Thank you - waiting for so long for #2 - great inspiration.

Really good video Tom. Good call with the M.I. book, I found it very useful as primer for reading. Have also got the Louie Bellson and SITSOM books too - looking forward to the next video. :-)

perfect,thanks ,will sub

Thank you very much for this video. Awesome recommendations!

@FBT

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad you found it useful. Let me know how you get on with the books!

Cool and complete

Hey, Tom, these are some stellar recommendations. I couldn't agree more. And as always, with some typical British humour here and there. 😂 👍

Thank you very much🙏🏽

@FBT

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful!

Check out Dante Agostini Rhythm Solfege Series. Couple of awesome rhythm only books with increasing difficulty from book to book with even polyrhythms at the end. Some of my classical drumming/percussion friends recommended them and I really dig them too.

@FBT

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation Marco, they sound great! I'll check them out.

All of the Anthony Vitti books are great. I use them a lot. Stanley Clarke is also double bass and electric bass virtuoso.

@FBT

5 жыл бұрын

Of course! How could I forget Stanley?!

Also good reading material: "chord studies for electric bass" , by Rich Appleman and Joseph Viola. From Berklee press publications.

@FBT

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely a great book and a tough read, but I always seem to think of it as a harmony book rather than a reading book

I know I'm a bit late but thank you for the recommendations. Jamerson brought me here.

@FBT

Жыл бұрын

Good books are still good books, right? Always happy to hear that people are studying the Jamerson book!

Good video. I would also recommend the Mcartney Bassmaster book. its realy good. Even as good as the Jamerson one

@FBT

2 жыл бұрын

McCartney wrote some incredible bass lines, particularly in the later period. Thanks for the recommendation, I wasn't aware of that book, I'll check it out!

@Captain_Rhodes

2 жыл бұрын

@@FBT do its a great book. yea the stuff on Sgt pepper is so good. you can just listen to the bass on the album and it suddenly seems like a completely different record.

Can’t wait for the next video! Just how useful is Simandl for an electric bassist? Not just in terms of sight reading

@FBT

5 жыл бұрын

Good question, and I should probably make a video covering this exact topic. I used Simandl on electric for a few years before I even thought about playing upright - I should have explained that in the video. It gave me a logical way to organise my fretting hand and really made me focus on articulation. Highly recommended for electric bassists!

@chino_jap0nes

5 жыл бұрын

FreeBassTranscriptions You also went into it in the first video of this series. I should rewatch it but I do remember you mentioned the three finger left hand technique (thanks for that btw). And yes! A video where you talk about those books and what an electric bassist can get out of them would be awesome

MY GOD, I'VE MISSED YOU, TOM!!!!

Regarding players who are great on both electric- and double bass. How about Kyle Eastwood? His performances on double bass in a trio format with Ponti and Lagrene is high level stuff.

@FBT

2 жыл бұрын

You're definitely right about Kyle, he's great on both. I just remembered James Genus, too, who definitely needs to go on the list.

Another bassist/composer who is the master of upright and electric is Avishai Cohen. (careful, there is an Avishai Cohen who is a jazz trumpet player). He was the bassist for Chick Corea back in the 90s. I recommend Seven Seas (no electric on it) if you are going to pick just one of his albums. If you are going to get a 2nd, then Continuo. EG "Smash" off of Continuo (acoustic): kzread.info/dash/bejne/eJV-tsShibfdZM4.html "Continuo" off of Continuo (electric): kzread.info/dash/bejne/l39hsNeHcbushJs.html In the latter, starting at 2:35 listen to how precise he is and keeps a funky groove through the odd meter. Leading a big band, on electric: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qWh3l9CAp5zdZLQ.html The standard "Caravan", live on electric: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eqepz5uoote5dsY.html Old one with Chick Corea: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iIl5xsOcc7TOitI.html

Great video, thanks for posting. Have you ever used the Hal Leonard Bass Method book? If so, I'd love to hear your take on it.

@FBT

4 жыл бұрын

Really glad that you found the video useful. I've never tried the Hal Leonard Method book, but I'll see if I can find a copy and take a look through it (if it has TAB then I'll probably avoid it!)

@marcusparnell2403

4 жыл бұрын

@@FBT thanks, I got the Simplified Sight Reading for Bass that you recommended. Just started the book so working on rhythm reading at the moment. Really enjoying it.

@FBT

4 жыл бұрын

Great. Simplified Sight Reading and the Bellson book helped me survive the first year of music college after arriving with no reading skills whatsoever!

@marcusparnell2403

4 жыл бұрын

@@FBT That's great to hear. I'm in the same boat with regards reading so your advice was greatly appreciated. Looking forward to your next video!

Brian Bromberg is a good doubler

The Charlie Parker Omni Book is the best reading book for intermediate to advanced. Surprised it wasnt even mentioned.

@FBT

11 ай бұрын

Agreed, I should have mentioned it, but if we're talking about strict sight reading then large chunks of the book are beyond the means of most mortals (myself included). It's an incredible resource for learning vocabulary, though.

@urmero67

11 ай бұрын

@@FBT It actually was used in reading class at the Musicians Institute for intermediate readers when I attended in the early 90’s . We just went through it at a real slow tempo .. like realll slow around 60 bpm or less (bass clef version)

I wasn’t gonna learn to read treble clef until you said it was a magnificent way to taunt guitar players 😂 I’m sold

Min 7:29... :D :D :D

@FBT

5 жыл бұрын

It's a very important skill!

@encourage-fm3fo

5 жыл бұрын

@@FBT A new "How to" - series incoming? :)

@FBT

5 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, tempting... but it would probably run to 100+ episodes...