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11-28-2011, 11:36 AM
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I'm finally at a level where I can read intermediate/advanced sheet music and play it as well. This opened up a whole new world for me. Especially with reading the treble clef music. More melodic and fun for me. I wish I started sooner. I encourage anyone who is intimidated by it to just go for it. I dont have to rely on TAB as a crutch anymore  |
11-28-2011, 11:44 AM
| | Fueled by chocolate | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Montreal, Canada | | | Good for you, man. Reading is a great skill to possess and can open up a lot of doors. I wish my reading was better than it is. I really should practice doing it more often! |
11-28-2011, 12:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cayce, SC | | | Congrats. Now you can write down all those licks you come up with when practicing, so you won't forget them.
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11-28-2011, 01:51 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seattle | | | Andy: could you share anything in particular that you feel helped get you to this point? |
11-28-2011, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by mambo4  Andy: could you share anything in particular that you feel helped get you to this point? | I don't know about everybody else but one of the things that helped me a lot was reading along with the song. I would grab any sheet music and while I was listening to the tune I would read along.
Once I started getting comfortable with where everything was then I started playing along(easy tunes first), then work your way up to more difficult tunes.
Hth, oh and btw congrats Andy.
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11-28-2011, 04:35 PM
| | | | Excellent. Reading music opens doors. It gives you options, and allows you to, often, see the original intent of a composer, not just read the tab someone copied after another artist interpreted the music. Like reading a novel vs watching the movie - different experiences.
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11-28-2011, 10:42 PM
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11-29-2011, 12:20 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Decatur, IL | | | Reading music is great.
Definitely a valuable skill to have, particularly in that it opens up the door to many more gig opportunities (if you want to pursue them).
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11-29-2011, 04:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Sydney | | | Reading has been part of my bread an butter for quite some time. You too can cut yourself a slice. Congrats |
11-29-2011, 07:38 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Deep East Texas Piney Woods | | | Singing and playing the bass takes a little more skill than singing and playing along with an instrument that can be strummed, i.e. the rhythm guitar.
You seldom see a vocalist singing melody and playing melody both at the same time. Now singing melody and accompanying their vocal with simple harmony - yes.
Simple harmony seems to be something that may help, i.e. roots and fives perhaps. Just basic stuff.
Then there are the times you provide vocal accompaniment while playing? IMO one has to go on auto pilot so you can concentrated on the other.
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11-29-2011, 07:42 AM
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I recently started on this journey myself. I used to sight read for treble clef (on flute) and I remember how good it felt when you got to the point of actually reading and playing intermediate and hard pieces. I'm hoping to get there for bass at some point. Just got to keep practicing. |
11-29-2011, 10:03 AM
|  | On the TB leaderboard for low talent/gear ratios! | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: NJ | | | Congratulations. I'm working on that myself. I'm not a pro who plays reading gigs, nor will I ever be. But, to me, reading is simply part of becoming a better, more well-rounded musician and my instructor has been MORE than happy to keep tab out of my lessons.
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11-29-2011, 11:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Ontario, Canada | | | Well done,,,,what really forced me to read was Bach Cello suites...These pieces have become my lifes work...and the key to be fluent in reading is to constantly practice!!
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11-29-2011, 11:23 AM
| | | | Thanks Guys!
Mambo, to answer your question, I played drums on and off for around 15 yrs so I understood the concepts of syncopation and complex rhythms. So the hard part for me was to figure out how to write and read them. So after grabbing a bunch of jazz standard sheet music I would just clap out the rhythms of the song and play back the song to verify if I was playing it correctly. Plus there are lots of great tutorials on reading music on Youtube. Thats where I learned how to read ties and dotted notes. |
11-29-2011, 11:24 AM
| | | | Now Im going to get The Real Book along with the Cello Suites. Hopefully I will learn more than just running scales and exercises all the time. |
11-29-2011, 11:26 AM
| | | | The rhythms are the hard part. Not memorizing the notes on the staff. That's easy. |
11-29-2011, 12:55 PM
| | On the TB leaderboard for low talent/gear ratios! | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: NJ | | Funny that the rhythm has actually been the easier part for me. I took drum lessons and, despite that being MANY years ago, I guess I retained enough that reading the rhythm was relatively easy. For me, reading the pitch in real time is the tough part. Well, I guess it's reading BOTH in real time that's really the hard part. 
But regular practice is helping. There are no shortcuts!
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11-29-2011, 01:02 PM
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11-29-2011, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by AndyMania The rhythms are the hard part. Not memorizing the notes on the staff. That's easy. | my experience as well. |
11-29-2011, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by AndyMania I'm finally at a level where I can read intermediate/advanced sheet music and play it as well. This opened up a whole new world for me. Especially with reading the treble clef music. More melodic and fun for me. I wish I started sooner. I encourage anyone who is intimidated by it to just go for it. I dont have to rely on TAB as a crutch anymore | Great! Good for you! Now any Musician at any time of history can be your Music Teacher. You can study with Bach, Bird, Jaco, Miles, Chick, whoever. If it is written out you can learn it.
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