4-line bass tablature paper: standard layout for 4-string bass guitar.

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Bass Tab Paper

Bass lines depend on rhythm even more than guitar parts, a wrong rhythm changes the groove fundamentally. Mark beats and note values above the tab line as stems and flags, or use a dedicated rhythm row above each tab system.

Always include rhythm above the tab

S (slap with thumb), P (pop with finger), X (muted note) are the standard symbols. Write them between fret numbers as needed. Without these marks, slap-bass transcription becomes unreadable to anyone who didn't learn the part first.

Notate slap and pop articulations

Bass grooves are full of percussive non-pitched hits. Write them as X on the appropriate string. A bassline tabbed without ghost notes always sounds thinner than the original.

Mark ghost notes and dead notes

Bass transcription is iterative. You'll revise fingerings, swap octaves, and recompose phrases as you go. Pencil drafts let you erase cleanly; reserve ink for the final clean copy you intend to keep.