Reading Studies?
j...@jackzucker.com
modern Method for Guitar Vol 1,2 & 3" along with the berklee melodic
rhythms for guitar were the ticket.
Any suggestions for new stuff?
LFio
reading.
paul
reading material. just print out the stuff and play along at whatever
speed, over any tune.
--paul
jazzgeetar
guitar' is what I'm using in my lessons still. I find it real
effectitive between reading both the melodies and going over the
chords. Especially when using Band In A Box along with it for
play-along (the files are out there for all the exercises in the whole
book).
Jon Fox
I also like to use the "Rhythms Complete" book by Bugs Bower and Charles
Colin. It's set up with progressively difficult rhythms, all in 8-bar
examples with chord changes.
Jon
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Bill Ribas
your local library, as you might find something there.
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josh
patterns.
the things that helped my reading the most, in the order i encountered
them are,
"melodious studies" for different instruments ( bought second hand,
cheap)
the omnibook
syncopation and odd times (by Louie Bellson)
some atonal etudes for trumpet book i found (again at a 2nnd hand book
store)
Currently I'm working through a bunch of webern lieder that a friend
gave to me. I'm sight reading first the vocal then each hand of the
piano.
Besides books the 2 things that helped me a lot was learning a lot of
stuff by memory from the page (bach violin stuff, more contemporary
stuff) , and playing different instruments in different ensembles
that require a lot of reading. How about you guys go through the
jimmy raney duets book, or any duets book for that matter. Really
learning to sight read is developing the iron balls to keep going and
if you make a mistake fake it and move on. That is hard to develop
alone.
josh
kski...@bellsouth.net
Saxophone Duets By Lennie Niehaus
Melodic Studies and compositions for guitar (melbay) by Fred Hamilton.
Hope that helps,
Mike
Joey Goldstein
reading of swing rhythms and gaining familiarity with the lead sheet
format. Supplement it with a few drum books like Louis Bellson's Reading
Text In 4/4 (and the odd times book).
I think that Leavitt's Reading Studies For Guitar and Advanced Reading
Studies For Guitar will accomplish most of the important things in his
Modern Method series in a shorter amount of time. But the student has to
have a strong work ethic, as it seems your son has.
Once you can read the basic rhythm figures and know the various
positions it's time to just look for real music to play... fake books,
transcriptions, Bach pieces (Leavitt's Classical Studies For Pick-Style
Guitar is pretty good too), etc. Talk to the guys in the orchestra pits
in your area and see if they'll give you a copy of the book for shows
like Lion King, Mama Mia, etc.
Tommy Tedesco had a real insightful book about sight reading on guitar
too. Don't know if it's still available. Same for Howard Roberts.
Etc.
--
Joey Goldstein
http://www.joeygoldstein.com
joegold AT sympatico DOT ca
pmfan57
bass clef one for left hand. He's only ten so he's not yet able to
form the chords from the chord symbols in real time, but I have him
play the roots with his left hand when reading the treble stuff. I'll
add thirds next.
LFio
mentioned Melodic Rhythms. My apologies.
JOSEPH JEWELL
Easy Jazz Conception and Jazz Conception by Jim Snidero. You probably know
of those. Great for reading articulations as well as notes and rhythms.
My best reading experience came in guitar ensembles. Any chance of teaming
your son up with two or three other guys and forming the Zucker Jazz Guitar
Quintet. For me, it was every Friday at the Union Hall for Tony Rizzi's
group. Talk about a Ph.D. in reading, yikes! There's a ton of stuff
commercially available now. I'd be glad to give you more info if desired.
I also second the motion for trying to get your hands on pit orchestra books
and have him play along with the recording of the score. Might be a little
tough but usually those guys are pretty accommodating.
How about some Music Minus One (or whatever is current) violin or flute
duets. I even know of practice materials for guitar (and other) concerti.
He could play along with the orchestra. A lot of the classical guitar
repertoire (solo and ensemble) will translate to pick style.
