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The Electric Bass Guitar Ensemble Collection

Level 3 - Book 1

Rochelle Fuller Brad Fuller

4 Contemporary hits arranged for 4 - 8 Electric Bass Guitarists Includes:

● Scores ● Individual parts ● Stylistic information for ensemble directors and ensemble members ● More resources and information at www.electricbassguitarensemble.com

Contents 1. Introduction

2. General INformation

3. Notes to the Ensemble Director

4. The Charts

1. Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple 2. What You Need - INXS 3. Jumpin Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones 4. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen

It’s all about the Gig! Musicians understand how important it is to have something to work towards such as rehearsals and performances to maintain their motivation to play. Schools traditionally only need one or two bass players for stage or concert band, so what do you do with all of those other bass players? Give them all a gig in an Electric Bass Guitar Ensemble playing contemporary classics in a range of styles! Over the last 20 years we’ve developed our concept of the Electric Bass Guitar Ensemble based on 4 key principles: 1. It’s all about the gig 2. Play music with people, for people 3. Play all of the music on all of the bass 4. Let’s produce musicians not just bass players

The Electric Bass Guitar Ensemble Collection is a series of books spanning three levels of songs young bass players love to play. The collection is designed to provide performance repertoire to bring bassists together to play bass lines, harmonic parts and melodies as they discover classic and contemporary hits.

What Is An Electric Bass Guitar Ensemble? Our version of an Electric Bass Guitar Ensembles generally comprises 4 parts Melody, 2 accompanying parts and a bass line. These parts can be doubled to include up to 8 bassists (although we know of a school with 3 bassists on each part in a 12 bassist ensemble). Each part is written to be played on an electric bass guitar.

What Age Is Appropriate? After 20 years of working with bassists we believe 8 years of age is a great time to begin learning the bass guitar (but it’s never too late) and recommend Rockschool Debut Book. See below for advice on beginner instruments.

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How to Use this Book Each book contains a score and individual parts for 4 songs written in standard notation on the bass staff. Feel free to photocopy parts for players and keep your book intact. We’ve chosen a mix of recent and classic songs. Ensemble directors and students can also make use of the fact files for each song for further study.

Notes to the Ensemble Director Understanding the Collection Levels

● Level 1 is designed for bassists who have been playing for around twelve months. Completing the Rockschool Debut Grade (or equivalent) would be ideal preparation for this level.

● Level 2 is designed for bassists who have been playing for two to three years. Completing Rockschool Grade One (or equivalent) would be ideal preparation for this level.

● Level 3 is designed for bassists who have been playing for four years. Completing Rockschool Grade Three (or equivalent) would be ideal preparation for this level.

General Remarks on Tone

Eight bass players playing at the same time that’s a lot of bottom end! To compensate, we suggest bassists choose their back pickup where possible and turn the tone control on passive instruments fully clockwise. The amplifier bass tone control or equaliser should be wound back to produce a sound richer in mid and high frequencies. Although this setting may sound unappealing when students play individually, it will produce clear and defined parts in the ensemble context. General Remarks on Technique

If possible, select a picking position that anchors the thumb on the back pickup. In conjunction with the tone setting advice listed above, this will help to produce a punchier, clearer tone that’s perfect for the ensemble. Equipment Requirements

Basses We suggest a short scale (30 inch) bass for students younger than 13 and the Greg Bennett Corsair CR13 has proven reliable year after year. Sound Reinforcement It’s an electric ensemble so you’ll need to amplify each instrument. You don’t need specialist equipment. Here are some suggestions from our preferred to least preferred: 1. Plug each bassist directly into a mixing desk connected to your PA 2. Plug each bassist into 1 or 2 Multiinput amps eg Roland KC550 3. Plug each bassist into a Jamhub 4. Plug each bassist into their own amplifier


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Multi-Effects for Bass Players

Playing basslines, harmonic parts and melodies opens up a great opportunity to utilise single effects or multi effect units. Chorus on a chordal part, an envelope filter on a melody, even some distortion and wah can spice things up and make the parts come alive. Using a multi effect unit also places a tuner and volume pedal at the feet of the performer allowing them to take more control over tuning and dynamics. Positioning your players Setting up your ensemble should follow general principles for setting up any ensemble consider the placement of amplifiers, lines of sight and performers playing the same, similar or complementary parts grouped together. Assigning Parts (Differentiation)

Similar advice here as above we have often given more experienced players the melody, sometimes grouped stronger and weaker players on the same part, simplified parts on the fly and split chords between two performers. We also try to rotate rolls as much as possible over the course of a year to allow each member the opportunity to play different roles. Rehearsals

In an ideal world, the members of your ensemble will be learning their parts in a regularly scheduled individual lesson with a specialist electric bass guitar teacher. Ensemble rehearsals run best when students have prepared their part for the rehearsal in advance. In this scenario, initial rehearsals of a new song would focus on a section at a time. The songs generally have 3 or 4 sections so it might take a month or so to make it from beginning to end. Accompanists

The arrangements in this book work with or without drum accompaniment. We suggest, at least, using a metronome during rehearsals. We’ve had great fun using a regular student drummer in rehearsals and performances, bringing in pro drummers and we love the drummer feature in GarageBand on iPhones/iPads.

