Atlanta Quest Bass 2023 Transcription - “Language Arts”

This video is from Atlanta Quest’s 2023 Bassline and I tried to transcribe it as best as I could. The original video isn’t mine, but the transcription is.
Here’s the link to the sheets:
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[@jasongeorge1810]

Really humbled to have someone transcribe this. You're a real one. Btw I'm bass 1 and I wrote this along with the rest of BAQ😊

[@e_little]

Whoa!!! I don’t even know what to say! I found the video of you guys jamming out with this exercise and I was just hooked with watching it over and over, so I thought it would be interesting to try and transcribe it. It’s really cool that I have the people in this video watching it, I’m a big fan 😂

[@sriram7423]

🔥

[@theshenanigoons8110]

Ay tell big wil I love him -Mathew

[@itsjustmeepaul]

bass 1 🔛🔝

[@yes-rn5sk]

this writing is just simply tasteful 🤌

[@JBMayton]

BAQ has seen this and says close attempt! 8/10

[@e_little]

Sweet! This was my first transcription I’ve done so that’s pretty good!

[@danielberlien3680]

Great work man

[@marettj5]

This is so damn funky I love it

[@i_am_a_music_maker5212]

“Chops or grooves?” “Yes.”

[@rlx_phoenix9251]

the 4 and 5 5-let hand to hand thing makes me want to do unspeakable things. it's so freaking good!

[@BlaineKlein]

So cool! It's got groove and chops. Nicely done.

[@graysonhorne9478]

No one’s doing it like this!

[@e_little]

Yooo another one from the line! Respect!

[@calebpitt1628]

The goat!!!!!!

[@HE360]

Wow, that was some good drumming!

[@zcck7885]

0:35 DAYUM

[@thenelsonbruhs722]

The + of count 3 in measure 18 should be bottom bass, not top but aside from that it’s a great transcription

[@ssbbsonic1]

makes me miss being in drumline

[@acfern6862]

whenever this video comes up in my feed i watch it lol

[@stickgetoku1789]

The met kind groovy 😄

[@thisriceiswhite5371]

1:27 I believed I would never hear anything like that 5-let.

[@NorrthRL]

Bass 1 - B Bass 2 - Ab Bass 3 - E Bass 4 - B Bass 5 - E

[@ben_ivey]

lets call it a G#

[@RudimentalNico]

@@ben_iveyno:(

[@ben_ivey]

@@RudimentalNico What chord are they tuned to?

[@RudimentalNico]

@@ben_ivey oh you’re right, I’m just a flat fanboy for life

[@ben_ivey]

@@RudimentalNico I think you could argue that G# and Ab are two different notes too LOL

[@Marty_Theory]

1:19 "wut"

[@desertcoliseum]

Nice dresses

[@rinzfxp]

the buzz roll gave me PERMANENT STANK FACE

[@frankmully]

fire

[@justjay__3745]

This is so sick

[@Tacotasty1]

Something about measure 32-39 that really tickles my brain

[@Inspadave]

Is writing the bass parts (5,4,3,2,1) out A-C-E-G-B instead of F-A-C-E-G what is done these days?

[@e_little]

Honestly based on preference or what group you’re with/where you come from but its just the same thing. I personally prefer bass 5 or bottom bass (excluding 6-person lines) to be in the F space on the staff and not below the staff so that’s how I wrote it in the transcription. I would say that I’ve seen more 5 person bass writing with 5 being in the F space in west coast writing compared to an east coast line, with 5 under the staff in the D space, but really it just matters who is writing and their preferences

[@Inspadave]

@@e_little I was confused a bit by what you were saying, but then I realized you were speaking in treble clef.

[@e_little]

@Inspadave yeah lol I was wondering why it made sense in bass clef and you used the ACEGB lol but its all good

[@e_little]

@Inspadave main idea tho is that both are used, just depends on where you from and the preferences of whoever is writing the music

[@Inspadave]

@@e_little I thought maybe it was some new school thing like basses facing the audience/lot lizards with their right side instead of the left as was common in my time.

[@guang-wen]

phat

[@coreycantrell1627]

God damn home team

[@SilentAttackTV]

Death Grips is online.

[@TamarMorgan-n2b]

what type bass mallets are those????

[@ben_ivey]

bass'd

[@bensonandrew1541]

Worked very fast

[@tjblackmore7863]

Funky bass groove!

[@thenelsonbruhs722]

you didn't mark the muted notes ANGERY

[@e_little]

Oops

[@thenelsonbruhs722]

@@e_little it’s ight

[@MikhailFederov]

All that effort just to be inaudible against the rest of the band

[@DirtyUnisons]

0:35 Imagine playing a unison so poorly that some kid thinks its a buhguhduh HOLY

[@j-raydimalanta9991]

it’s just a buzz on bass 1 chill out lol

[@finleyb.781]

i’ve watched that about 20 times and i deadass cannot figure out what you’re calling a dirty unison

[@e_little]

Yeah my bad it was kinda trippy to listen to, its not on them tho its on me with the transcription

[@e_little]

And it wasn’t a unison, it was a split, I just didnt get it right

[@finleyb.781]

@@e_little ye ye i wasn’t taking shots at baq i thought it was clean but some people be perfectionists apparently