So I decided to learn music theory...

[jamespopali]

The chromatic scale: A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#

Learn the Grand Staff.

Learn the circle of fifths/fourths -- it tells you how many accidentals are in each key. Thus, you will be able to recognize the key you're in and key modulations.

Learn to recognize, by both sight and ear, chords and common progressions.

This is the bass-ics!

 

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This is the bass-ics!

If I am playing or rehearsing or something, and anyone says the word "basically", I can't help but chuckle on the inside at the pun

Be patient when you are learning to read music. It can be difficult at first, but so was playing bass, right? If you learn it the right way you will find yourself being a much more versatile player. For example if you start playing with a new band. Pretend you're taking my spot in my band. My drummer (of all people lol) writes many of the songs (he plays piano too) and notates them in music notation software and gives the players the parts in standard music notation. Since you've already learned how to read music, this wouldn't be a problem at all! Honestly, this helps rehearsals go VERY smoothly...it's so much harder to "talk it out" than it is to see it on the page and play it, THEN talk about it.

 

[Pacman]

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