reading music

I’ve been playing (electric) bass for over forty years and am primarily a cover band person, so typically have had little need to read notated scores. But I decided to set out to learn to read bass clef fluently, to see where it would take my playing. Having now spent a couple of years...

On YouTube, look up the Benny Benack Quintet & Jam at Smalls Live on 8/11/2021. See what happens at the 8:45 mark. A singer - horn player comes up to play with the band. He brings CHARTS. And everyone on the stage spends a moment looking at the chart, and then they launch into it. And they are...

It's an age old question that causes fuses to blow at each end of the spectrum, but in reality is the answer really black and white? Be sure to watch the video to the end - I'd love to know your own experience and how it related to what I talk about in the video...

Greg's Bass Shed - Reading Exercises I have just released a free sample chapter from my new sight-reading book. I have put a link at the top of this post to download the free chapter The book is aimed towards bass players beginning to read or those wanting to brush up on their reading. I...

I would love to work on my reading skills. I'm an intermediate/advanced music student disguised as a professional musician. I studied classical double-bass at a state Conservatory in Czechoslovakia. As a jazz player I'm a self-taught. Could you, please, recomend me a method book which can help...

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