That's a good one, too. That's by Bugs Bower. However, there's a more organized method that's pretty much the same methodology called "Melodic Rhythms For Guitar" by Leavitt. It organizes all the 8th note rhythms that can be played, in a systematic way. I've used both. It's probably worth owning both books. But if I were to choose, I'd get Melodic Rhythms.
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From: Randy Groves <bebopguitar@...>
Reply-To: jazz_guitar@...
To: jazz_guitar@...
Subject: Re: [jazz_guitar] reading
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 12:49:00 -0700 (PDT)
Lorraine: the best book for learning to read, in my
view, is an old book called _Rhythyms Complete_ by
Bugs ?. I'll get the last name. It is what I learned
on. It is very systematic and by the end you can read
almost anything. Randy Groves
--- Lorraine Goods <lg96@...> wrote:
I've been working w/William Leavitt's Modern Method
for Guitar for about a
month now and want to thank those of you who
recommended this book to me;
I'm learning a lot. I'm just wondering if I'm doing
it right, the sight
reading parts I mean. Should I
always practice w/a metronome? And if I do and come
to a hard part, do I
just slow down for that part and then go back up to
speed once I get thru
it? I ask bc when I come to a hard part I usually
get tripped up for a
beat or two while I figure it out before I get back
on tempo.
Also, can anyone recommend a book w/more reading
studies in it? I
think I'd benefit from more practice in certain
keys.
Many thanks,
Lynn
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J. Randall Groves, Ph.D. ("Rando")
Professor of Humanities
Ferris State University
groves@...
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