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Theory Resources

Harmony gmajormusictheory.com Tchaikovsky’s Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony A Good practical guide to scales and harmony for pop and modern musicians: The Ravenspiral Guide Counterpoint http://openmusictheory.com/firstSpecies.html Counterpoint Book

Melodic Tendencies Exercises

Melodic Tendencies and Tendencies of Tones_MT

Sight Singing Material

Sight Singing examples in Treble and Bass Clefs From http://davesmey.com ©2003-5 Smey and Liu-Rosenbaum except where noted. Reproduction and classroom use freely permitted. http://davesmey.com/eartraining/sightsing.pdf      

Butler Bass Method

Just like the Simandl Method, but without as many deceptive melodies. Butler Bass Method on IMSLP

Bass Lesson – Any Day (Part 1)

https://www.berklee.edu/admissions/undergraduate/practiceexercises PDF FILES HERE:   Melodic Patterns Rhythmic Patterns     Any-Day-F-inner-harmony-v2      Checklist   Week 1 Technique: Long tones with the bow (watch that bass is in front of you, Elbow should be bent when at the frog, Shoulder should be relaxed) Simandl pages: Pages 9,10 Scale/Arpeggio: F Major Rhythm  SRARI pages: Buy Book […]