Sightreading problems+lack of sheet music=problem?

UnderDogbassist · #1 06-05-2010, 09:49 PM

i need help. here's my deal. i'm in my schoo jazz band, the junior one, and in order to step up into the senior group i have to up my game over the summer. problem is, i have some struggles with sightreading peices. sure i could sightread sheet music to practice. that is, if i had any sheet music to practice with, i don't know what to do, i can't really afford a fakebook or any other book for that matter, and since school's pretty much over i can't pick up some from my director. any help on how i can increase my sightreading? and p.s. i honestly don't think reading tabs would help me alot.

MarkMcBass · #2 06-05-2010, 10:13 PM

all i can think to tell you is to try and grab any book you can from a music store and start grinding away..heck even try to find free pieces online here. anything you can get to grind away with all summer is better than nothing! ive always been able to find at least free samples (1st pages usually) of any classical piece youd ever want to imagine! go for those if you really cant get anything else!

Jim Campbell · #3 06-05-2010, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by MarkMcBass

all i can think to tell you is to try and grab any book you can from a music store and start grinding away..heck even try to find free pieces online here. anything you can get to grind away with all summer is better than nothing! ive always been able to find at least free samples (1st pages usually) of any classical piece youd ever want to imagine! go for those if you really cant get anything else!

pm me an e mail,and i'll send you a few....

MarkMcBass · #4 06-05-2010, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Campbell

pm me an e mail,and i'll send you a few....

the guy above me needs them not me..I got PLENTY of materials! I just dont have any digital ones scanned in my computer to email him and my scanner is broken or id send everythign I have to him.

Jim Campbell · #5 06-05-2010, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by MarkMcBass

the guy above me needs them not me..I got PLENTY of materials! I just dont have any digital ones scanned in my computer to email him and my scanner is broken or id send everythign I have to him.

wrong quote click i guess but i sent him some .....i have the same problem so i snail mail 'em sometimes....i have a good stock of geetar rags and dots here,maybe we could swap some.....

Jim Campbell · #6 06-05-2010, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by UnderDogbassist

i need help. here's my deal. i'm in my schoo jazz band, the junior one, and in order to step up into the senior group i have to up my game over the summer. problem is, i have some struggles with sightreading peices. sure i could sightread sheet music to practice. that is, if i had any sheet music to practice with, i don't know what to do, i can't really afford a fakebook or any other book for that matter, and since school's pretty much over i can't pick up some from my director. any help on how i can increase my sightreading? and p.s. i honestly don't think reading tabs would help me alot.

did they come thru ok.....

jumbosilverette · #7 06-05-2010, 10:55 PM

How about the Public Library?

UnderDogbassist · #8 06-05-2010, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Campbell

did they come thru ok.....

in deed they did thx very much.

Jim Campbell · #9 06-05-2010, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by UnderDogbassist

in deed they did thx very much.

the aebersold bass books are good too,at around 10 bux a pop

Muaguana · #10 06-05-2010, 11:13 PM

The Aebersold collections are good, too, if you want the chord progressions to a jazz standard to play along with in a full band. That's what my jazz improvisation teacher used for us to solo over.

**251** · #11 06-06-2010, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Campbell

the aebersold bass books are good too,at around 10 bux a pop

The Jazz Handbook is a good reference piece & it's free;

http://www.jazzbooks.com/mm5/merchan...re_Code=JAJAZZ

Ask to borrow some trombone material before school let's out. It is written in bass clef & should make good reading practice. 8-)

singlemalt · #12 06-10-2010, 10:11 AM

The public library system is your friend, use it or lose it. Get down there and get a library card. Most libraries have an online catalog system that allows you to reserve books and renew from your home computer.

How 'bout a Mingus biography with compositions? All of the Real Books should be there.
A little digging should give you your high school band's whole set list.

Portland, OR public library, aka Multnomah County public library has an astounding room stuffed to overflowing with sheet music and instructional books. And most of the material gets very few requests, so I can renew books for months. Free, free, free.

Search your library for books from Berklee Press. Try Blues Improvisation Complete in bass clef. Comes with a cd to help you play through the changes. A few of Berklee's bass books should insure you never see the sun all summer long.

Have you asked the high school instructor for the material? If he recovers from the shock of a student requesting material for the summer break, he might just give you the whole package.