[Trombone-l] sight reading in jazz

[George Carr]

> I had a lot of help (and pressure too. . .) from a studio guy.  The only
> other thing I can think of, is that you still have to be insistent upon
> playing the rhythms and notes right.  Sometimes, that can be a bit hard.
> Some material is a bit hard to fully "hear" upon first reading.

Another good tactic, although it's time consuming, is to transcribe
from recordings.  If you're just doing rhythms, you don't even need a
keyboard nearby to help figure out pitches - just listen through a
shout chorus (or a solo) and write out the rhythms.  You'll probably
be surprised how many of the rhythms that look left-handed on the page
come up all the time and sound downright casual when played by pros.

George