Does No One Write Bass Guitar Sheet Music?

Question

How come its so hard to find sheet music for bass guitar online. I don't want tab because it doesn't tell you how long to play each note. I want to be able to look at a sheet of paper and play. It seems like everything is just written for piano and guitar. Hello but bass and drum are also very important but no one ever writes out the sheet music. I want to learn to play Hillsongs (Where Feet May Fail) on bass guitar but i cant find the bass guitar sheet music. Any Help


~Moe

Answer 1

guitar notation is written an octave above the pitch that the guitar actually plays. It's written on 1 staff I believe, It's been a long time since I've used musical notation, I usually just learn by ear. A lot of guitar sheet music will be written in tablature, which is a lot easier to understand for the guitar because it's logical and functional, rather than musical notation that will cause confusion because most notes on the guitar can be played in more than one place. tablature also provides a means whereby you can represent things like bends, vibrato, upstrokes, downstrokes etc, which musical notation does not. the best way is to be able to play nearly anything by ear (the only thing I can't play by ear on the guitar/bass guitar is the really fast solos because my brain cant process where the notes are fast enough), that way you don't need to buy expensive sheet music. using headphones is a good way to do this because you can hear things in music that may get buried when you listen through speakers.

Answer 2

It took me about five seconds with Google to find plenty of sheet music for bass guitar, including the song you mention.

Answer 3

Google

Answer 4

Tab assumes you listen to the song.