Bass Mastery - A Complete Reading Course

by Jeff Berlin • 2021

Written by legendary bassist Jeff Berlin, A Complete Reading Course for beginners brings together the mind, body, and instrument. Contains etudes grounded in common (and not so common) chord tonalities written in melodic form all geared to teach when to play the right notes at the right time. Each lesson builds on the previous one to introduce increasingly more sophisticated concepts and techniques. This approach enables the bass student to polish his/her reading skills and technique simultaneously. Focuses on reading that requires players to find more accurate left-hand positions and fingerings to play the notes as they are written. Each of the 100 plus exercises featured is based on solid music theory concepts and structured academic approaches.