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The Best Sight Reading Books for Bass

Bass Player’s Book Club Part 2: Sight Reading Have you ever wondered what the best sight reading books for bass are, or how to practise sight reading? Episode 2 of…

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Categorised as LessonsTagged anthony vitti, bass players book club, Bellson, bottesini, dotzauer, instructional books, james jamerson, john patitucci, sight reading, Simandl

The Bass Player’s Book Club #1: Chops

I’m a musical self-improvement addict, a condition which has manifested itself in my tendency to buy – and hoard – tons of books, instructional videos (including some very dubious Hot…

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Categorised as LessonsTagged bass fitness, bass lesson, bass players book club, bass technique, chops, instructional books, left hand technique lesson, one finger per fret

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Top practice tips No.4 - Fix your click Is your m Top practice tips No.4 - Fix your click

Is your metronome doing the work for you? Time to remove the crutch and develop your own internal compass of where you are in the bar. 

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Top practice tips No.3 - Slow down and do it again Top practice tips No.3 - Slow down and do it again

There’s a lot to be gained from treating yourself like a toddler. Don’t assume you’re smart enough to absorb new information on the first pass (or even the 50th). 

Slow down and do it again. You’ll feel the benefit later on. 

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Top practice tips No.2 - Scribble on it I used to Top practice tips No.2 - Scribble on it

I used to treat sheet music like it was some sort of sacred document and was afraid to mark it up. Many of my students are equally hesitant, but there’s nothing wrong with annotating music to make sure you get it right.

So go on, be brave. Scribble on it.

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Top practice tips No.1 - Make it smaller This is Top practice tips No.1 - Make it smaller

This is probably the second most common piece of advice I give to students (right after ‘be nice to yourself’)

If something is hard to learn, then can you make it so small that it becomes easy? If you can’t get through a whole bar, can you get the hang of just beat 1? 

Small wins build confidence and lead to consistent progress. 

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One thing I’ve learned from teaching people to s One thing I’ve learned from teaching people to sight read is that almost everyone struggles with rhythm. I want to change that.

I’ve just added nearly THREE HOURS of free rhythm reading lessons to the FreeBassTranscriptions Youtube channel, taking you all the way from ‘What is a whole note?’ to complex 16th-note syncopation. Smash the bio link to start right now.

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