Free tool from Cole Davis · Better Bass Lessons
Read It, Don't Guess
One note on the staff, four choices. Bass players who read badly usually read fine on the E string and count lines everywhere else, and flashcards fix that faster than tunes do.
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▶ Side A · Bass Clef Reading TrainerBBL-T15
Name the note. Ledger lines included, because that's where reading falls apart.
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Cole Davis & Rotem SivanThe ii-V-I vocabulary, the bebop scales, the modes, the chords, and how to solo over a standard.
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