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If you are ready to take the next step in your music reading, this course is for you! "Reading Music for Bassists, Level 2" builds on the topics covered in the Level 1 course, and introduces strategies designed to make you a better reader. Topics include: studies in all 12 keys, the cycle of fifths, how to interpret chord charts, use of chromaticisms, dynamics, common tempo terms and markings, compound time, thirty second notes, double stops, reading solo pieces, sight singing, complex melodies, rhythms and intervals, relating reading skills to the piano/keyboard, and much more. Recommended for intermediate level players with at least a basic reading ability, or those who have completed the "Reading Music for Bassists, Level 1 course."
Lesson 1: A Study of the Cycle of Fifths
Lesson 2: Reading in all 12 Keys
Lesson 3: Understanding and Reading a Chord Chart
Lesson 4: Use of Chromaticism
Lesson 5: Dynamics; Common Tempo Terms and Markings
Lesson 6: Advanced Terms
Lesson 7: Review of Simple Time
Lesson 8: Compound Time Exercises
Lesson 9: More Reading Exercises; Thirty Second Note
Lesson 10: Double Stops
Lesson 11: Getting Comfortable in the Keys of C, F, B flat, E flat, and D flat
Lesson 12: Getting Comfortable in the Keys of G flat, B, E, A, D, and G
Lesson 13: Advanced Solo Piece -”Fall”
Lesson 14: Sight Singing Exercises
Lesson 15: Sight Reading
Lesson 16: Complex Melodies, Rhythms and Intervals; More Reading Practice
Lesson 17: Reading Exercises
Lesson 18: JPM Excerpts
Lesson 19: Relating Reading Skills to the Piano/Keyboard
Lesson 20: Putting it All Together
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