[musictlk] Seeking advice when working with bass players

Timothy Clark Music theblindguitarist1992 at gmail.com
Mon Jun 16 21:32:33 UTC 2014


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 he plays bass and does it by ear.
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On Sivan 18, 5774 AM, at 16:25, Jim via musictlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> 
> 
> Here's a question for you guys who have bands and need to work with bass
> players.
> 
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> 
> My singing partner and I have a duo, and we enjoy having the sound of a bass
> player playing behind us.  Not having a regular bass player, we run into the
> problem of people not knowing our songs and of us needing to have our songs
> charted out in some way for the bass players.  Granted, out stuff is fairly
> simple folk and Bluegrass stuff, but still.
> 
> 
> 
> So, how have you dealt with that.  How do you create music or chord charts
> for others to be able to follow you?  Are there programs that will help do
> that, and if so, how do folks go about working with them?  What
> recommendations do you have for getting these things done?
> 
> 
> 
> My partner has developed lyric sheets that have the chords written above the
> words.  The problem is that the chord sheets are made for guitar players,
> since we capo.  A bass player would still have to transpose what we're
> doing.
> 
> My partner is sighted, and his sheets are for himself or others to see.  I
> can still follow his sheets though with my screen reader or by running them
> through a Braille printer.
> 
> Doing actual chord charts is a different story.
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> 
> If anyone has any advice, I'd love to hear from you.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Jim
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> 
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