It's freeware and it's small and does the job well without doing annoying things to your computer.
I use Songsterr (a great tab resource that is accurate and has a built in midi player) as a resource for teaching, so if you are one of my students, and a song you'd like to learn is on there, then let me know and I can print it for us to use in our lessons. I encourage you also to bring CDs to lessons with your own music.
This is a beginners guitar lesson for students familiar with basic open chords introducing melodic playing, barre chords and seventh chords. It is based on two popular Jack Johnson tunes.
This is an example of a very simple transcription for the first four songs on the CD I have made for this lesson. For this lesson, the bass parts become increasingly complex from these simple beginnings, with song structures fully notated.
An introduction to Reggae Bass looking at Aston Barrett. These written notes are accompanied by a cd of playalong tracks which I have prepared, as well as accurate transcriptions prepared on Finale in staff notation and tablature. This lesson is a good introduction to reggae music, with some analysis of the style and the tension/ release of the reggae grooves. It is suitable for beginners and more advanced players who are new to reggae.
Blues Bass Lesson - Chord changes for the song 'She Caught the Katy' and full transcription of the bassline as played by Donald 'Duck' Dunn on the Blues Brothers soundtrack. This lesson is part of a series on blues grooves and applying them to songs and improv.
Walking bass lesson 1 - first part in a series of lessons looking at walking bass for beginners. First step is understanding the role of walking bass in holding tempo and outlining chord changes. Exercises played along to Summertime provide a basis.
