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Sight-reading skills open the door to reading written music and familiarizing yourself with various music styles. Sight-reading is not a daunting task, and with sufficient practice, anyone can develop this valuable skill. Our app is designed to help you quickly identify notes across every part of the fretboard, with a special focus on positional playing. By enhancing your sight-reading abilities, you'll find it easier to focus on other musical aspects like harmony and rhythm. Features: PRACTICE & TEST MODE - Four different modes of use: 1. Locate notes on the fretboard based on the notes in staff. 2. Locate notes on the fretboard based on note name and pitch. 3. Find the names of notes on the staff (without the fretboard) 4. Identify the names of notes presented on the fretboard. - Automatic detection of problematic notes. KEY SIGNATURES & SCALES - Key signature support, from 1 to 6 sharps or 1 to 6 flats. - Automatic selection of the enharmonic notes for each scale to prevent double sharps or double flats in the key signature. - Scales include major, minor, melodic minor, harmonic minor, blues, pentatonic, and all modal scales. FRETS, STRINGS & NOTE SELECTION - Support for 4, 5 and 6 string bass guitars. - Frets are grouped to limit the number of notes to practice and test. - Predefined fret groups, e.g., 0-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, 0-12, 13-17, etc. - You can define custom fret groups. - The highlighted fret group is displayed on the fretboard. - Your sight-reading progress is tracked per fret group. - The longest streak record per fret group measures your sight-reading accuracy. - You can select specific strings for the highlighted area. - Test notes can be limited to naturals or notes from a selected scale. READ AHEAD - Reading ahead is a crucial skill for effective sight-reading. - You can adjust the number of notes to read ahead. OTHER - Several alternate tunings are available for 4, 5, and 6-string bass guitars. - Optional extra treble clef for iPad. - Support for left-handed bass guitars. - Option to display the fretboard in perspective (in landscape mode). - A universal app compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. - Supports all screen sizes. - No ads or in-app purchases. - Dark mode support (iOS 13+). - Tested on iOS and iPadOS 18.

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Reading Bass sheet music PRO

This is the ad-free version. It includes: BASS GUITAR NOTES SECTION on which you can click any string and fret on the virtual bass guitar fretboard to see the corresponding note on the staff, its name and its pitch. This section includes exercises on which notes appear on the staff and you have to click on the string and the fret corresponding to each particular note. Or in reverse: a string and fret are marked in red and you have to click the right note on the staff. This helps on being able to see a written note and relate it with the bass guitar fretboard or seeing an specific fretboard position and knowing which one is the corresponding note on the staff. There are exercises without time limit to click and there are exercises with time limit to increase the speed to respond. MELODIC READING SECTION (30 exercises): This section contains exercises to help you in reading notes on the Electric Bass, from a melodic point of view. Complex rhythmic values are not included here. The goal is to develop the ability to read the notes that may appear in a score in several key signatures and relate them to their position on the bass guitar fretboard: string and fret. When the exercise begins you have to click with your left hand fingers (on the virtual bass guitar fretboard) on the string and the fret corresponding to each one of the notes written, in real time. You get points for each correct click. RHYTHMIC READING SECTION (30 exercises): This section contains exercises to practice reading the rhythmic values of notes. Melodic patterns of notes are not included here as the main objective is to become more able to read rhythmic values in several time signatures in music for Bass Guitar. When the exercise begins you have to click on the red rectangle (on the right lower side of the screen) when each one of the notes or silences marked in red take place in real time. You get points for each correct click. In the same way as reading piano music, flute music, violin music or bass music, all require practice; reading Bass Guitar becomes easier if you practice it on a daily basis. This app allows you to practice anytime, anywhere. Knowing how to read music is very useful if you get Bass Guitar lessons. Being able to understand a music score helps you to get a better understanding of any type of Bass Guitar music styles.