A Transcription Collection · 12 Lessons
Jaco's Teen Town on upright, at the speed of the record. Two things make it possible, and neither one is practicing harder.
The Bass Brain Melters · By Cole Davis
Twelve of the hardest lines in the library: Coltrane's Giant Steps solo, Bird's Ko-Ko, the complete Poinciana, rhythm changes in all 12 keys at 400 BPM, and a 47-minute session of Cole transcribing Jaco's Havona in real time. All twelve for $37.
From Cole Davis: New York bassist, Juilliard, learned under Ron Carter.
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The name's earned.
Jaco walks and grooves at the same time on Night Passage. It sounds impossible. Most of it sits right under your hand in one spot on the neck.
Some of these lessons are about the fingering that makes a line playable. Jack the Bear gets every fingering and string written in. Clifford Brown's Joy Spring solo is made a little more playable for bass.
Some are a mountain to climb. Rhythm changes in all 12 keys at 400 beats per minute, five choruses each, with a written-out bass line in every key.
And in one, it's me, transcribing Jaco's solo on Havona from scratch, in real time, on upright.
The whole process, mistakes and all. Plus Stevie Wonder's Lately. The upright bass on it isn't an upright bass. It's a synth. Here's how to play that line on a real one.
Twelve lessons.
Every one's a video lesson from Cole. 2 hr 25 min of video in all, and 11 downloads.
- 1Jaco Pastorius: Night PassageJaco walks and grooves at the same time on Night Passage. It sounds impossible. Most of it sits right under your hand in one spot on the neck.See this lesson
- 2Clifford Brown: Joy Spring SoloClifford Brown's solo on Joy Spring, made a little more playable for bass, with fingerings. The bass line's in there too.See this lesson
- 3John Coltrane: Giant Steps Solo (with Tab)Coltrane's Giant Steps solo, written out for bass with tab. Watch it played on electric with the notation scrolling, then take the PDF to the woodshed.See this lesson
- 4Rhythm Changes in All 12 Keys at 400 BPMRhythm changes in all 12 keys at 400 beats per minute, five choruses each. Plus a written-out bass line in every key, one page per key.See this lesson
- 5Sonny Rollins: Strode Rode on BassSonny Rollins' Strode Rode, written out for bass. Watch it played on upright with the music scrolling, then take the score to the woodshed.See this lesson
- 6Israel Crosby: PoincianaIsrael Crosby on Ahmad Jamal's Poinciana, 1958. The complete transcription, and how he changes the line every chorus without losing the groove.See this lesson
- 7Charlie Parker: Ko-Ko on BassBird's Ko-Ko, written out for bass. Watch it played on upright at tempo, then take the score to the woodshed.See this lesson
- 8Cole Davis: Across the Footbridge, Chords on BassMy own solo bass piece and the chord shapes behind it. Think like a guitar player and the bass makes sounds you didn't know it had.See this lesson
- 9Jaco Pastorius: Havona, Transcribed in Real TimeWatch me transcribe Jaco's solo on Havona from scratch, in real time, on upright. The whole process, mistakes and all, plus the finished transcription.See this lesson
- 10Jaco Pastorius: Teen Town on UprightJaco's Teen Town on upright, at the speed of the record. Two things make it possible, and neither one is practicing harder.See this lesson
- 11Jimmie Blanton: Jack the BearEllington wrote Jack the Bear for Jimmie Blanton. Here's how to play his part in tune and swinging, with every fingering and string written in.See this lesson
- 12Stevie Wonder: LatelyThe upright bass on Lately isn't an upright bass. It's a synth. Here's how to play that line on a real one.See this lesson
Built for the bassist who wants something that fights back.
✓This is for you if…
- You can already play through a tune and you want something that fights back.
- You want the fingerings that turn impossible lines into practice.
- You play upright (ten of these are on upright, two on electric).
×It's not for you if…
- You're still getting a walking line together. Start with Walking Like a Legend or The Walking Line Vault.
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Twelve of the hardest lines.
The fingerings that make them playable.
Coltrane's Giant Steps solo, Bird's Ko-Ko, the complete Poinciana, rhythm changes in all 12 keys at 400 BPM, and Cole transcribing Jaco's Havona in real time.
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2 hr 25 min of video · 11 downloads · Yours to keep
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