JPJ Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 So, prior to lockdown I was taking lessons and learning to read the dots. I really need to pick it up again and I’m looking for an online source for good quality bass sheet music. What do you use and can you recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 Don't go too far, check Theory and Technique. Our own @tomread, and @Chris B have produced such an incredible amount of stuff, not to exclude us mortals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPJ Posted October 14 Author Share Posted October 14 13 minutes ago, itu said: Don't go too far, check Theory and Technique. Our own @tomread, and @Chris B have produced such an incredible amount of stuff, not to exclude us mortals. Wow thanks for pointing this out. Due in no small part to my lack of theory or technique, I’ve stayed away from this sub-forum but it looks like I’ve been missing out 🤦 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPJ Posted October 19 Author Share Posted October 19 Just want to give a big shout out to @Burns-bass for his help with my query. Top basschatter 👍 Thanks again 🙏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 Someone once described my music as "sheet music". At least, I think that's what he said. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 1 hour ago, JPJ said: Just want to give a big shout out to @Burns-bass for his help with my query. Top basschatter 👍 Thanks again 🙏 No problems. Joys of (formerly) being a music teacher in that you accumulate stuff. Glad to share it. Was working on some scales in 6ths yesterday from the Ray Brown book. Hard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 The Hal Leonard people put a lot on youtube. If you have a screen big enough / TV then you can read the bass part of the score and it will page flip. You can also slow it down while keeping pitch. I use them all the time for practice. Example - There's loads on there from beginner to about Grade 5 level. Plenty of big band interpretations of classic pop stuff. Nice variety for practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 Here's a playlist that had some of the tunes my Big Band were doing. It wasn't the full repertoire but there's about 30 on there. Almost all have bass parts, but if not Tuba works too. Sometimes I played the trombone parts instead for various sections if the boss thought it would work better. There's a few others that I need to upload myself that I did the video for with a pdf of the music and a backing track. I'll try and sort that out when I get a moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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