Download or read book Bass Player s Guide to Sight Reading written by Janek Gwizdala and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bass Player's Guide to Sight-Reading is the answer to one of the most universal hurdles faced by bassists today: becoming an expert at reading music notation. The guide is truly comprehensive through your entire journey with reading: while page one's whole and half notes may seem elementary, the final page would challenge even the world's best sight-readers. The process covers all the bases of mastering the most essential pitches and rhythms, constructing an unshakeable foundation on which to build things like sixteenth-note syncopation, odd time signatures, and even feeling comfortable reading bass melodies in treble clef. Along with a complete video master-class that provides a deeper understanding of the book's content, we're including highly polished play-alongs that will allow you to put all of these concepts into action immediately. Open your world to new opportunities, new music, and new gigs as you finally become the reader you've always dreamed to be with Bass Player's Guide to Sight-Reading.
Download or read book Bass Player s Guide to Looping written by Janek Gwizdala and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bass Player's Guide to Looping: A Comprehensive Method to Pedal Looping on Bass [OVER 2.5 HOURS OF VIDEO INCLUDED]Bass Player's Guide to Looping is the definitive method to mastering the art of live-looping with the electric bass. Join world-renowned bassist Janek Gwizdala as he reveals every single detail of his signal chain--including illustrated pedal settings, tips on effects and gear, and proper looping techniques--giving you an endless array of tools to practice, compose, and perform live as a true artist. Whether you've used a loop pedal for years or just purchased your first one, Bass Player's Guide to Looping will help you to become the best looping bassist you can be.With purchase of this book, you also gain access to over 2.5 hours of video instruction. These videos include in-depth explanations and performances of every concept in the book, bonus footage of techniques used in solo bass performance, and live footage of looping with both a drummer in a duo setting as well as with a live band.
Download or read book Play at first sight written by Lalo Davila and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Play at First Sight is a unique and comprehensive approach to help improve sight-reading skills. It will strengthen your ability to recognize rhythms quickly and perform them as confidently as possible. The more you practice the exercises and variation possibilities on each page, the more at ease you will become at sight-reading rhythms. The enclosed play-along CD incorporates a variety of musical styles and can be used with many of the exercises throughout the book. Play at First Sight will be an invaluable tool in helping you to become a better sight-reader!
Download or read book Music reading for bass written by Wendi Hrehovcsik and published by Musicians Institute Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Musicians Institute Press). A comprehensive source for sight-reading fundamentals, including notes, rhythms, keys, positions, and scale forms. Also teaches reading from chord symbols, following charts, creating walking bass lines, slides, ghost notes, and other techniques.
Download or read book Sight Reading Mastery for Guitar written by Joseph Alexander and published by WWW.Fundamental-Changes.com. This book was released on 2019-04 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exercises in Sight Reading Mastery are limitless and continually challenge, develop and improve your sight reading skills - however far you advance.
Download or read book Serious Electric Bass written by Joel Di Bartolo and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 1997-02-13 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bass basics, major scales and modes, harmonic and melodic minor scales and modes, arpeggio patterns and symmetric scales (whole tone and diminished). Serious Electric Bass is a definitive, comprehensive, user-friendly guide for electric bassists of all levels.
Download or read book Sight Reading for Bass Players written by Greg Hagger and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-23 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Start Sight Reading Today! This book contains 80 exercises specifically designed to help bass players develop and practise their sight-reading skills. These exercises all contain authentic musical ideas that you would find in real bass lines. This book, the first in a series, is perfect for any bassist wanting to learn how to sight-read. There are extra exercises to help with the different keys, and practical advice given throughout the book. Bonus access to an mp3 download featuring 93 audio tracks. The areas that you will improve on throughout the book are: Sight-reading skills Reading rhythms Playing in different key signatures Using and understanding sharps, flats and accidentals Playing in different time signatures Recognising intervals and scale patterns Playing common bass patterns from Rock, Blues, Jazz, Pop, and Ska Learning to sight-read is essential if you want to work as a professional bassist, and along with understanding music theory, these two skills are the cornerstones to improving performance skills and widening your understanding of music. Get started with Sight Reading TODAY! Scroll up to order your copy and start sight-reading Other books by Greg Hagger: Warm Up Exercises For Bass Players
Download or read book Music Theory for the Bass Player written by Ariane Cap and published by CapCat Music Media. This book was released on 2018-12-22 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music Theory for the Bass Player is a comprehensive and immediately applicable guide to making you a well-grounded groover, informed bandmate and all-around more creative musician. Included with this book are 89 videos that are incorporated in this ebook. This is a workbook, so have your bass and a pen ready to fill out the engaging Test Your Understanding questions! Have you always wanted to learn music theory but felt it was too overwhelming a task? Perhaps all the books seem to be geared toward pianists or classical players? Do you know lots of songs, but don't know how the chords are put together or how they work with the melody? If so, this is the book for you! • Starting with intervals as music's basic building blocks, you will explore scales and their modes, chords and the basics of harmony. • Packed with fretboard diagrams, musical examples and exercises, more than 180 pages of vital information are peppered with mind-bending quizzes, effective mnemonics, and compelling learning approaches. • Extensive and detailed photo demonstrations show why relaxed posture and optimized fingering are vital for good tone, timing and chops. • You can even work your way through the book without being able to read music (reading music is of course a vital skill, yet, the author believes it should not be tackled at the same time as the study of music theory, as they are different skills with a different practicing requirement. Reading becomes much easier once theory is mastered and learning theory on the fretboard using diagrams and patterns as illustrations, music theory is very accessible, immediately usable and fun. This is the definitive resource for the enthusiastic bassist! p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica; min-height: 16.0px} This book and the 89 free videos stand on their own and form a thorough source for studying music theory for the bass player. If you'd like to take it a step further, the author also offers a corresponding 20 week course; this online course works with the materials in this book and practices music theory application in grooves, fills and solos. Information is on the author's blog.
