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Looking for resources to practice bass sight reading #758509 03/20/23 12:40 AM Woodshedding - Learning to Play!
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OP HopelessRomantic Enthusiast H Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 15 China	I am doing okay by following along with bass notation in jazz standards. I know how to generate simple lines. Does anyone have any other ideas for sight reading bass practice in BIAB? I am not a complete beginner. I am looking for fun and not too easy, not too difficult. Edit: I guess what I am really asking for is a stash of BIAB files that will help me practice bass reading (double bass; bass guitar). Last edited by HopelessRomantic; 03/20/23 04:53 AM.

Re: Looking for resources to practice bass sight reading HopelessRomantic #758930 03/24/23 09:13 AM Woodshedding - Learning to Play!
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Mike Halloran Expert Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 1,426 Sillie Con Valley, California	Find a community orchestra. Even better, community theater. Either will force you to learn just so you can keep up. Don't worry, at that level, most of the players aren't much better than you—perhaps they're worse. It worked for me back in 1968. Bass was 50% of my music income till my stroke forced my retirement in 2009. BIAB 2024 Audiophile, 24Core/60CoreGPU Core M2 MacStudioUltra/8TB/192GB Sonoma, M1 MBAir, 2012 MBP Digital Performer11, LogicPro Finale27/Dorico/Encore/SmartScorePro64/Notion/Overture

Re: Looking for resources to practice bass sight reading HopelessRomantic #759501 03/29/23 03:17 AM Woodshedding - Learning to Play!
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pghboemike Veteran P Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 3,659	you may find some heloful info here https://www.youtube.com/@basscination/playlists bing chatgpt There are several resources available to practice bass sight reading. You can try out the following: - Sight Reading For Bass Players: Vol 1 ¹ - Sight Reading For Bass Guitar: A Unique Challenge ² - Sight Reading Factory ³ - Strategies to Practice Sight Reading Bass Guitar ⁴ - Sight Reading For Bass Guitar by TalkingBass ⁵ I hope this helps! Source: Conversation with Bing, 3/29/2023(1) Sight Reading For Bass Players: Vol 1. https://bassmusicianmagazine.com/2022/04/sight-reading-for-bass-players-vol-1/ Accessed 3/29/2023. (2) Sight Reading For Bass Guitar: A Unique Challenge – FuelRocks. https://www.fuelrocks.com/sight-reading-for-bass-guitar-a-unique-challenge/ Accessed 3/29/2023. (3) Sight Reading Factory®. https://www.sightreadingfactory.com/ Accessed 3/29/2023. (4) Strategies to Practice Sight Reading Bass Guitar- Smart Bass Guitar. https://smartbassguitar.com/practice-sight-reading/ Accessed 3/29/2023. (5) Sight Reading For Bass Guitar – TalkingBass. https://www.talkingbass.net/sight-reading-for-bass-guitar/ Accessed 3/29/2023. Last edited by pghboemike; 03/29/23 03:18 AM. Lenovo YOGA 900 Window s 10 Home 64bit 16GB RAM\2018 13” MacBook Air casio wk7500 presonus audiobox i2 usb interface casio wk-7500 biab & realband 2023 everything pk both with Current builds

Re: Looking for resources to practice bass sight reading HopelessRomantic #759508 03/29/23 04:24 AM Woodshedding - Learning to Play!
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MarioD Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 21,871 Hamlin NY	Originally Posted By: HopelessRomantic I am doing okay by following along with bass notation in jazz standards. I know how to generate simple lines. Does anyone have any other ideas for sight reading bass practice in BIAB? I am not a complete beginner. I am looking for fun and not too easy, not too difficult. Edit: I guess what I am really asking for is a stash of BIAB files that will help me practice bass reading (double bass; bass guitar). I am assuming you are using the notation part of BiaB, right? If not then that is the place to start. Using MIDI styles or RealTrack styles that have MIDI charts are ideal for practicing. Choose styles that you are not accustom and follow the bass notation. Change speed to slowly add the amount of difficulty. Have you ever noticed there are no lines to a bathroom at a water park? 64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware

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