How To Read Music On Bass Guitar - Ultimate Guide

[@cambioderumbo]

I love this channel!!! You explain the theory but with a bass view and thats the point!!! Thank you!!!

[@s.d.d.6063]

Fellow Padawans, listen to what Master Mark have to say 😉. I'm in no way a "pro" bassist, nor I aim to be one, but as a former piano player I can read music and i spent quite a bit of time to learn the notes on the bass fretboard (as Mark said numerous times learning to read music is huge in helping learning the fretboad as well). A couple of days ago a drummer friend of mine, whom I play with in a local cover band and who also play in a little orchestra, asked me if I could join them since their bassist left and he sent me bunch of bass parts in music sheets. They are kind of easy-ish (and that is the insidious part) so I could study them, but had I not been able to read, well I could not.

[@cfaibah]

Quite appropriate to have a Zappa tee on the thumbnail of a video about learning to read scores quickly

[@2Langdon]

Great stuff! Thanks for packing all the basics into a short and zippy package. If I can get all that under my fingers, I shall be very happy.

[@ronaldcrowder404]

I have to say I was able to follow as easily as you taught it . Nice

[@erniesanders3724]

Excellent basics on reading music on Bass. Outstanding Sir. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@davidbalan6571]

1. A forward slash (/) indicates a slide moving up in pitch . 2 . A back slash (\ ) indicates a slide moving down in pitch ..3 . A caret (^ ) indicates a bend . 4 . An X ( x ) indicates a ghost note . 5 ..An H ( h ) indicates a hammer - on . 6..A P (p) indicates a pull- off .

[@BennHaynes-i2e]

Another great job. Keep up the good work.

[@johnhewett9483]

excellent first steps to reading bass

[@maxmerx]

great tutorial for beginners

[@haywoodgampaha9512]

❤ from Sri Lanka .🇱🇰

[@1234drums]

Thank you Sir ❤

[@graemerobertson5160]

It is a great tutorial for non readers.

[@Hambass]

Can you please show how to play the scheme by primus

[@markbass354]

NICE BASS

[@maxmerx]

is there a PDF in the website for this lesson ?

[@nemanjamilosevic2739]

a bit of a rivalry with sbl it seems, that's what I like to see 6:53

[@graemerobertson5160]

I can read it, but the more ink there is on a stave, the more overwhelming it becomes, and I find it doesn't get easier with time. So I am hoping there might be a lightbulb moment here.

[@ianmackenzie686]

Yeah that light bulb of which you speak will only come with practice and it won't flash on as suddenly as you might expect. It'll be more like you suddenly notice the light is on. Stick with it, you'll get there.

[@DmitryIsc199]

Ive been postponing sight reading for years, and your vid as a reminding! 6:27 japanese bass players: hey! hold my beer

[@teblake3]

Zappa t-shirt in thumbnail, but not in the lesson… I guess I’ll get over it

[@philliptoone]

Wrong, I pay the piano so I definitely know how to read music. I'm here because I'm curious to know what you are going to say about it.

[@talkingbasslessons]

@@philliptoone Last time I paid a piano it was a bit of a strange situation. I had a private investigator follow a guy that lived a few doors down. He kept visiting a pond at the end of the street. I was positive he was an alien and meeting his brethren down there. The PI followed him, took some photos and agreed to meet me at a bar called Scrotum Delight. So anyway, I walked in and after a few minutes I got a message from a waiter telling me the PI was in the piano. I walked up and delivered the cash. That was the last time I paid a piano. Turns out the guy wasn’t an alien. He was just meeting a woman called Brenda.

[@tonyboomhower8890]

@@talkingbasslessons 🤣😂🤣

[@maxmerx]

@@talkingbasslessons You should definitely write more stuff like this, short absurd novels. Your new career.😂

[@bassbuffricky]

@@talkingbasslessons There, mystery solved once and for all😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@alberto5147]

Yeah it is impossible to learn how to read notes on auch a rushed video. It's not very helpful.

[@talkingbasslessons]

@@alberto5147 Obviously learning to read music will take you years. I was working on reading for at least 10 years before I was good enough to sight read live on stage in a professional capacity. But this is a basic overview for getting started. The idea is you can go back over and over the information and practice the charts provided over at the website. It’s literally impossible to just watch a video once and expect to be able to read fluently. You need to practice the material provided over and over.

[@rjlchristie]

Record time, my *rse. Incomplete explanations simply require learners to waste time later going over the missing material at later stage, whilst often having progress hampered by misconceptions created by inadequate groundwork. You do nobody any favour.

[@ollieroe4525]

What are you referring to in particular?