Bob cranshaw bass lines pdf file

How to create bass lines 5 ostinato or riff bass an ostinato is a repeated rhythmicmelodic. Bob cranshaw is one of my favorite bass players, but that bass solo is one of the few i think we can say is unequivocally terrible. Try use combinations of tricks in this tutorial to add a real boost to your bass lines. Vol 42 bob cranshaw blues bass lines pdf from 3 mb our goal is to provide highquality video, tv streams, music, software, documents or any other shared files for free. While reading from the book, play along with the bassist on the recording cd included until you feel youve mastered his feel and. Parts of the bass a bass is made up of three main sections. When preparing ben street and mark stryker offered valuable insight into bobs music. Sheet music piano howard shore the lord of the rings complete trilogy. A compendium of techniques for great jazz bass lines.

Willie thomas started in orlando, florida playing his horn at ten years old. November 2016 war ein usamerikanischer jazzbassist kontrabass, tuba. James jamerson from jazz bassist to popular music icon. Inner urge bass line by bob cranshaw thads pad bass line by george. Nov 03, 2016 jazz bassist bob cranshaw, best known for his work with sonny rollins, as well as sessions with tony bennett, milt jackson and oscar peterson, wayne shorter and dexter gordon died on wednesday. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it. Book bass method steve bailey victor wooten bass extremespdf y mp3 bob cranshaw blues. As im sure you have heard before, practice makes perfect. All of the other parts of the bass are mounted on these three sections. There are lots of good tunes to learn and play and tracks to pick along with on the. Blues in all keys bb jamey aebersold walking bass line. As played by bob cranshaw and transcribed exactly as recorded from vol.

From jazz bassist to popular music icon by joshua andrew zarbo, b. While reading from the book, play along with the bassist on the. Notefornote transcriptions of several of our most popular playalongs, plus bass technical materials and select aebersold playalongs of particular benefit to bass players. While in the studio for clifton andersons doxy recording, decade, famed bassist bob cranshaw, a veteran of literally thousands of sessions, talks about his upright bass. Walking bass line theory basicspart 1by chris fitzgerald. He was one of the very first upright bass players to successfully switch to the electric bass when the music scene was starting to change during the 1960s. Or if you are looking at the guitar neck with the head to the right and body to the left, the bottom string is g and the top string is e. Cranshaw first performed with rollins in 1959 at the playboy jazz festival in chicago. The bridge is the assembly that anchors the strings to the body. Cranshaw wasnt quite prepared to go into the studio that day and play a solo at that tempo over those changes. Introduction the blues form turnarounds bb blues b blues c blues db blues d blues eb blues e blues f blues.

Transcribed from volume 35 cedar walton recording of jamey aebersolds playalong series report bob cranshaw. If the part is written for a standard four string bass then there will be four horizontal lines, one for each string. If you want me to send you pdf with bass line write in comment or in. Bob cranshaw, jazz bassist who spent five decades with sonny. The four strings of a bass are g, d, a, and e, from the highest pitched to the lowest pitched. For example, when you do steps 1, 2, or 3 above, you are creating the most basic kinds of ostinato. It was a demanding job because, at the time, rollins had a barebones lineup, backed by just bass and drums.

Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of jazz. This is second video of new series walking bass line transcription. Print and download bob marley i shot the sheriff bass tab. Hopefully this shows with just a few simple techniques, how a boring set of chords such as c, f, g, a minor, can be spiced up to something quite different mainly because of the choice of bass notes. Bass guitar now lets apply this to the bass guitar.

Melbourne robert bob cranshaw december 3, 1932 november 2, 2016 was an american jazz bassist. His lines on the tune, in keeping with his general m. Jul 01, 2019 how to read bass tab tab under notation. It contains 12 of paul simons greatest hits, spanning from his early single mother and child reunion through to four tracks from 1986s graceland, featuring incredible fretless bass playing from bakithi kumalo. The two dots on the right of the bass clef symbol surround the line on which f pitch is written. Interview with bob cranshaw very special thanks to shane gasteyer of local 802 for arranging the introduction to bob cranshaw.

The basic principle for playing latin tunes is the same as playing twobeat bass lines. Bob cranshaw bass lines from volume 42 playalong now with cd. A thesis submitted to the graduate council of texas state university in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of music with a major in music may 2014 committee members. This site is like a library, you could find million book here by using search box in the widget. In tab, the horizontal lines represent the strings. Heres a final adaptation of our example tutorial song. It was a demanding job because, at the time, rollins had a. Bass tabs of songs by bass lessons 432 bass tabs including cool riffs for beginners, easy funk basslines and 12 bar blues. Please click button to get bob cranshaw bass lines book now. Jazz bassist bob cranshaw, best known for his work with sonny rollins, as well as sessions with tony bennett, milt jackson and oscar peterson. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.

Carter i let a song go out of my heart bass line by o. The symbol of the bass clef is derived from the old german way of writing f. To walk bass lines on the ii v i, all we have to do is learn three different walking patterns. Jul 02, 2008 while in the studio for clifton andersons doxy recording, decade, famed bassist bob cranshaw, a veteran of literally thousands of sessions, talks about his upright bass. Latin or straight8th note bass lines can be embellished by adding an 8th note on the offbeat of beats two and four. Pickups are also mounted to the body and work like little microphones that pick up the sound from the strings. While reading from the book, play along with bob cranshaw on the recording cd included until you feel youve mastered his feel and nuances. Dedicate at least 3060 minutes each day to playing the bass. Here is an example with the chord progression c7 f7. An easytouse, stepbystep approach to basic theory is given as a foundation, and then the essential stylesand many styles within each styleare explored from the bass point of view. While reading from the book, play along with the bassist on the recording cd included until you feel youve mastered his feel and nuances. This is fourth video of new series walking bass line transcription. Bass lines bob cranshaw jazz music entertainment general.

Shop and buy bob cranshaw bass lines transcribed from volume 42 sheet music. Bass parts are presented in easytoread tab as well as in standard music notation bass clef. To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, im or document to embed the entire object, paste this html in website to link to this page, paste this link in email, im or document to embed this page, paste this html in website. This book teaches everything you need to know to create great bass lines. He is perhaps best known for his long association with sonny rollins. This is my transcription of walking base line played by bob cranshaw in blues in all. Nov 05, 2016 cranshaw reached an even larger audience, if not great fame or glory, in 1969, when he played bass on the theme to sesame street. Reggae continues to have a huge influence on pop music across the world. Description bob cranshaw is one of the most recorded bass players in jazz history, and despite that fact, he hasnt pigeonholed himself to just jazz exclusively. As played by bob cranshaw for all musicians wishing to learn fantastic bass lines. The fundamentals of music are pitch and rhythm which are placed in a grid of five lines and four spaces called staff. Bob cranshaw, jazz bassist who spent five decades with. The bass line descends the scale and lands on the root of the next chord.