Hiromi Uehara - XYZ Bass Transcription

[funkypenguin]

Here is my transcription of Hiromi's XYZ This is transcribed from the studio version, but its very close to the live version. The main bass groove is a real mind-masher to play


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Edited August 31, 2011 by funkypenguin

[phil625sxc]

thanks for posting - I had to learn this by ear for an audition a little while ago so will be interesting to see how close I got it ! :-)

[funkypenguin]

[quote name='phil625sxc' post='1359605' date='Sep 2 2011, 10:51 AM']thanks for posting - I had to learn this by ear for an audition a little while ago so will be interesting to see how close I got it ! :-)[/quote]

Ahh excellent!! i'd be very interested to know how your version differs! i had to guesstimate a little with one or two parts so let me know whats different ive got alot more hiromi transcriptions in the pipeline (and one or two other bits and bobs) if you're interested!

[Graeme Benson]

Hi

Is this transcription still available? 

Cheers

[spearminthideous]

On 31/08/2011 at 23:34, funkypenguin said:

Here is my transcription of Hiromi's XYZ http://basschat.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/%3C#EMO_DIR%23%3E/smile.png This is transcribed from the studio version, but its very close to the live version. The main bass groove is a real mind-masher to play http://basschat.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/%3C#EMO_DIR%23%3E/laugh.png

schoolboy runaway
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Wow, awesome work! That tune is a beast — Hiromi’s compositions are always full of rhythmic twists and harmonic surprises, and XYZ is no exception. I can only imagine how intense that main groove must be to lock in, especially with all the syncopation and odd-meter phrasing going on.

[funkypenguin]

On 27/09/2025 at 15:32, Graeme Benson said:

Hi

Is this transcription still available? 

Cheers

Oh wow, not looked at this one in a long time....I'll have to dig through my hard drives but I'll try and find it!

 

On 21/10/2025 at 03:19, spearminthideous said:

Wow, awesome work! That tune is a beast — Hiromi’s compositions are always full of rhythmic twists and harmonic surprises, and XYZ is no exception. I can only imagine how intense that main groove must be to lock in, especially with all the syncopation and odd-meter phrasing going on.

 

Very much so  Not looked at this one in a very long time but I remember it being a real challenge to keep that groove going (and here's Tony Grey making it look easy...)

 

 

 

[funkypenguin]

On 27/09/2025 at 15:32, Graeme Benson said:

Hi

Is this transcription still available? 

Cheers

Found it! Just an FYI that, reading through it now there are some mistakes in there...I might get around to re-doing it sometime soon (I'm starting to put an online transcription vault together)

 

Hiromi Uehara XYZ.pdf