Reading Bass cleff

[Dviper]

Thanx for all the responce. i will start drawing bass clefs during boring classes and nameing the notes as i write them. And also i talked to my band teacher...i think i might be switching to Tuba!!! So that will help me.

Check this out. Got some time to killl, kind of fun.

sight reading

Dude, this thing rocks. its like exactly what i needed. THANKS!

 

[embellisher]

Lots of good advice in this thread. For more advice, check our General Instruction forum, which is where I am moving this.

 

[patrickj]

what do you guys know about tenor cleff and alto cleff? my band director wants me to switch to bassoon and i this guy said for most stuff yo need to know all the cleffs

If you can read either one the other is incredibly simple. Middle C is centered around the 2 backwards Cs on the clef. In alto clef, middle C lines up where the bass clef D is. In Tenor, middle C lines up where the bass clef F is located.

 

[Biker4Him]

Check this out. Got some time to killl, kind of fun.

sight reading

Thanks for that link. Very cool, and very helpful for me as well. I played violin for years and years. I've been playing bass a little over 3 years, and still haven't learned to read, and it's killing me. This will really help, 'cause I can do it at my desk during the workday.

 

[RyanHelms]

More kudos for the sight reading link, fourstring44! The random quiz sorta feel is perfect.


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[Logans Dad]

Hi,

I've been working with the trainers at:
http://www.musictheory.net/

I downloaded the flash trainers and run them right here on my laptop. No internet connection required after the download.

You can chose your clef, the number of lines above and below the staff, etc. What I like about this trainer is that you can just type the letter name on the keyboard as the note is displayed. Not so much pointing and clicking.