Reading?

[Andrew Jones]

Hi


I've been lurking on some of your threads. I have to admit I've never heard anything you've done. I do however enjoy your post as thoughtful, honest well written passages.

For reading books I highly recommend

Oscar Stagnaro latin book, It has every permutation of the eight note imaginable.

Anthony Vitti's Sight reading Funk book this book has the 16ths.


These 2 books is what really taught me how to read.


BTW I moved to Portland (your from here right) 5 months ago and I'm trying to get to know the city. Any advice on restaurants,hangs what ever?


Andrew Jones

[jmjbassplayer]

Good stuff, thank you very much indeed.

I was born in Eugene, actually...38 years ago today, in fact!

And I only lived there a few weeks. So I'm from LA, really.

JMJ

[DanRJBrasil]

I would like to recommend Rich Appleman - Reading Contemporary Electric Bass Rhythms, is very easy and straight foward, you already have to know the notation, but it is just what one need to get it on going

[Andrew Jones]

Justin


I'm sorry I didn't notice the details of yoour post the first time.


Happy Belated Birthday!



Aj

[Colb]

Whilst reading music isn't required as a skill all the time, it's well worth working on, and notating even a scruffy chart for a song or piece you are playing on is a very useful skill, which can save you a lot of headache especially when recording.

The few minutes it might take to draw a rough chart can save you ages in knowing and remembering where things happen in a tune.
I've also found that the act of writing it down commits things to memory better than playing along a few times.

I sharpened (and still use!) up my reading with these two books:

40 studies for Cello (F. Dotzauer)
Standing in the Shadows of Motown