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Just The Riffs

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Here on Just The Riffs you'll find a collection of free, professional quality, interactive Bass Tabs spanning a variety of Artists, Genres and Styles. In the near future I'll be adding in some essays on Theory and Deep Dives into specific Riffs looking at how and why they work.

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Painkiller by Judas Priest
"I was transcribing the bass line from a song by the 1975 when I encountered some strange frequency information around a set of notes in my DAW.

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Robbers by The 1975
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Anonymous
Shades of Grey by Overkill
"Great service, great guy. Tabs were spot on and really helped me out of a musical hole. Quick turn around and he genuinely seems interested in what he is transcribing, even if my request was a bit niche."
Dave
A Christmas Duel by The Hives
Jack, mate, your transcription is great, very professionally laid out and I think you're bang on for the lot!!

You nailed his run in the Pre-Choruses (it's not the same as the Guitars) from what I can tell, seems that shape is easier for him to play around and he probably wanted to put his own spin on it rather than just follow the guitars. I think what I worked out for that part mimics the guitars more.

You've put the time into figuring out what is actually going on, so well done. Killer dude 🤘
Anonymous
Iron Maiden - Aces High
I'm working on what you gave me so far and it's helping me a hell of a lot. Thank you so so much.

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Chris
Nik Kerswhaw - Don Quixote
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