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10-29-2005, 07:03 AM
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Hello all
I am sorry if this has been done, I checked the sticky and couldn't find any info.
I am looking for an online (preferably) resource to study sight reading. I am very well versed in theory, and can sight charts easily. I would love to be able to sight notation, which I can read, but not sight. Many years ago, I learned music on a guitar, so I was brought up with treble clef and I still tend to read that way.
Any hints/ideas?
Thanks in advance.
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10-29-2005, 08:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Naushua, New Hampster, U S of | | | The best way to learn to sight-read is to…
…sight-read lots of music.
Seriously, I'm not joking! The only way is to do it - the more you read, the better you become at reading - it's obvious really! There are no shortcuts… There's so much music out there - start with the simple tunes. Try and play things you're unfamiliar with. Any music will do - it doesn't have to be written for your instrument.
Hey, we've all been there - I hope this helps!
- Wil
PS - I've just re-read your post again, and I'm not sure I understand "…which I can read, but not sight…" - now I'm confused…
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10-29-2005, 11:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ontario | | | I think he means to say that he can play through charts on the first go, but has more trouble with actual notation. eg, in a jam situation with leadsheets, he could play a bassline, but might have difficulty playing the head.
Read in both clefs, as much as possible. Learn new heads all the time. Grab yourself a Real Book, and read melodies every day.
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10-29-2005, 11:51 AM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | Ya, there's no book or online site that can tell you how to read music faster. Just read lots of music. The more you do it, the easier it becomes. |
10-29-2005, 12:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Nashville TN | | | There is a pretty good book "Simplified Sight Reading for Bass" that I've tried to work through. Lots of exercises and an accompanying CD. |
10-29-2005, 11:54 PM
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10-30-2005, 01:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia | | You stand corrected twice. Check this out: Note Trainer
I spend about 10 mins a day doing this. I've found it really helpful. |
10-30-2005, 03:09 AM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | No, I only stand corrected once. That will help you recognize what note is on the staff, but it won't help you at all with sight reading. It's one thing to instantaneously tell what one note is. It's a whole different thing to tell what several different notes are with different durations while you're trying to play them. |
10-30-2005, 03:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia | | | Ok, you win. I'm a loser. I was just trying to impress you Jimmy. But don't get too angry at me, us registered users have to stick together. |
10-30-2005, 07:15 AM
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10-30-2005, 01:40 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | Hey, how can he be a loser? He plays bass!
Oh...guess I just answered my own question
Seriously Jack, don't worry about it. That IS a good exercise for note recognition, so there's nothing at all wrong with it. Doesn't make you a loser. |
10-30-2005, 02:47 PM
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10-30-2005, 09:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia | | | What does make me a loser is that I spend all my spare time playing bass and going on talkbass and not studying for my school certificate which is in a week. |
10-30-2005, 09:56 PM
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10-31-2005, 04:07 PM
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think of the children! |
10-31-2005, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Grug this thread has gone completely off the rails...
think of the children! |
I couldn't agree more.
*a little thread cleaning*
Let's keep this thread on topic please. |
11-01-2005, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Grug this thread has gone completely off the rails...
think of the children! | Sorry, My fault. Here are a few more to help. Interval Trainer Key Trainer Ear Trainer |
11-03-2005, 11:12 AM
| | | | im starting to play bass in my school big band, and to help my sight reading i made some flash cards with the note on the stave on one side, and then the name of the note and the note in tab format aswell. i only tabbed it from open to 4th fret though. it would have been too hard to do it all, plus i found that a lot of stuff we play just seems to revolve around those frets. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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