oldslapper

Someone who uses a music stand.

[quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1422631876' post='2674925'] I guess the "professional" answer would be "Counting" [/quote] No, the professional would be adjusting their music stand......

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1414229712' post='2587245'] On the clip I saw, I thought the bass sounded great. And quite a groovy bassline [/quote] Mate you're skating on thin ice round here with comments like that....

Being able to recognise by ear, intervals, chord progressions and the "quality" of a chord (minor/major/dom7/etc) has been the single most useful thing for me when being asked to play with others, particularly for the first time. I read, but have only been asked to read dots once in 35 years. I'm afraid to say as I hate musicals, I tend not to go for pit work, as I'm likely to walk out the moment someone starts to sing what they should just @**#$ say. All the Jazz stuff I do is with chord charts, as I tend only to play standards, and not the more grown up high brow stuff. I think Doddy is right, reading gives you more options. If you can't read then being able to hear and recognise what is being played can be quite handy too.

If only you lived south west way!!

SORTED

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/244688-two-seven-strings/ Looks interesting and seems a good price too.