Teaching son. Rufus Reid?

[Scottgun]

Way back in 198-, my bass teacher taught me with Rufus Reid's The Evolving Bassist. Now my 15 year-old son wants to learn. He plays tuba and can already read music quite well. I suspect Reid's book is still perfectly fine, but I wanted to see if anyone else had other recommendations. Thanks.

 

[jallenbass]

Are you looking for a book just to teach him the bass or does he have a particular style of music in mind?

But to answer your question, The Evolving Bassist is still a great book.

 

[TomB]

The Evolving Bassist helped me learn to read. I thought it was very straightforward. I'm still not very good at it, but it's not Rufus' fault .

 

[ba55i5t]

Yep absolutely great book to go through. I'd also check out Fingerboard Harmony by Gary Willis as well.

 

[IamGroot]

Once again, shameless plug for Mike Richmond's "Modern Walking Bass" when he gets to the intermediate level. And he can play those lines on tuba!!!.

 

[White Beard]

I started playing tuba, and moved onto bass guitar and then a year later to double bass, and The Evolving Bassist was the book that really got my arco playing down. I went all through high school and college with really bad bowing. I didn't get any type of good until I was 30. Totally recommended, especially if double bass is an option later on in his playing.