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Bass books? Reading music sheets?


DerekDRP

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Hi all this is urgent I need a good bass /blues/riock/funk book that will teach me how to read music sheet's and not j just tabs

 

I know like the black notes are pressed on the string and black notes with a white innerrds is a open note and b clef's so on.

 

 

help please guys i am about to leave for the big city and will be picking the book up at a music store or boardens book store.

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for the sake of learning bass clef on your instrument...

any bass music will do...a piano score has basslines on it

 

start with the clef line note names

 

A ----------

F ----------

D ----------

B ----------

G ----------

 

 

and the spaces

----------

G

----------

E

----------

C

----------

A

----------

 

now you will have to learn the fret positions on your bass to suit those notes

 

as for flats and sharps....thats depends on the key signature

 

learn C major first..no b no # and you will gradually get to know the positions of the notes...to flatten move towards the headstock one fret...to sharpen move towards the bridge one fret

 

start to learn everything up to he 12th fret...everything above after that is just the same as below....being an octave higher...

 

start somewhere near the C on the A string...3rd fret and work from there...

 

good luck..:cool:

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Originally posted by DerekDRP

ok thanks guys I will pick this book up.

 

:mad: who bloody cares...:D

 

go for it mate....my post sucks..:p:confused:

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Originally posted by DerekDRP



I know like the black notes are pressed on the string and black notes with a white innerrds is a open note and b clef's so on.


 

 

You missed something. That's not right. Go back and reread that.

 

Why the rush. It takes a bit of time and study to get this and understand it. Slow down and take a breath. That's like saying "quick - I need to learn Spanish right away".

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well I would love to be able to more more then one song and a half cord thats why I asked.

 

 

e a d g

 

Eat

Apples

dogs

good

 

 

lol ( this is how i remeber the striings lol )

 

I know soemthing about the notes i messed up.

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This is probably the most hilarious threads I've read.

 

First of all, it's not urgent. Take it easy.

 

If you want to play blues rock and funk, a lot of it is written in tabs, so don't think reading standard notation will get you a lot farther.

 

It's not called "music sheet's," it's called sheet music.

 

The note and it's "innerds" do not notate an open or closed note. It's position in the phrase and the note itself do.

 

I guess by b clef you mean the Bass clef? It's actually an F clef.

 

Read this: http://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheory1.htm

 

Chad

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I'v been reading lots ( sunday at church i will ask the lead guitarist/basses if he can teach me how to play and tune my guitar. ( not the e a d g tune, but for the fretbuzz noise ).

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Originally posted by DerekDRP

I'v been reading lots ( sunday at church i will ask the lead guitarist/basses if he can teach me how to play and tune my guitar. ( not the e a d g tune, but for the fretbuzz noise ).

 

 

Thats called setting it up or setting the action.

 

Adjusting it so that the open strings are in tune is tuning.

 

Adjusting so that all notes on the neck are in tune is called intonation.

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Originally posted by sunburstbasser



Thats called setting it up or setting the action.


Adjusting it so that the open strings are in tune is tuning.


Adjusting so that all notes on the neck are in tune is called intonation.

 

 

Aye i know bud but I am nervous about adjusting the tross rod. and breaking the strings.

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Originally posted by DerekDRP



Aye i know bud but I am nervous about adjusting the tross rod. and breaking the strings.

 

 

Why would you adjust your truss rod for one string buzzing?

 

Just raise the saddle a little. Loosen the string first.

 

As for breaking strings, I've broken ONE in more than 7 years of playing.

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Originally posted by sunburstbasser



Why would you adjust your truss rod for one string buzzing?


Just raise the saddle a little. Loosen the string first.


As for breaking strings, I've broken ONE in more than 7 years of playing.

 

 

going to sound nuub again but what is the sattle ?

 

can u show me a piccie? of one ( and no smart ass comments or showing a horse sattle please hehe hehe )

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Bass%20Saddle.jpg

 

This is a typical Fender-style saddle. These are screwed into your bridge. You just need to loosen the string, stick an allen key in each of those screws on top, and start screwing and get it to raise up!

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Originally posted by sunburstbasser

Bass%20Saddle.jpg

This is a typical Fender-style saddle. These are screwed into your bridge. You just need to loosen the string, stick an allen key in each of those screws on top, and start screwing and get it to raise up!

 

ah ok yea thanks all.

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