Advice for learning bass cleff?

[GuyMcee]

I want to play bass in jazz band and stuff...

[MalcolmAmos]

You gotta start some where. CyberfretBass.com - Reading standard notation - Bass - Open strings -


Good luck.

[Dazzare]

Victor Wooten

This is where is started to read Bass Clef.

[John Wentzien]

Also known as the "F" clef...the 2 dots are on each side of the "F" note on the clef..

[BassChuck]

Since you say you want to learn 'bass clef' (instead of saying you want to read music) I'm assuming you already read treble clef. Just learn the lines and spaces and go at it. If you try to look at the music as if it was treble and then 'change it' to be bass clef you are only adding an additional step to the mental process. It will take a little time, but as soon as you can get it together to read music with other musicans, the faster it will go. If you are in a reading situation and not really up to speed with your own reading.... go for the first note in each measure and don't get hung up on get them all, that will come with time. Get the downbeat, most important... work from there.

[sevenyearsdown]

Simandl

[MalcolmAmos]

As to reading the bass clef. My teacher had me recognize the name of the note and verbalize that name. When I could do that in the same amount of time it took me to say my full name - then and only then was I turned loose on my instrument - which at the time was the keyboard. Try this: http://www.studybass.com/tools/bass-clef-notes/

You can practice reading anywhere. Take some sheet music with you. In your briefcase, lunch box, etc. and get in some reading time when ever you you have a few minutes.

Remember if we do not read - every day - rust develops.

Then there is that three octave thing. Our fretboard has a full three octaves of notes, if, we have 22 frets. Which means, depending on the number of frets you have, we have at least 5 C notes - three of which are in other octaves. Which C note are you reading and where is that C on your fretboard? That's step number two.


www.studybass.com has some very good pdf's on this three octave "thing". Go to http://www.studybass.com/lessons/rea...etboard-notes/ then look for the highlighted pdf in the first paragraph.


Good luck.