Joe Jewell
skrohn
It was published by Mel Bay. I am not sure if it is still in the
catalog.
It is particularly good in trainging for sight reading.
The studies are discordant lines that are a challenge to sight read and
are presented without key signatures. Etudes are grouped corresponding
to regions of the neck.
I find that it really improves the ability to grab notes all over
the neck.
Corey Christiansen
one of my students. I think the order number is 20117. Here's a link to
the description.
http://www.melbay.com/product.asp?productid=20117
Also the Reading Guitar Journal is pretty cool.
And the entire Mastering the Guitar series is pretty fantastic. Lots of
styles and stacked chords as well as single-line stuff.
I still use the clarinet books (Klouse????spelling I'm not totally
sure). That's pretty killin'
pmfan57
position!!
Thanks.
Joe
Dave Major
For sight reading practice, I use random flute, violin, woodwind
studies/ pieces. As Im at university, I have access to loads of stuff
like this. Another good exercise is to pick up an orchestral score and
play each part (with transposition or playing multiply parts at once if
you want a challenge). Works a treat for me.
Another idea is to pick up a copy of the Riemenschneider (spelling?);
nice big collection of Bach chorales. Play though as many voices as you
want and can read.
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Tone
Did the original one have a picture of a guy in a Tux on the front?
That one was good.
Tone
I just checked that link, and I like the idea of single string studies
- meaning studies that are all on one string... but none of the samples
showed that. Somehow that's what I thought they meant but maybe it's
just the normal meaning of "lines" vs intervals/chords. Any idea?
Corey Christiansen
at a time thing. That really is a fantastic reading book. All you have
to do is see Fred's students read at a rehearsal and you know if
obviously works.
Yes, the original Bruner book had a the tux on the front. It's a shame
that cover was discontinued....that was one big bow-tie. The book's
good though because the studies don't really make a ton of long-term
melodic sense. Forces you to read.
Tone
Which book is that?
Corey Christiansen
Here's a link.
http://www.melbay.com/product.asp?productid=20392
Really a great reading book.
Geordie F.O. Kelly
("Contemporary Reading" or something to that effect; I use it almost
everyday, but didn't sight read the title! ;-) ). It is extremely
challenging and it is very good. It will kick your butt no matter what
level your reading is at.
I also like "Contemporary Rhythms" or "Contemporary Sight Reading" - can't
remember - by M.T. Scyzmak (Berklee Press). This one has 2 guitar parts and
the chords are *voiced* out so you have to read the stacks too. Also very
good.
I also use flute music for ledger line practice, and trumpet, sax, oboe,
clarinet, and violin music that I find going for cheap at local stores or
free around my school.
I went through a period where I got so many crappy "guitar parts" that were
really photocopied piano or bass parts, that I used cello and electric bass
music to practice reading bass clef on the guitar. It was a big help.
Try also "Sight Reading, the Rhythm Book" by Alex Pertout (Mel Bay). All
rhythms, but very helpful.
To further hone in on chord stacks, try "Comping Styles for Guitar - Funk"
by Bruce Arnold. Someone else brought up Fred Hamilton's book, and I agree
that it's good. Plus, the Bugs Bowers duets are great with 1 or 2 other
guitarists (one can read the other line, one can play the chords). The
Melodic Rhythms book is good, but I always thought that everything in there
was too easy. Maybe not for everyone, I don't know.
And it's already been mentioned, but most of us cut our teeth on Leavitt's
"Sight Reading" and "Advanced Sight Reading on Guitar". Very good too, but
for me (and I speak only for myself), my reading did not really start
happening until I decided not to adhere to positions anymore. Leavitt's
stuff really seems to want to strap you to a postion, IMO. That doesn't
work for me, but may for others.
Generate solos on BIAB and read along. That's good too. And, the styles
(i.e. Joe Pass) are remarkably similar to the artists. Sometimes the screen
doesn't change quick enough for me, but I use that as another challenge to
overcome.
