NEWSLETTER: August 2020

SIGHT READING FOR THE BASS -EBOOK/PDF VERSION- One of the foundational texts in the sight reading canon for bass players. Available in print or as an ebook download.	READING ODD METERS There's more to life than four-four time! Practice playing and reading in odd time signatures.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF READING RHYTHMS Triplets, ties, dotted notes and rests, cut time, compound time, swing, shuffle, rhythm studies, counting systems, road maps, and more!	INTEGRATED READING TECHNIQUE 155 musical passages following a progression of developmental technique, melodic by design and reinforcing shape recognition in your fingers.
READ IT (NO MORE EXCUSES) Rod Goelz's approach is direct: "Give 'em a book that makes it fun to learn how to read music, and they will learn how to read music."	SIGHTREADING 101 FOR BASS Takes players from never having read music before to reading notes and rhythms in multiple key signatures. Over 140 exercises.
SIGHT READING WORKOUT STUDIES 3-VOLUME SET -EBOOK/PDF- All three of Peter Bierma's excellent Sight Reading Workout ebooks for bass: Accidentals, Practice Material, and 101 Bass Lines.	ESSENTIAL SIGHTREADING STUDIES FOR BASS 3-VOLUME SET -EBOOK/PDF VERSION- David Motto's masterworks in bass sight reading include audio. Order individually or as the 3-volume set, in print or ebook form.

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"Sight-reading is as much an attitude as it is a skill. When in doubt, shout it out!"
--David Hughes, saxophonist

FREE ONLINE BASS CLINIC WITH JAIME DAVID VAZQUEZ Player, instructor, and BassBooks.com contributor Jaime David Vazquez is hosting a presentation entitled THE BEAUTY OF THE JAZZ MINOR SOUND on Tuesday, August 25. Time will be 9:00 pm Eastern. The clinic is free. Sign up via email at [email protected] See all Jaime David Vazquez' BASS TIPS in our FREE STUFF section

Performance coach/bassist David Motto offers free tips to help any bass player improve and grow.

This critical guidance is from his excellent ebook, THE TEN-MINUTE BASS VIRTUOSO.


SECRET 101:
PUT ON YOUR GAME FACE

Remaining Calm in All Circumstances

No matter what happens in a performance, you cannot allow your audience to know that you’re unhappy with your playing. You’ve got to remain neutral, showing no signs at all that anything’s wrong. Reveal nothing.

Essentially, when you’re on stage you are as much an actor as a musician. The role you’re playing is an extremely confident poker player, willing to bluff whenever necessary.

The good news is that your audience does not know your intentions. If something doesn’t go according to plan, the audience will never know the difference unless you give away the secret. The not-so-good news is that every nuance of your body language is in plain sight. Anytime you react to what’s happening musically—whether good or bad—your audience will notice.

To work on your game face, try these virtuoso performer tricks:

1. Never stop playing. Keep going as if you meant to do whatever you just did.

2. Move in time to the music. Continue moving in time even if something goes wrong.

3. Do not roll your eyes, move your head, smile, or make a face if you mess up.
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