Surprisingly cool slap bass

Hey Thomas,

There are some commercial solutions available to convert audio to MIDI. A while ago I tried WidiSoft http://www.widisoft.com/english/index.ht... and one more converter I can't remember the name of. http://www.intelliscore.net/ is likely to deserve some consideration. All the examples I tried were not perfect and worked well only for simple pieces.

You're right, transcribing is time consuming. Even more, after you've got it in your fingers, the next step is to put in into notes which equally difficult. I never transcribed the whole tunes, I always preferred to extract some licks from the piece I like most of all and use them on every occasion.

Best,
__aux

Hi Thomas,

I use up and down arrows to increase or decrease brightness, mouse to select a particular region and space to pause playback. In most cases that's enough for me to guess melodies and voicings. The transcriber does not produce guitar tabs, just notes without durations on piano staves which is obviously the low point. Actually, I use this tool as a helper that tells me what's going on at a given moment if I can't distinguish it with my ears. And that's usually just what I need.

Could you send me a link to the record you are having trouble with and I would try to transcribe a few bars from it.

Best,
__aux

Hi Mark,

Unfortunately it is impossible to slow down the tempo of existing licks. However you can set any tempo you like for the licks you are typing with "tempo" option. Click 'show source' link for the example below

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Here tempo="60" means 60 quarters per minute. It can be replaced with any integer number you like.

Best,
__aux

Hi Søren,

I would suggest more logical approach that doesn't pretend to be the best one, but just worked for me. First pick up a 5-1 lick you like most of all. I like this one because it suits equally good both major and minor 5-1 progressions.

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You've got to learn it well. If that's hard to achieve, forget about that lick, and chose your own. The one, that according to Paul, lives in your heart. It should be short, nice and easy to remember. After this is done, in any tune you play, you should be able to use this lick over 5-1 progression. Play whatever you want until you meet 5-1 for which you have a beautiful lick coming out of your heart. This should free you mind, because you don't have to think about what to play anymore. Feel free and experiment. Whatever happens you've got your lick over 5-1. Don't be afraid to repeat yourself, I for one consider this a feature.

This is the first and one of the most important steps in improvisation. To find yourself and feel confident. After that step is made, I would suggest learning a couple of new licks, possibly for 2-5-1. Say this is for major 2-5-1

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And this one is for minor

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With those licks learned in each key you can improvise almost any tune with 4/4 time signature. (As long as the tune contains 2-5-1 progression which is always the case :) I don't give any advise about improvisation itself, because to my mind this is very personal issue. But I would be very glad if my approach helped you feel more comfortable on gigs.

Best,
__aux

Seems to be "Darn that Dream" lick:

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Welcome aboard!

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