The Bass Guitarist’s Guide to Reading Music – Intermediate Level: Essentials Series
Author(s): Stuart Clayton (Author)
Publisher: Independently published
Publication Date: March 21, 2021
Language: English
Print length: 128 pages
ISBN-10: B08ZFMKQJ7
ISBN-13: 9798725947304
Book Description
Do You Want to Learn to Read Music on the Bass?The Bass Guitarist’s Guide to Reading Music – Intermediate Level is the second in a series of three books that will teach you everything you need to know in order to be able to successfully read music on the bass guitar.
Unlock the Secrets of Reading Music Building on the topics covered in the first book, this volume covers more complex rhythms such as those using sixteenth notes and triplets as well as more advanced time signatures and key signatures. The final part of the book contains ten ‘real world’ play-along tracks recorded with a full band.
The book contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1 – Sixteenth Note Rhythms (Part 1)
Chapter 2 – Fifths
Chapter 3 – Dynamics & Articulation
Chapter 4 – More Key Signatures
Chapter 5 – Sixteenth Note Rhythms (Part 2)
Chapter 6 – Fourths
Chapter 7 – Triplets
Chapter 8 – Compound Time Signatures
Chapter 9 – Sixths
Chapter 10 – Ledger Lines
Exercise Area
Audio Files As you learn to read, you will often wonder if you’re playing the exercises correctly, particularly if you don’t have a teacher with you. Fortunately, all of the exercises in this book are available as downloadable audio files, so that you can be sure you’re playing the lines in the right way!
There are over 120 exercises in this book, and you can download the audio files free of charge from the publisher’s website – there are instructions in the book for this. The final ten exercises were recorded with a full band and are available in two formats: WITH bass (so you can hear EXACTLY how it should sound), and WITHOUT bass, so you have a backing track to play along with.
Buy The Bass Guitarist’s Guide to Reading Music – Intermediate Level today and take your reading skills to the next level!
The Bass Guitarist's Guide to Reading Music: Beginner
Author(s): Stuart Clayton (Author)
Publisher: Bassline Publishing
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0956964664
ISBN-13: 9780956964663
Book Description
This book is the first in a series of three that will teach you everything you need to know in order to be able to successfully read music on the bass guitar. Starting with the absolute basics, this book introduces all of the fundamental elements of music notation one at a time, reinforcing all concepts with written and audio examples. Rhythms and pitches are introduced gradually, with all chapters containing ten exercises focusing on each new element. More complex aspects of notation such as time signatures, key signatures and navigation are also introduced to a basic level. The final part of the book contains ten ‘real world’ play-along tracks recorded with a full band. Audio files for all of the exercises are available to download from the FREE Stuff! section of the website.
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About the Author
STUART CLAYTON has been playing the bass guitar for over twenty years and has been working professionally as both a musician and a writer since 2002. During the course of his career he has toured the world with artists such as Carl Palmer (Emerson Lake & Palmer), played on cruise ships, in theater shows and taught in several educational institutions. He currently works as Head of Bass at BIMM Bristol, as well as fulfilling the role of Bass Guitar Specialist for rock and pop exam board RockSchool. He has written several popular bass guitar tuition titles for Music Sales and Sanctuary Publishing, and also writes for Bass Guitar Magazine. He now runs his own publishing company, Bassline Publishing, which publishes a successful series of transcription and tuition books.