JOHN PATITUCCI ELECTRIC BASS TRANSCRIPTIONS BY TROY MILLARD EDITOR DANIEL THRESS BOOK LAYOUI/COVER DESIGN JACK WALTRIP MUSIC ENGRAVING BOB SHERWIN COVER PHOTO RICHARD LAIRD INSIDE PHOTOS ROB WALLIS PUBLISHED BY MANHATTAN MUSIC, INC.™ © 1991 MANHATTAN MUSIC, INC. All Rights Controlled and Administered by CPP Media Grou lll Rights Reserved International Copyright Secured Made a division of CPP/Belwin, INC. S.A DISTRIBUTED BY: CPP MEDIA 15800 N.W. 48TH AVENUE MIAMI, FL 33014SECTION ONE: TECHNIQUE HAND POSITION LEFT HAND DEXTERITY BUILDERS THE SPIDER HAMMER ON/PULL-OFF RIGHT HAND PICKING EXERCISES SCALES ARPEGGIOS STRING CROSSING SCALES ‘VIBRATO AND DYNAMICS ARPEGGIOS BACH CELLO SUITE NO. 1 ING MAJOR Tracks used from Jobn Patitucctand On Toe Corner, countesy of GRP Records. WRITTEN RANGES OF THE TWO BASSES ws = Left hand vibrato bea JH = Hammer On Bub - ‘T= Thumb slap P = Pulloff - Pe Pall i = Muted ghost notes SECTION TWO: TIME/GROOVES 20 JAMES JAMERSON 20 JERRY JEMMOTT 20 (CHUCK RAINEY 2 GROWING a SLAPPING/POPPING. 2 PAUL JACKSON 23 FRANCIS ROCCO PRESTIA 24 ROCK AND ROLL 24 JAZZ/WALKING BASS 5 SHUFFLE % SEARCHING, FINDING a SOLO TRANSCRIPTION 2B SECTION THREE: LATIN, BRAZILIAN, AFRICAN AND REGGAE 30 LATIN ~ 30 BRAZILIAN SANBA/BAIKO 31 SOUTH AFRICAN 32 REGGAE 32 KINGSTON BLUES 33 CD TRACKING cor ou Song Excerpt 1 James Jamerson 1 2 Hand Position 3 LeftHand Denterity Builders 4 The Spider 5. Hammer On/Pull Off 5 Hammer On/Pull Off (Continued) 7 Right Hand Picking Exercises, 8 Arpregios 9 String Crossing 10 Scales AL Scales/Fingering #2 32 Vibato and Dyramics 13 Arpegsios 4 Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G Majo: -+) Play octave higher than writen 1 Play octave lower 2 leny Jemmoe Chuck Rainey “Growing Sispping/Popping Paul Jackson Francs Rocco Presta Rocke and Rell Jaca/ Wing Bass 20 ‘Shuffle 11 "Searching, Finding” 22 Letin 13 Bralian — Semba/Baito 14 South Alican 15 Regaae 16 "Kingston Blues" Numbers above notes refer to left hand fingerings. When preceeded by “RH.” they denote right hand fingerings. Letters under notes indicate which sting the note is to be played on,EAS Been) 1 feel chat ive imponaat to play with one finger per fret spacing, keeping your fingers curled, and your second finger parallel 10 your thumb, By using curled Finger postion, the notes will have E major full and round cones wih a minimum amount of movement with the left hand. Practicing with the fingers curled will also make it potsible 1 play more fluidly and rapidly, with greater ease, RIPEN Pacer ee ee nba] Prac 22 everthing you do ta time. Practicing ia time will help develop consisteat time and a very dexterous left hand that can execute with efficiency and case. 's always important 10 lock in on the subdivision in any ATHE SPIDER Spider in Stis and minor 3rds—each note shoul case 1 The subdivision is the smallest part of the beat—in this notes. The drum machine patlern that [ am using con- sists of hthat paying 16th-notes, cross-itick on all quarter and kick drum on “1 into the next 1 314213 324 he poebe 2: DGDGDGDGDGDGDGDSG Practice exch exercise slo “gradually working your fay up the metronome or drum mac! DGDGDGDGDGDGDGDG ©, until you can play it sapidly 5