Bilbo's Transcription Archive

[Bilbo]

Another bucket list transcription - this is the complete John Patitucci bass part for the opening 'Prologue' on Dave Grusin's 'West Side Story' album. Highly, highly recommended. I hope to get the whole album down if I can and the recordings allow - I have loved this album since I first heard it in the 1990s.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/prologue-to-west-side-story-dave-grusin/

[Bilbo]

Another simple transcription but not as easy to play as it looks due to the push and pull of the pulse. This one is all about the tone and the ensemble playing. Steve Rodby's bass part to the tune 'Letter From Home' from the 1989 Pat Metheny Group album of the same name.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/letter-from-home-pat-metheny-group/

[Bilbo]

Another Metheny ballad (great tunes for beginner reading practice), this is the bass part to 'Don't Forget (Renato's Theme)' from the 1995 Pat Metheny soundtrack to the Italian film 'Passaggio Per Li Paradiso'. The discographies say that Metheny played everything on this recording. The tone isn't strong enough for Rodby and he is not credited anywhere so I can only assume it is, as they say, Metheny himself.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/dont-forget-renatos-theme-pat-metheny/

 

 

 

 

Edited 6 hours ago by Bilbo

[Bilbo]

Another Metheny ballad for beginner readers, this is the tune 'Wasn't Always Easy' from the 1990 Gary Burton/Pat Metheny 'Reunion' CD. A fairly easy read but some ledger line nonsense (just a hint, they are all tenths).

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/wasnt-always-easy-gary-burton-pat-metheny/

[Bilbo]

Another easy one in the main but there is a stunning little solo in the middle that requires a huge amount of sensitivity and concentration - don't be deceived by what you think you are hearing, this is tricky stuff. This is a Faberge egg of a performance from Steve Swallow on the 1987 Carla Bley album 'Septet'. The tune is called 'Lawns'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/lawns-carla-bley-septet/