Reading without the bass!!

[Langueta]

Does this work for you???
I am reading music at the bus every day and I am improving a lot..
My method
Standing in the shadows of motwn book
1- I count the subdivisions in my head while I tap the notes with my hand.
2- I read the rhithm while I see how the notes relate to each other, and imagine where they are.
3-I read the rhithm and try to hum the bass line.
4`-Ì try to remember similar patterns of different tunes and I mark them.


3 days per week I sight read with the bass some of this tunes with sincopation and simandl book

 

[JimmyM]

that's actually a great way to do it if it's inconvenient to have a bass in your hands.

 

[Langueta]

It is almost an hour per day i read at the bus. Time flies. Great fun.

 

[MalcolmAmos]

Rust develops very quickly. I should read more.

 

[PlanetEarth]

Yeah man!! I chill on the couch all the time with drum books and tap out syncopated rhythms.... Not the end-all-be-all but I definitely find it useful.

-PE

 

[blakelock]

i've been practicing reading music the same at my desk. i do it at work when i need a break...oh no, i think they heard....gotta go