Wednesday, June 13, 2012

My version of Victor Wooten's "More Love"

Hey! It's been a long time since my last post. Here's my transcription of this awesome solo piece from Maestro Wooten. Although it's available on his "Best Of Victor Wooten" book, I decided to write my version for an (almost) standard-tuned bass (it's written for a tenor bass in the book). Besides, and with all the due respect, I don't feel comfortable with the way it's written there (6/8 with 8ths as the beat unit instead of 3/4 with quarter notes as the beat unit - I feel it more logical that way).

Standard notation only. Sorry, no tablature here. The transcription in the book basically separates the melody from the accompaniment using upstems for the former and downstems for the latter. I preferred to write everything that is supposed to be played with the right (plucking) hand either tapped or strummed using upstemmed notes, while all the notes played by tapping with the left (fretting) hand are downstemmed (the very first measure is the only exception to this). I wrote all dead notes on the fourth space, but it doesn't mean anything regarding where the fretting and/or plucking hand should play. They are just dead notes, played wherever it feels more comfortable at the moment. Here's the transcription:

More Love (Eng)

And here's the accompanying video:



Hope you find this material useful. Thanks for reading and watching! :^)

3 comments:

  1. Hola Alvaro!

    Excelente! Muchas gracias por la transcripción y el video, y sobre todo por la segunda parte cuando lo muestras mas lento y con 2 cámaras!

    Crítica constructiva: el único detalle que te queda por "cuidar" es que si se mira el video directamente desde tu blog se "pierde" una parte, ya que el video es mas "ancho" que el lugar que lo contiene en el blog. Espero que se entienda lo que quise decir.

    Un saludo y muchas gracias nuevamente.


    Jose

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    1. Muchas gracias por el comentario, Jose. Y sí, lo que dices del tamaño del video es cierto. Infortunadamente, y hasta donde he visto, YouTube no ofrece una opción más pequeña. En realidad, y a raíz de esa situación, la idea es que los visitantes del blog se enteren de la existencia de estos videos y los busquen en YouTube para poder verlos con toda comodidad.

      De nuevo gracias. Un saludo.

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