HOW TO: GET STARTED WITH CLASSICAL GUITAR |
Basic and 7th Chords, Modes, and Solo Scales for Bass Guitar. Basic chords, or triads: These consist of the three most important notes of any musical scale: root (1st), 3rd, and 5th. 7th chords: A 7th chord has one more note than the triad — the 7. Modes, or scales: In almost all songs, one mode (scale) predominates. They are the ones who really fill out the harmonies. As a bass player, your relationship with chords is a little different. You don't play every note in a chord, but your deep, low tones ground the chord and help define its sound.
» TC Staff - 2019-04-02 00:00:00This document was put together to aid everyone in playing the classical guitar. It is not meant to be a FAQ, just information on how to become a better player.
Classical Guitar Play...
[views: 11457 | rating: 4/5]
EFFECTS: EFFECTS ORDER |
This is a perennial question on all guitar oriented forums - what order do I put my effects in? While there are some simple guidelines, there is no 'right' way to do it. It's all a matter of taste and...
[views: 783 | rating: 4/5]
TC TECH: BASICS - REPLACING VACUUM TUBES |
Tube Replacement Basics
There is a lot of hype floating around about how often tubes need replacement. As a result, too many good tubes are replaced unnecessarily, and not a...
[views: 1977 | rating: 4/5]
TC TECH: PRINCIPLES OF ROCK GUITAR TONE |
Principles of Rock Guitar Tone
Tube amps sound good. Solid-state amps sound bad. Try to play tube amps
near their saturation point -- this brings out the power tube so...
[views: 1966 | rating: 4/5]
F.A.Q.: WHAT KIND OF EFFECTS ARE THERE? |
Effects are usually based on some facet of the human ear's abilities to figure out from amplitude and frequency content variations what a sound source is doing. This was critical when the sound so...
[views: 1951 | rating: 4/5]
CHORDS: TC CHORD CHART |
Here's some of the more common chords (done with A as the root):
A B C# D E F# G# A B C# D
1 2 3 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
major [A]: 1 3 5 A C# E
minor [Am]: 1 3b 5 A C E<...
[views: 2306 | rating: 4/5]
EFFECTS: SECRETS OF TONE - PRE-DISTORTION EQ! |
I have been on a wild tone ride lately, actually probably for the past 7
years, ever since I bought my first boogie, I have been looking for answers
to my tone dilemma. Now, the end to ...
[views: 2402 | rating: 4/5]
EFFECTS: SECRETS OF TONE - GETTING THOSE 90S GUITAR TONES! |
Secrets Of Tone - Getting those 90s Guitar Tones!
I'm yet another person trying to attain that ultimate
guitar sound for personal recording. I've tried a lot of the< />< i=' />
[views: 2356 | rating: 4/5]
< />
INSTRUMENT TUNING: TUNING PRIMER: STANDARD, DROP D AND DROP C NOTES ON FRETBOARD |
These are all the notes on the fretboard of a guitar for the 3 Most common
tunings, Standard, Drop D and Drop C.
Tabbed By: Rob
Any correcttions, comments or anything to basspun...
[views: 3078 | rating: 0/5]
HOME RECORDING: HOME RECORDING FAQ |
Home Recording FAQ
by Shawn Maschino
2) Home Recording Frequently Asked Questions
2a) What is home recording and why would I want to do it?
2b) What ar...
[views: 2465 | rating: 4/5]
Bass Guitar Chords for Beginner Bass
![Bass Guitar Chords Bass Guitar Chords](https://media.sweetwater.com/api/i/q-82__ha-dbd5767aadff402c__hmac-68aa80b0f454e425e5b5cc266124614b9e400389/images/items/750/BassChartML-large.jpg)
We are going to explore 2 things today; our lessons here are going to cover bass guitar chords and bass theory. My method of teaching guitar theory is nontraditional because the traditional way of teaching theory is learning how to read music; I am going to teach you how to play the bass.
Our objectives will be:
My teaching methods teach you how to play by ear (see my ear training page) and help you learn where each single not is on the bass by showing you the fret board.
Let’s take a look at the fret board and you can right click with your mouse to save this picture for future reference, or you can print this page. Study this fret board and learn where each note is. Each note will be your actual chord using one finger – there are ways to use 3 notes for a bass chord but for our bass guitar chords here we will use the simple one finger method.
With the one finger method it is not only easy for beginners but you can play the bass effectively by bouncing back in forth in rhythm to the music from 2 different notes for each chord change. Next I will show you the chords using an image that you can also copy or print. The chords are the complete set from A – G.
All this fret board is it’s the first 2 strings cut off from the guitar fret board leaving you with E, A, D, G, - the B and E are present on the bass which are the 1st and 2nd string on the guitar but the rest of the notes of the fret board compared to a regular guitar are the same on the bass. This information will help you to better understand bass guitar chords.
Here is some bass guitar theory now. When you play a chord, there are other notes or chords that always go together with the root note. For example if you are playing a song that is in the key of A – usually and always the key that make up a song in that key are; A, D, E. As you will see on the bass tab here the two chords that you bounce back and forth on are A which is the root note, and E.
When it is time for the guitarist to change chords he will then change to a D chord, and if you will notice here as you change to the D bass chord you will bounce back and forth on the D and A chord or notes to keep the bass rhythm. Bass guitar chords can be easily played with this one finger method. Actually you’re using two fingers to bounce back and forth.
Can you see the pattern here? The root note you are playing is always the top note and you use your 3rd finger to bounce back on the other note located 3 frets down on the string below the root note. Using this method you are able to use all of the chords that go with the root note of a song with A being the root key to start this song.
Let’s throw in the E chord for the next chord change. Here you are bouncing back and forth on the E chord and the B chord, but B wasn’t part of the A, D, E chords sequence? I will give you a list of each chord that goes together for each group of chords then you will understand why the B note goes with the E chord.
Ok here are the chords that go together when using bass guitar chords or playing a regular guitar the first chord in each group is your root note of each sequence:
A, D, E
Bb, C, F
C, F, G
D, A, G
E, A, Bb
F, Bb, C
G, C, D
There you have it, print this page for future reference and these are the 3 sets of chords that always go together for any song you play using that root chord. Minor chords can be used but for now we will keep it simple.
Use the fret board to be familiar with where each note is on the bass and use these bass guitar chords to practice with. Practice these and this will help you play the bass simple and effectively – you can’t get any easier than this.
Click here to Return to The Homepage