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Jaco Pastorius – ‘Come On, Come Over’

‘Come On, Come Over’ is the second track from Jaco Pastorius’ landmark debut album. Released in August 1976, this was an album that changed everything for bass players, proving beyond doubt that the bass guitar was a powerful vehicle for soloists as well as for groove players. This track is an R&B number featuring legendary […]

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Giants of Bass – Jaco Pastorius (PDF Edition)
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Giants of Bass – Jaco Pastorius (PDF Edition)

This booklet contains a detailed biography for virtuoso bassist Jaco Pastorius, as well as a selected discography and an analysis of the equipment he used. It also includes the sheet music/TAB and performance notes for ‘Portrait of Jaco’, a challenging tune written in the style of his work with Weather Report.

Number of Pages: 16

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Jaco Pastorius

‘A Portrait of Jaco’ was written to reflect the work of legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius, both as a solo artist, and with pioneering fusion outfit Weather Report. The bassline for this piece is a busy, syncopated part that is very challenging to play up to tempo. As well as the groove elements, it also features […]

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Advanced Level – Fingerstyle Study #3

This piece was originally written to represent Rocco Prestia (Tower of Power) in Giants of Bass, a book which celebrated the contributions of 26 of the world’s most influential bass players. This is a very challenging piece to play as it is built around a series of bass grooves that consist of continuous sixteenth notes. […]

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Giants of Bass Volume 1: 60s – 70s (PDF Edition)
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Giants of Bass Volume 1: 60s – 70s (PDF Edition)

Giants of Bass – Volume 1 is an in-depth analysis of some of the world’s most influential and respected bass guitarists from the 60s and 70s. An exhaustively-researched biography has been included for each artist, as well as a selected discography, gear analysis and a detailed breakdown of their commonly used playing techniques. Each bass player is also represented with

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Licensing Music for Print…

I’ve been writing transcription books for nearly twenty years now. During that time, I’ve come to the inescapable conclusion that no matter how difficult the material you’re transcribing, the hardest part of the whole process is still getting everything correctly licensed. This year I went through the licensing procedure for a book called Bass Monsters […]

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Advanced Level – Fingerstyle Study #2

This challenging study piece was written as a resource for working on up-tempo fingerstyle funk grooves similar to those played by bassists such as Jaco Pastorius and Rocco Prestia. In addition to these complex fingerstyle lines, the piece also includes unison sections and chordal parts. For bassists who wish to learn the piece but require […]

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Bass Lick of the Week #4

This exercise is a slow bass groove that combines harmonics with fretted bass notes to create chords. The inspiration for this piece was Jaco Pastorius’s renowned composition ‘Portrait of Tracy’, which is highly recommended as a study piece if you enjoy using harmonics, or playing solo pieces. This piece opens with a melodic motif of […]

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Bass Lick of the Week #15

This exercise is a slow-tempo chordal lines that uses open string tenths and harmonics. This line begins with a hammer-on from D to E at the twelfth and fourteenth frets of the D-string. This is immediately followed by a pull-off from A to G# at the fourteenth and thirteenth frets of the G-string. With the […]

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Bass Lick of the Week #17

This exercise is a fingerstyle funk groove written in the style of legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius. This line is based on an Eb7 sound and uses chord tones heavily – as all good basslines do. With that in mind, it’s a good idea to be familiar with the notes in this chord before working on […]

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