I have this problem!! Knowing the difference between a whole step and a half step (2 frets vs 1 fret) is TOUGH.
If you get the roots and the general rhythm and groove, that’s a B, B+ in my book. The fine details are rad, but it’s those main ideas that will inform your bass playing and give you ideas to take into song building and line composition.
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OK, here is the best I could do, @Gio … this was hard! I hope to have gotten at least the basic notes and rhythms, but, unfortunately, I couldn’t get all the phrasing, straight or dotted eighths, ghost notes and all that jazz… too damn hard for now… But, what a great exercise! (And to think that you probably played and recorded that within a minute while preparing a delicate bread dough on the side… 
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Example A:
Example B:
Example C:
Now I can have a peek at the other (real) transcriptions 
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Where are the other two?? 
And playing-wise, I was trying to play it within the first five frets, i.e., starting on the fifth fret of the D string.
EDIT: hm, OK, reading the entire thread again, I think I might have misunderstood the original mission statement by @Vik… oh well, I got to exercise how to transcribe TrueRockage bass lines 
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Great transcription and rhythmic interpretation and writing.
I say bravo on all fronts.
Yes - the game as it was laid out is 2 part:
Part 1: Transcribe a bass line.
Part 2: Using the bass line you learned, try and develop the transcribed bass line ideas in new and creative ways (by using different grooves and drum loops to spark new ideas).
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@joergkutter I clicked on the ‘spoiler blur’ to reveal what was underneath. It didn’t help. I kept clicking, waiting for the tab to appear but no luck. Just more tiny dots.
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Sorry, no tabs, @eric.kiser - only sheet music… the tiny dots are the notes
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