Advice for learning bass cleff?

[GuyMcee]

I want to be able to play bass in school, so...

[fdeck]

I suggest ed fuqua's book on walking bass.

[Ripper]

Are you familiar with treble clef? Makes it a bit easier since you know what to look for for notes.

When I learned it for school I needed to do it immediately, so I just wrote the note names out above the staff on my music for a bit. After a couple weeks I got used to it and could sight read, but that helped me out a lot.

I'd probably have to do the same thing if I were to have to sight read something now since I havent done it in a while

[Skitch it!]

Pay a bit of attention to rhythms, identifying notes on the stave isn't too much of a problem, reading rhythms and rhythmic phrases takes more concentration. Back in the day in study, we spent an hour a day with Louis Bellson's Modern Reading text in 4/4, just clapping the rhythmic combinations to instill and recognize various combinations.

[tZer]

Find a music teacher - take lessons.

Self-teaching can work, but it's much harder to know if you're doing it right.

[EricF]

Originally Posted by tZer

Find a music teacher - take lessons.

Self-teaching can work, but it's much harder to know if you're doing it right.

+1

Nothing will help you progress faster than working with a good teacher.