Do I do sheet music stevie wonder question

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Hello! I finished the bass buzz course and now i’m raring to transcribe music and learn all my favorite songs when all of a sudden I hit the Do i Do song by stevie wonder.

A lot of sheet music I see has the bass guitar tuned down to Eb and I have no idea why and its weird and confusing. I’d rather have to retune my bass to play this song. Is there a reason they do this? are there certain notes that are too low with regular tuning?

The name of the video I was following is here: Do I Do - Stevie Wonder - Bass Cover and Lesson from Greg Fairweather - Bass Guitar.

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They all seem to be tuned down a half step. The low Eb is the reason why.

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There are more 4 string players than 5 string. It’s easier to drop tune to Eb than either play that note on A string or only make 5 string tabs. If you are tabbing for the mass it’s just easier to just drop tune.

Sorry retune? So you are also drop tuning? What’s the question again?

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Stevie-Wonder_Do-I-Do_v2_DD_p.pdf (2.7 MB)

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Can also be played as Drop D, which is simpler to tune:

Stevie-Wonder_Do-I-Do_v2_DD_p Drop D.pdf (2.7 MB)

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