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Rhythmic Fundamentals

Rhythm Reading Bootcamp, Volume 1

Every chart on this site is written in standard notation, and the part that stops most bass players is not the pitches — it’s the rhythm. Volume 1 starts at the beginning: what each note value is worth, how subdivisions stack up, and how to count a bar out loud before you put your hands anywhere near the instrument.

It is a workbook rather than a textbook. Each chapter introduces one idea and then gives you exercises to play against a metronome until it stops being arithmetic and starts being something you hear.