Common bass chords?

[nato101010]

I've never been one to play chords. But I've been watching people play with them (Stefan Lessard) and they leave me wondering, like this guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alc_Y...eature=related , what are common bass chords? 3rds, 4ths and 5ths sound pretty good, but I can't seem to stray away from those "guitar style" chords on bass. I'm just wondering if there are those cool bass chords that I'm missing out on? Maybe?

[doot doot doot]

I love tenths, personally, but it's all about the context they're being played in.

[John Wentzien]

When you play the root with an extention (an octave above the standard root, third, five or seven) with the low root... is where it starts to get interesing IMO! Sky's the limit really...You can hear the voicing of the chord WAY better.

[Sparkdog]

There are different theories on this of course, but IME playing chords using the 1,3, and 7 tones at the 12th fret or higher is pretty effective.

I base those off the A string because chords with the root on the E are always muddy sounding to me.

But even more effective is playing them as arpeggios...chords are for guitarists

[guroove]

Originally Posted by doot doot doot

I love tenths, personally, but it's all about the context they're being played in.

Yeah, 10ths are usually the only chords that I think sound "normal" in the context of bass lines. I also like the sound of the minor 7th and major 10th tritone double stop in the context of a dominant 7th without the root. 7th chords voiced root, 7th, 10th on the E, D, and G strings also sound nice, but can get too thick towards the low end of the instrument.

[nato101010]

That 10th seems to be the magic note.

I've also found out that, since I've been playing around a bit, a sharp 10th (I guess you would call it, maybe a flat 11th?) seems to play out well when doing fills.