Sightreading Book

Sight Reading
for the Electric Bassist

Book 1
by Jayme Lewis
Cover Photo and Interior Photos by Kimberlee Miller

Cover design by Jayme Lewis
Illustrations by Jayme Lewis
Copyright 2012 by Jayme Lewis
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Sight Reading
for the Electric Bassist

Book 1
by Jayme Lewis
About the Author
Jayme Lewis began playing music at a very young age; his mother began
teaching him piano at the age of four and he quickly began to show both talent
and love for music. Jaymes father taught him how to play bass at the age of
seven and he has pursued the instrument ever since. He has been privileged
to have studied bass with such virtuosos as Victor Wooten, Steve Bailey,
Anthony Wellington, Mike Pope, Adam Nitti, Gerald Veasley, Oteil Burbridge,
Chuck Rainey, Oscar Mesa and Bunny Brunel. Jayme holds both an Associates
Degree in Music from Moorpark College and a Bachelors Degree in Music from
California State University of Northridge.
Jayme spends the majority of his time touring with the Jayme Lewis band,
teaching bass online at www.labasslix.com, and producing artists out of his
recording studio, Second Story Studios.
Visit Jayme on the web at www.jaymelewis.com
Sight Reading for the Electric Bass: Book 1
Notes on the Staff

Musical notation is written on a music staff, and appears as five parallel lines
stacked on top of each other. A bass player reads from the bass clef ( ? ), and
each note
? is placed in one of two places: either on a line or on a space.
Solo Bass
The Line Notes
w
E
?
Solo Bass
Linewnotes havewa staff-linewgoing directly through the middle of the note head.
F how theyAskip from line
C
E they move
G up the staff.
B
Notice
to line as
w
E
w
F
The Space Notes
w# #
#
w ##
A
C
E
G
B
D
?
Solo Bass
w w w# #
w
w
w
? ###
w
##
wspacewbetween
w
w
Space
notes
can
be
found
in
the
two
lines
on
the
staff.
Notice
how
w
w
w
w
F
G
A space
B asCthey move
D
Eup. F
they
space
to
w G wA B C D
? Eskip from
w
w
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## # # # w
# ### #
# ## # # #
#
# F
#
E
D
C
You will
need to Gknow theseB while working
in this book,
so getAvery comfortable
w
? them now. Dont worry,w its not aswhard as youw think; If I warrange them all
with
? #w# # # #on onewstaff youll see that they actually move in alphabetical order. n n n n# #n# #
together
##
n nb
F
A
C
E
G
B
D
w w w
w
w
w
?
w
w w #
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#b#b # #
#b#b# b# #
b##
b
#
#
E
?
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n n nbn b n b
n bnbb
Notes on Bass Guitar

Here are two diagrams of some of the notes found on your bass guitar neck.
These will be covered in more detail in the individual lessons in this book, but this
page will serve as a master reference.
Natural Notes & Sharps
G
D
A
E
G#
D#
A#
E
F#
A#
3
C
G
F#
C#
G#
C#
G#
D#
A#
A
B
D#
8
10
A#
C#
10
F#
F#
11
12
C#
G#
D#
11
12
Natural Notes and Flats

1
G
D
A
E
Ab
Bb
Eb
F
E
Gb
Bb
F
C
G
Gb
Ab
Db
Db
Eb
Ab
Bb
A
B
Eb
Bb
F
Notice that some frets are represented by a flat symbol
Gb
Db
G
D
Gb
Db
Ab
Eb
b and some are
represented by a sharp symbol . This is because some notes have two different
names. Flats and sharps are commonly referred to as accidentals. Notes without
the accidentals are called natural notes.
1)
? 44 w
?w
2)
?
?
? 44
4)
?
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?
?
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?w
3)
The Key of C Major - No Accidentals
5)
? 44
?
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6)
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7)
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8)
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? w
? 43
11
The Key of C Major - No Accidentals
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10)
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w
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12
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4
2)
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3)
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13
The Key of A Minor - No Accidentals
5)
6)
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14

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4
7)
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8)
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15
The Key of A Minor - No Accidentals
9)
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10)
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16
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b
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2)
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3)
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17
The Key of F Major - One Flat
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19
The Key of F Major - One Flat
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The Key of D Minor - One Flat
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23
The Key of D Minor - One Flat
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25
The Key of G Major - One Sharp
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The Key of G Major - One Sharp
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The Key of E Minor - One Sharp
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The Key of E Minor - One Sharp
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Sight Reading

for the Electric Bassist

Cover Photo and Interior Photos by Kimberlee Miller

for the Electric Bassist

About the Author

Sight Reading for the Electric Bass: Book 1

Notes on the Staff

The Line Notes

The Space Notes

Notes on Bass Guitar

Natural Notes and Flats

Notice that some frets are represented by a flat symbol

b and some are

Sight Reading for the Electric Bass: Book 1

The Key of C Major - No Accidentals

Sight Reading for the Electric Bass: Book 1

The Key of C Major - No Accidentals

Sight Reading for the Electric Bass: Book 1

The Key of A Minor - No Accidentals

Sight Reading for the Electric Bass: Book 1

The Key of A Minor - No Accidentals

Sight Reading for the Electric Bass: Book 1

The Key of F Major - One Flat

Sight Reading for the Electric Bass: Book 1

The Key of F Major - One Flat

Sight Reading for the Electric Bass: Book 1

The Key of D Minor - One Flat

Sight Reading for the Electric Bass: Book 1

The Key of D Minor - One Flat

Sight Reading for the Electric Bass: Book 1

The Key of G Major - One Sharp

Sight Reading for the Electric Bass: Book 1

The Key of G Major - One Sharp

Sight Reading for the Electric Bass: Book 1

The Key of E Minor - One Sharp

Sight Reading for the Electric Bass: Book 1

The Key of E Minor - One Sharp

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