NEWSLETTER: August 2020
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THE LOWDOWN BassBooks.com's email newsletter for August, 2020 All Categories / Styles / Skills Bands / Artists / Beginners Ebooks / Free Stuff / Transcriptions BassBooks.com Exclusives -- available nowhere else FREE STUFF! BASS MUSIC TRANSCRIPTIONS FREE STUFF! TIPS AND LESSONS |
SIGHT READING -- YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO BE BETTER
Quickly learn new songs. Improve your musicianship. Avoid embarrassment. All this and more comes from reading music better. |
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 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.
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 READING ODD METERS
There's more to life than four-four time! Practice playing and reading in odd time signatures.
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 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF READING RHYTHMS
Triplets, ties, dotted notes and rests, cut time, compound time, swing, shuffle, rhythm studies, counting systems, road maps, and more!
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 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."
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 SIGHTREADING 101 FOR BASS
Takes players from never having read music before to reading notes and rhythms in multiple key signatures. Over 140 exercises.
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 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.
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 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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QUOTE - UNQUOTE
"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
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ESSENTIAL SECRETS
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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See all ESSENTIAL SECRETS published to date on our BLOG
See all our DAVID MOTTO titles
FREE STUFF: UPDATES AND ADDITIONS
This month features the following additions to our Free Stuff section:
ERIC BEAULÉ www.PlayBassLines.com |
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This transcription is compliments of Eric Beaulé, at www.PlayBassLines.com, author of several titles we carry. Transcription of the bass line for Long Train Runnin' from the Doobie Brothers Here's the bass line as played by Tiran Porter on this favorite from the 1973 album, The Captain and Me. See all Eric Beaulé transcriptions available in our catalog |
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MIKE OVERLY www.basstruth.com |
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| Tonal Center Domino vs Modal Domino In this lesson Mike Overly, GRAMMY® nominated music educator and author of Bass EncycloMedia, clarifies the difference between Tonal Center and Mode. Check out Mike's excellent book, TONE NOTE MUSIC METHOD FOR BASS, Book 1 |
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JAIME DAVID VAZQUEZ www.jaimedavidvazquez.com |
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| BASS TIPS: Scales and Modes for Rock Jaime highlights the importance of scales and modes used on the bass, either for grooving or soloing, in the rock music genre. |
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JOHN FALSTROM www.EADG4.com |
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EADG 4: Part 72 Double Stops John Falstrom, author of EADG 4, discusses and demonstrates double stops and how they relate to musical technique and musical situations. |
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