I started having lessons at school with a guitar teacher who played a bit of bass and straight away I was introduced to TAB – what a great system! It tells you exactly where to place your fingers and out comes Green Day… What could be better?Įventually, I found myself arriving at music college at the age of 19 with plenty of technique but very little musical ability. I took up the bass at the age of 14, largely because I was too scared to talk to girls and thought it would help (it didn’t).
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I also believe that being able to read is an integral part of being a well-rounded musician people seem to be happy to nod along when someone trots out the very tired ‘music is a language’ analogy, but are often reluctant to actually do the work of learning how to read and write the language fluently. It is, however, very useful in a number of situations when you need to communicate musical ideas quickly. It might seem odd for someone who runs a bass transcription website to say it, but I don’t actually believe that taking music in ‘by eye’ is the best way to do things. This post is not meant to debate the relative merits of TAB vs. Have you ever wondered what the best sight reading books for bass are, or how to practise sight reading? Episode 2 of the bass player’s book club focuses on some of my favourite books for developing your sight reading skills and some strategies for using them with maximum efficiency in order to improve your sight reading as quickly as possible. Bass Player’s Book Club Part 2: Sight Reading
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