Download or read book Sight Reading Mastery for Bass Guitar written by Joseph Alexander and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-05-16 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Most Comprehensive Guide to Reading Music on the Bass Guitar 104 pages of limitless sight reading exercises Efficient, detailed lessons on how to read music the right way Extensive rhythm reading section Over 2 hours of audio to download for free In 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 Instrument Rhythm 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.
Download or read book Music Reading for Bass The Complete Guide Music Instruction written by Wendi Hrehovcsik and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1997-10-01 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Musicians Institute Press). A comprehensive source for sight-reading fundamentals, including notes, rhythms, keys, positions, and scale forms. Also teaches reading from chord symbols, following charts, creating walking bass lines, slides, ghost notes, and other techniques.
Download or read book Modern Reading Text in 4 4 written by Louis Bellson and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 1963 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has become a classic in all musicians' libraries for rhythmic analysis and study. Designed to teach syncopation within 4/4 time, the exercises also develop speed and accuracy in sight-reading with uncommon rhythmic figures. A must for all musicians, especially percussionists interested in syncopation.
Download or read book Guitarist s Guide to Music Reading written by Chris Buono and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Guitar Educational). The Guitarist's Guide to Music Reading features detailed step-by-step instruction, loads of sight-reading examples, invaluable tips and secrets from an industry pro, and over 600 audio files. "If you are reading this book I am excited for you. What you have in front of you is a powerful tool to help you understand the language of music. Chris Buono's explanations are sharply focused and designed for guitarists who have had minimal exposure to the concepts behind music notation. This is consistent with his approach to teaching guitar fundamentals. He has a gift for breaking down sophisticated musical concepts and replacing them with the salient points that kickstart your learning process." Dweezil Zappa
Download or read book Double bass sight reading written by John Kember and published by . This book was released on 2016-04 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (String). 195 carefully graded sight-reading pieces and exercises in a range of musical styles. Includes solos, duets and pieces with piano accompaniment. Suitable for beginning to advanced level students. "Both tenor and treble clefs are introduced in later chapters. Many tunes throughout the book have simple accompaniments, either for bass or piano. This is helpful, especially early on, to assure good rhythm and pitch, without playing the exact same tune as the sight reader." American String Teacher
Download or read book Sight to Sound written by Leon White and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 1992-03-06 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thorough volume solves the problem of sight reading on the guitar by teaching it through single line playing.
Download or read book The Latin Bass Book written by Chuck Sher and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2011-01-12 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only comprehensive book ever published on how to play bass in authentic Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Caribbean and various South American styles. Over 250 pages of exact transcriptions of every note Oscar plays on the 3 accompanying CDs. Endorsed by Down Beat magazine, Latin Beat magazine, Benny Rietveld, etc.
Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Playing Bass Guitar written by David Hodge and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Bass Guitar will show you exactly how to master the fundamentals of bass and develop your own playing style. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get: detailed advice on everything you need to learn to play bass, from choosing the right equipment to playing and improvising on your own; the low-down on scales, chords, arpeggios, and more; clear explanations that will have you reading tablature and music notation in no time; tips on getting the most out of your practice sessions." - back cover.
Download or read book Cello Playing is Easy written by Tanya Lesinsky Carey and published by Careyworks Incorporated. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This five book series will guide the emerging or experienced cellist or teacher through concise, organized steps to becoming or producing a fine cellist. It is designed to be an on-the-music-stand companion for a daily journey of cello discovery."--P. [4] de la couv.
