Good Books for Sight Reading Electric Bass

[pan1k]

I have recently become a doubler, and my ability to read for upright is pretty good, but my reading for electric bass is terrible. I'm looking for books that don't just teach the basics, but have advanced studies as well.

My first instinct is to take things I've studied on Upright, and relearn them for electric, but I'm scared that by doing this, I may diminish my ability to go back between both instruments.

Any suggested readings / advice?

[Phil Smith]

I think you have a misconception here, the material isn"t the issue, you just need to read more on the electric.

[dhsierra1]

Originally Posted by Phil Smith

I think you have a misconception here, the material isn"t the issue, you just need to read more on the electric.

+1, that said, check out the Carol Kaye books, they're specific to BG.

[pan1k]

fair enough, i will do that

[bassybill]

I'm a bit confused. If you can read well on upright, what are you finding difficult about transferring that skill to electric bass?

[jsbachonbass]

Originally Posted by bassybill

I'm a bit confused. If you can read well on upright, what are you finding difficult about transferring that skill to electric bass?

I was thinking the same thing. There wouldnt be much difference in technique except maybe adjusting from a 3 finger to 4 finger technique, or adjusting for thumb positions.

I suggest using the Simandl Method as a starter, just as you would on upright.

[fcleff]

Try reading Slonimsky's Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns. You'll get a good workout on treble and bass clef.

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[Groove Master]

You can check out this book

It will make you sight-read in time which is a very important aspect to sight-reading. While improving your timing and inner clock which is also very important

[AndreyR]

Reading Contemporary Electric Bass Rhythms (Rich Appleman) - starts off easy, gets progressively difficult
Note Reading Studies for bass - Albert Evans
Carol Kaye's Electric Bass 1-5
Daily Grooves by Patrick Pfeiffer
Examples on Cliff Engel's website.
classic funk and r & b grooves for bass by Josquin Des Pres

[cschenk78]

Jim Stinnett has some great books out there. Google 'Stinnett Music' - lots of great stuff...

[groooooove]

what exactly do you have a problem with?

is this an electric-bass oriented problem, or a notation reading problem? if you can read for DB then im confused why you need help with sight reading.

if your just trying to improve your sight reading, i'd get a book made for sight singing. thats what all the music schools use (then again, thats because they're actually teaching sight singing..) but i recommend it because it will teach you tenor, alto, treble, and bass clef, and they're not shy about nasty key signatures.

if you can get through that book, you will get much better at sight reading.

http://www.amazon.com/Music-Sight-Si...7775208&sr=8-1 <-- that book.