Arranging the Songs

This is Rock and Roll. We’ve provided notation for reference for ensemble directors, tutors and performers but there’s no requirement for students to read music. Similarly, these are not necessarily set arrangements of the form. We encourage you to work together as a band to create your own arrangements of the song allowing for solos, extended intros, vamps, shout choruses etc. Solos and Improvisation

Most songs in the collection are great for improvisation in parts as well as solos. We encourage you to work with students to improvise and solo as often as possible.


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The Charts

Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple Active: 1986 present Style: Classic Rock Album: Machine Head Released: 1972 Bassist: Roger Glover Recommended Listening: Speed King, Highway Star, Black Night

What You Need - INXS

Active: 1977 2012 Style: Aussie Rock Album: Listen Like Thieves Released: 1985 Bassist: Garry Gary Beers Recommended Listening: Stay Young, Don’t Change, The One Thing, Burn for You, I Send a Message, New Sensation, Need You Tonight, By My Side

Jumpin Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones Active: 1962 Present Style: British Roc Album: Single only never appeared on an album Released: 1968 Bassist: Bill Wyman Recommended Listening: Start Me Up, Miss You, Satisfaction, Gimme Shelter

Another One Bites the Dust - Queen Active: 1970 Present Style: Rock Album: The Game Released: 1980 Bassist: John Deacon Recommended Listening: Under Pressure, Bohemian Rhapsody, Killer Queen, Don’t Stop Me Now, Somebody to Love


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About the Authors Rochelle Fuller Australian bassist and Educator Rochelle Fuller holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Contemporary Music and has over 20 years experience as a performer and specialist electric bass guitar teacher. She has toured with artists such as Grace Knight from The Eurogliders and has also supported bands such as The Baby Animals, Mental As Anything, Icehouse, The Radiators and Legends Of The Mississippi Delta. Rochelle was also given an endorsement by Trace Elliot amplifiers. As a bass guitar teacher Rochelle has helped her students achieve a distinction average in Rockschool Exams, as well as an average band six grade for HSC students. Rochelle has run three electric bass guitar ensembles at a renowned Sydney school since 2001. Her work with these ensembles has helped to make the bass guitar one of the most popular instruments in the school. The arrangements in this book have been developed for her students over this time. Brad Fuller Australian bassist and Educator Brad Fuller holds an MA in Adult Education, Diploma of Education, Bachelor of Music (Improvisation), Associate Diploma of Music (Jazz) and is currently studying with James Humberstone at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music for a PhD in Music Education. In addition to over 30 years as a performing bassist and bass teacher, Brad has 20 years experience as a classroom music teacher and head of department. Since 2012 he has been a nationally recognised teacher trainer and in 2010 he was awarded a National Excellence in Teaching award. In 2016 he was invited to present his work to the International Society of Music Educator’s conference in Glasgow, UK and was featured in the first MOOC to be produced by Sydney University. During his time as Director of Rockschool for Australasia, Brad was a syllabus consultant on the 2012 Rockschool syllabus for Bass, Drums and Guitar. He lives on Sydney’s fabulous, sunny Northern Beaches in Sydney, Australia.


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The Collection

Level 1 Book 1 21 Guns Green Day Walkin’ By Myself Gary Moore Feel So Close Calvin Harris Midnight Hour Wilson Pickett Book 2 Knock on Wood Eddie Floyd Sunshine of Your Love Cream Get Ready The Temptations Bad Michael Jackson (of the Jacksons)

Level 2 Book 1 Beat It Michael Jackson Super Freak Rick James Rollover D.J. Jet Forget You Cee Lo Green Book 2 Funhouse Pink What I Like About You The Kinks Paradise Coldplay Gold on the Ceiling The Black Keys Book 3 All About That Bass Meghan Trainor Everyone's a Winner Hot Chocolate Feel Good Inc. Gorillaz Hold on I'm Coming Sam and Dave Book 4 I Got a Feeling The Black Eyed Peas Smells Like Teen Spirit We Are Done The Madden Bros New Song Coming Soon

Level 3 Book 1 Smoke on the Water Deep Purple What You Need INXS Jumpin Jack Flash The Rolling Stones Another One Bites the Dust Queen Book 2 The Lovecats The Cure Play that Funky Music KC and the Sunshine Band The Letter Joe Cocker Come together The Beatles Book 3 Whisper Your Name Harry Connick Jr. Somebody That I Used to Know Gotye Is This Love Bob Marley Respect Aretha Franklin Book 4 Always on the Run Lenny Kravitz Eleanor Rigby The Beatles I Need a Dollar Aloe Blacc Chameleon Herbie Hancock Book 5 Let's Get it Started The Black Eyed Peas Miss You The Rolling Stones Runaway Baby Bruno Mars Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel Book 6 Tell Me Something Good Rufus Walking on the Moon The Police New Song Coming Soon New Song Coming Soon


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