of the many members of the jazz fraternity who are dismissive, even contemptuous, of rock and pop music in general and its musicians in particular. Aware that I am going to be accused of gross generalisation it is still my experience that jazzers....... A. Want to be elitist but are resentful if not jealous of the popular acclaim enjoyed by rock/pop musicians and .... B. Are more concerned with impressing each other than with entertaining an audience. Yes there is nothing wrong with music being interesting or challenging or complex or unorthodox but that does not make it better and certainly not more sophisticated than a piece of music that has a simple but pleasing melody and/or an infectious , danceable beat. Some time back I was having the rock/pop Vs Jazz debate with two good friends of mine, a married couple . Both were jazzers; he a upright bass player who came from a pop/rock background and she a Pianist who came from a classical background. I was arguing that jazz often distorted the basic principles of rhythm, melody and harmony beyond recognition. She replied....'there are some wonderful harmonies in jazz music. You just have to be a jazz musician to understand and appreciate them' case proven M'lud[/quote] Dedicated to you Pete. Must admit my iPod is full of Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band at the moment - some stonking playing. Garry

Nice [Free] limiter here....... Well worth a go. [url="http://loudmax.blogspot.com/"]http://loudmax.blogspot.com/[/url] Need some 80's retro sounds? [url="http://marvinpavilion.ojaru.jp/en/sound/vst.html"]http://marvinpavilion.ojaru.jp/en/sound/vst.html[/url] Garry

[quote name='xgsjx' post='1219481' date='May 4 2011, 07:43 AM']still retain that silly I V feel.[/quote] Nothing silly about a I V feel. The basis of this Bassline is IV [Its all in the way its played - Rhythm can, and does play a part] Ok there is scale related as well as other lines in there also, as the song devolopes, but in essence IV over the chord. Thousands of examples out there suggesting IV is not silly, and in fact a musical exercise in discipline and taste. Garry

[quote name='Gareth Hughes' post='1217378' date='May 2 2011, 11:42 AM']Hey folks - just saw this on the TC Electronics site and it made my cold cynical heart inch up a degree or two. I hadn't heard of Simon Vignola before, so I'm probably coming late to the party. I'm digging the chops making a nice tune, not just nice chops. Enjoy: [/quote] Great stuff - Promo Vid looks cool as well. Garry

[quote name='Dad3353' post='1216927' date='May 1 2011, 09:38 PM']You could do worse than look 'em up on 'Youtube', perhaps (but it's optional...).[/quote] Perhaps he has never heard of 'Youtube' ... Or even thinks 'Basschat' is a Fishing forum - Erm.. I wonder what size rod VW has? Nice story [read] about your son 'Dad3353' Garry

[quote name='wal4string' post='1216470' date='May 1 2011, 12:09 PM']Thanks for this Gary. Will look forward to playing along.[/quote] Just about finishing the Piano part for this, if anyone is interested. Its a good play and falls under the fingers nicely. Garry

For those of you who want some basic theory under your belt. Good free site here. [well some of it] [url="http://www.howmusicworks.org/index.html"]http://www.howmusicworks.org/index.html[/url] Garry

[quote name='Eight' post='1215638' date='Apr 30 2011, 11:35 AM']And what's the point of paying someone to teach me if they leave out big pieces of information like this!?!?! Cheers Lowdown. You're a star![/quote] Thats what Basschat is all about. Glad I could help, and save you some money. Now you just need to head on down to the 'Basses for sale section' and spend the extra available money wisely. Garry