Have fun! :-)
--
Geordie F.O. Kelly
Guitar Instructor /Jazz Improvisation Instructor
Navy School of Music
http://www.geordiekelly.com
http://www.heritageguitar.com/artists/
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Tone
Thanks!
Personally I find my sight reading ability tanks if I stop it for any
amount of time. And since I don't have a constant call for it, all the
time I put into it earlier in life is pretty much wasted when I do need
it :-\ I know that's heresy and maybe for some guys its like riding a
bike, but not for me. Not the ability to read music of course, just
sight reading, which I got fairly decent at.
I'd like the single string stuff just for the heck of it though, seems
kind of fun. Easily amused I guess ;-)
RickH
Scale Patern Studies For Guitar by Aaron Shearer (Supplement 3)
This book has practical pattern studies in 5 different cage positions
for each key major and minors. I learned all my major and minor scales
with this and memorized a lot of the patterns as warm up exercises.
Going through it, I learned every note on fretboard against standard
notation.
I still have all my old clarinet and sax books from college, again I
mostly use the practical pattern studies in them:
Carl Baermann's method for clarinet
H. Klose' part 1 and 2
H. Klose' 25 daily exercises for saxophone
Lazarus Method for Clarinet part 1, 2, and 3
Also for guitar:
Sal Salvador's Single String Studies for Guitar
this book has scale patern studies and arpeggio pattern studies,
homophonic octaves, thirds, etc played in patterns. Scales in thirds,
all the altered scales, diminished, blues, etc. This helped me in
reading chords with standard notation. Requires some transposition as
all the exercises are not provided in all keys.
charles robinson
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Tone
Maybe doing some reading on a daily basis would be ok. If it was
musical. But reading atonal stuff and studies that are just aimed at
building sight reading is kind of a drag. Its not like I'm at a loss
for things to do ;-)
I filled many pages with stuff to sight read, like ones w/ large
intervals, 3rd and 4ths, scalar things, whatever, and then play them
upside down, assign it an arbitrary key sig etc., but if I don't use it
I lose it - and I don't miss it for the most part :-)
charles robinson
to read something every day. You can grab anything from your pile of music
books pick it up and try to read it. It is fun to reach into a pile of music
and try to play whatever you pull out whether it be something from a
fakebook, a classical guitar piece, a two five run from an instructional
manual, etc. (there is also a ton of written music top be found for free
online if you look around). Even just a few a minutes a day of this every
day can do wonders for your reading over the long run.
Charlie
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Steve Carter
<j...@jackzucker.com> wrote:
>Jeremy is trying to get his reading together. Back in the day, "A
>modern Method for Guitar Vol 1,2 & 3" along with the berklee melodic
>rhythms for guitar were the ticket.
>
>Any suggestions for new stuff?
Sight-Reading Book List
compiled by Steve Carter
(listed in order of difficulty from easiest to hardest)
Elementary Method for Clarinet - Hovey
Rhythms Complete - Bugs Bower/Charles Colin
Selected Duets for Saxophone - Voxman (editor)
Selected Duets for Clarinet - Voxman
Selected Duets for Flute - Voxman
Easy Classics to Moderns (for piano - read right hand part)
Vol. 17, "Music for Millions" series
Etudes for Violin - Wolfhart
Violin Duos - Bela Bartok
Jazz-Rock Rhythms - Charles Colin
Bop Duets - Bugs Bower/Charles Colin
Advanced Rhythms - Joe Allard
Jazz Conception for Saxophone - Lennie Niehaus
Saxophone Duets - Lennie Niehaus
The Technique of the Saxophone - "Rhythm Studies" - Joe Viola
The Technique of the Saxophone - "Chord Studies" - Joe Viola
Develop Sight Reading - Charles Colin (publisher)
Classical Studies for Clarinet - Voxman (editor)
A Guide to Jazz Phrasing and Interpretation - John LaPorta
Rhythmic Articulation - P. Bona
The Charlie Parker Omni Book
Steve Carter
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Paul Kirk
that any clarinet music (etudes, eg) will work.
PK
Louie LaRue
1&2.