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Sight Reading Mastery for Bass Guitar (Learn how to play bass)

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The Most Comprehensive Guide to Reading Music on the Bass Guitar104 pages of limitless sight reading exercisesEfficient, detailed lessons on how to read music the right wayExtensive rhythm reading sectionOver 2 hours of audio to download for freeIn a modern world where we have instant access to guitar tablature, YouTube videos, slowdown software, lesson apps and midi, what is the value in learning to fluently read music on bass guitar? Sight reading music is an essential part of being able to communicate with other musicians in their own language. Professional musicians communicate with written music, and because very few other instruments use tablature, musicians simply learn to read music as a natural part of learning to play. If you want to have a better chance of working professionally as a guitarist you must learn to sight read on your instrument.There are three essential elements to being able to sight read on the bass guitar: Pitch Recognition Instant Location of Notes on your InstrumentRhythm Recognition Sight Reading Mastery for Bass Guitar contains extensive chapters and exercises that help you achieve mastery of each of these essential elements in a fun, challenging way. Every important major and minor key is covered, as are all the rhythms that you will come across in most normal playing situations. The exercises in Sight Reading Mastery are limitless and continually challenge, develop and improve your sight reading skills - however far you advance.The problem with many other sight reading texts is that the student quickly memorises the study pieces that are included, however, Sight Reading Mastery for Bass Guitar cleverly avoids this problem. The melodic exercises gradually increase in complexity as you progress through the page and are designed to be almost impossible to memorise. This leaves the student with an inexhaustible resource for life.There are dedicated chapters on how to practice, and scale theory. There are many diagrams detailing the best way to find and play written pitches on your guitar and of course an in depth study of how to recognise pitches and rhythms on the written stave.All in all, Sight Reading Mastery for Bass Guitar is the most comprehensive study guide available to help you fluently read music. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform


Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 16, 2014


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 104 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 149957911X


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 16


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.7 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.24 x 11 inches


Part of series ‏ : ‎ Learn how to play bass


Best Sellers Rank: #305,327 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #96 in Music Exercises #653 in String Instruments (Books)


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Top Amazon Reviews

    • A great practice tool
Thus us an outstanding resource for practicing sight reading skills, there ARE little bits for 5 string but it shines for standard 4 string bass, it is logically written non melodically It should, as advertised, be unlimited practice. Sight reading naturally helps you really learn your fretboard. I would not take lessons from anyone who doesn't teach standard notation ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2025 by Kim C.
    • A pedagogue, not a theoretician
You can tell this is the work of a really experienced, compassionate teacher who has taught musicians at all levels of experience. The book consists of around 30% instruction and 70% exercises, organized by key signature. I really like these two sentences, though the idea is certainly not new: "For now, don't use a metronome. Even if it takes you 10 minutes to do just one or two lines then this is success." That's a very positive, encouraging way of phrasing an idea which is vital for any beginner: practice playing correctly, don't practice making mistakes. There are also audio files to download, which is nice if you want to "check your work" as you learn to sight-read at faster and faster tempi. Highly recommended. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2015 by Christopher Dee
    • Good info, clearly written
Bought this to use as a base course for students. Good info, clearly written. My only reservation was the exclusion of the examples in the Kindle version. I eventually found them at the author's site, and printed them from a pdf. These need to be included. Therefore, in accordance with the author's own advice in the book, it makes more sense to buy the hard copy, or be prepared to print all the exercises, as he (rightly and helpfully suggests) to turn the exercises upside down for gettng more bang for the buck. Other than that, good stuff here. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2015 by jp
    • Very well laid out
The intro makes a lot of sense and is encouraging. No wasted words or ideas, very succinct and will be a great path for me to follow on my journey to unlocking my Fender Precision and Fender Jazz bass guitars.
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2021 by N. Bajza
    • The Title Tells It All
This book is direct, easy to understand, and contains excellent practice exercises. I have to say that I already had a good understanding of music theory though only a basic understanding of reading sheet music. My goal is to improve my sight reading, this book has been perfect for what I need.
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2019 by JSound
    • Meh
Examples in every key, mostly random lines that aren’t melodic per se, but get you reading, and that’s the point. Takes the unfortunate (I call it LAZY) approach with 5 and 6 string bassists- you will find nothing below E, so you don’t get to practice reading there at all. This is really a short coming these days- I cherish the books that I do have that include lines for a B string, because it is relevant to bass players today. He gives the typical line in his book (I paraphrase) that it’s okay, just read what’s there if you are on a 5 or 6 string bass- that misses the point- it would be easy for the author to have at least an extended range chapter, with several pages that hit the B string too, so we can practice reading there, right? ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2019 by Garret C. Graves
    • Buy the Book learn to Read!
This book will put you to work- it's worth the effort. Get the book not the digital. The exercises do not work digitally. I am glad I bought the book!
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2018 by Kindle Customer
    • Excellent book to learn sight reading
Excellent book to learn sight reading, good exercises to quickly develop your skills as reader, giving a good understanding of the instrument. Totally recomendable purchase.
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2017 by Cristian Recabarren Madrid

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