Feb 18, 2024 | Bass Guitar, Drums
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Skinny Love – Birdy – Song Breakdown Keyboard A pretty piano part. I gave it a basic starting tempo of 74 B.P.M., and some dynamic cues, but it’s really up to the player to do it the way he/she feels....
Feb 2, 2024 | Bass Guitar, Drums
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Forever Young – Brandi Carlile – Song Breakdown Keyboard A nice piano part played very expressively. I added a lot of the dynamics, but it’s up to the player to make it his/her own. One thing that seems...
Dec 25, 2023 | Bass Guitar, Drums
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Minority – Green Day – Song Breakdown Bass Guitar A nice driving bass part played with a pick. Most of the time the emphasis is on the beats, with the off-beat 8th notes played softer. The...
Dec 8, 2023 | Bass Guitar
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Outskirts of Infinity – Ashes to Amber – Bass Breakdown An active bass part most likely played with the fingers. Because of the tone and notes going by so fast, it was sometimes hard to hear which octave...
Dec 8, 2023 | Bass Guitar
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) The Air Up Here – by Origami Angel – Bass Breakdown A nice driving bass part most likely played (aggressively) with the fingers. I based the section labels on Jake Checkoway’s Pro Tools session of this...
Jan 21, 2023 | Bass Guitar, Music Theory
Flowers Bass Guitar The Song I hadn’t heard of the song “Flowers” before checking out the bass guitar part for it. It’s quite new, so that is no surprise. But, yeah, I liked it. Starting with it by playing the bass line no doubt helps my...
