Hi Misha,

The transposing is quite common amount guitars and basses. Both are written an octave higher than they sound and this is important depending on what patch you are using. Some patches automatically transpose them for you while others do not, which also can be confusing IF you already transposed them.

Secondly and I say this with all respect your notes are very mundane. You need to liven them up with a few nuances. You might try some of these suggestions:
1-put a quick portamento on a few notes, especially on notes that are on the same guitar string: I can send you a chart on this if you need one. Note that this is not a grace note, it must be a little faster than that.
2-add a little vibrato on a few notes. In your example a very short vibrato would work best.
3-have extreme velocities on those notes: This works only if your sound source has velocity layers. No guitarist has the same initial volume on every note.
4-subtle changes in timing also help.
5-if your sound source allows it choose different picking positions. Picking more toward the guitar's neck will yield a different timbre then picking closer to the bridge. If emulating finger picking and the pointer finger being #1 and the pinky #4 the #3 finger would be closer to the bridge and playing the higher notes while the #1 finger being closer to the neck.

This all I can think of off of the top of my head. I hope some of this will help.


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