I can sightread the Parker omnibook

[odin70]

I have been working hard on my sightreading for a while and yesterday i found my old Parker book. To my surprise it was not difficult anymore. Im happy.
Does anyone have suggestions for more reading to work on ?

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

Sorry. Couldn't resist. On a serious note, have you tried J.S. Bach's cello suites? You can even find transcriptions/adaptations for double bass. Here's an example.

[odin70]

he he thats a challenge. The Bach cello suites are on the repertoire. thanks

[henry2513]

That's a great accomplishment, I just got it for that specific purpose, while I'm capable of playing what's on there, it's still a painful process reading it.

[Snarf]

Never did like that book much for reading. IIRC, it was basically all done in C or Bb right?

[Schlyder]

Turn it upside down. :P

[Ed Fuqua]

Originally Posted by Snarf

Never did like that book much for reading. IIRC, it was basically all done in C or Bb right?

? Even the blues are all over the place - C, Bb, F, Eb, Ab - and there's plenty of stuff that has 3,4 or 5 different key centers in it.

[Snarf]

Originally Posted by Ed Fuqua

? Even the blues are all over the place - C, Bb, F, Eb, Ab - and there's plenty of stuff that has 3,4 or 5 different key centers in it.

Mine just doesn't use key signatures, it's just got accidentals all over the place. That's pretty cool and useful, but I usually gravitate towards stuff that's got lots of key signatures.

[Spaldo]

The Bach Cello suites are a lot of fun.....also Bach's Invention 12 in A Major is also a nice challenge, I've seen a few bassists have a go at this...

...or you could try this George Crumb piece...

[Ed Fuqua]

Originally Posted by Snarf

Mine just doesn't use key signatures, it's just got accidentals all over the place. That's pretty cool and useful, but I usually gravitate towards stuff that's got lots of key signatures.

OK.
Good luck with that.

[odin70]

Originally Posted by Spaldo

The Bach Cello suites are a lot of fun.....also Bach's Invention 12 in A Major is also a nice challenge, I've seen a few bassists have a go at this...

...or you could try this George Crumb piece...

The Bach inventions are great.

[Roy Vogt]

Bruce Gertz's 22 Melodic Etudes for Electric Bass.
David Baker's Duet Series Books
There's a lot of bass clef material available on the Chas Colin website that's challenging
Chord Studies for Electric Bass by Rich Appleman
Melodius Etudes Vol. 1-3 by Joannes Rochut (Trombone)

[odin70]

Just for the record.. I cannot play the parkers solos very fast. I do em slowly. But it is a great feeling when you suddenly can do something you could not last year. Its not that often i get that feeling anymore.

[odin70]

Originally Posted by Roy Vogt

Bruce Gertz's 22 Melodic Etudes for Electric Bass.
David Baker's Duet Series Books
There's a lot of bass clef material available on the Chas Colin website that's challenging
Chord Studies for Electric Bass by Rich Appleman
Melodius Etudes Vol. 1-3 by Joannes Rochut (Trombone)

Thanks!

[Schlyder]

Frank Zappa charts. :P

[dougjwray]

First of all, congratulations.

You could try Dotzauer's cello studies. Jaco Pastorius practiced them when he was learning. (I offer this at the risk of starting another "Is Jaco overrated??" thread.)

And yes, any Bach is good, because if you get his feel for writing bass parts in your blood, it'll help with whatever kind of music you play. (Unless you're in a Ramones tribute band, maybe.)

[Snarf]

Originally Posted by Schlyder

Frank Zappa charts. :P

Ooh, where are those? Got any to share?

[ugly_bassplayer]

Anthony Vitti's sightreading funk bookadvanced is quite a challenge

[odin70]

Originally Posted by ugly_bassplayer

Anthony Vitti's sightreading funk bookadvanced is quite a challenge

Thank you. I will check it out.

[lfmn16]

Originally Posted by dougjwray

You could try Dotzauer's cello studies. Jaco Pastorius practiced them when he was learning. (I offer this at the risk of starting another "Is Jaco overrated??" thread.)

Is Dotzauer overrated?