@froghopper01 when I first picked up the bass nearly 2 years ago, I didn’t know how to read music either. Going through the B2B course, I utilized tab as the only way I could put a bunch of tones together. I didn’t start taking my sight reading course until midway through the B2B course, and it helped to propel my development. Toward the end of the B2B course, I was using the music notation that Josh presented in the lessons instead of the tab.
Case in point: After I had finished B2B I had just one thing to finish, and that was Billie Jean (which I had skipped). This time, I played it using the notes instead of tab and I breezed through it. Granted, I came back to her with more experience on the bass, but I truly believe that playing the notes instead of the tab made the difference for me.
The topic of this thread is “Beyond Badass”, and learning sight reading is just something I strongly recommend.
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