Printable bass chord fingerings?

hayden06f4i · #1 02-07-2009, 07:32 AM

is there a sheet somewhere where i can print out the common chord fingerings for bass? i have been using studybass.com and reading about all the common chord patterns, but they aren't printable. basically im looking for the diagrams on the fretboard for the finger pattern.....if anyone knows a good place that would be awesome.

i addition the same info printable for all the common scales too would be great. thanks guys!

hayden06f4i · #2 02-07-2009, 11:20 AM

i guess what i looking for is a fretboard diagram of the notes in the cords as it relates to bass....like the fretboard diagram for

major
minor
major7
b5
dim
aug
major6
etc etc etc.....

im just basically looking for all the common finger patterns, so i can see how they look on the fretboard and start memorizing them better. example:

Major Triad
G----|----|-----|----|----|----------
D----|----|-----|----|--R-|----------
A----|--3-|-----|----|--5-|----------
E----|----|--R--|----|----|----------

just wondering if there is a chard somwhere that i can print off that has the 5-10 or however many common ones ill need to learn to get started....

Bass_Bear · #3 02-07-2009, 11:40 AM

Check out the fretboard printer on studybass. It allows you to create your own fretboard then print it out (redundant much?), using the scale/key/tuning/number of strings/etc. you want. Really useful tool for what you want to. As far as learning which fingers go where, it's just a matter of memorization, or at least it was for me.

Here is a link to the fretboard printer: http://www.studybass.com/tools/chord...-note-printer/

PS. if you want all of the notes, go to diagram and click the box that says 'show all', otherwise go to the scale tab and pick your scale and key.

J

hayden06f4i · #4 02-07-2009, 12:08 PM

thanks bear, i have used that program to print off the entire fretboard notes, but never to show the chords....

what i found earlier was a list of 18 chords listed like this: major R,3,5 ; minor r,b3,5 ; etc etc, im going to write the fingerings out manually in notepad, and maybe post it up and have one of you veterans check it for me to make sure its right? that way i get it drilled into my head better by trying to do it manually.

anyone willing to check em for me?

Bass_Bear · #5 02-07-2009, 12:18 PM

The problem with doing this is there are several different ways for getting chords. And even more ways of playing them. By all means have at it, it would probably be an excellent exercise to learn them, but know that the same chords can be expressed differently.

J

Bass_Bear · #6 02-07-2009, 12:20 PM

Also I would recommend the following site to check out what chords are what and played where. Keeping in mind the site is designed for guitar, it still is very useful in identifying chords, in identifying the notes in the chord as well as giving you different ways of playing one chord.

Check it out, it's a really nifty program:
http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/

J

hayden06f4i · #7 02-07-2009, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bass_Bear

The problem with doing this is there are several different ways for getting chords. And even more ways of playing them. By all means have at it, it would probably be an excellent exercise to learn them, but know that the same chords can be expressed differently.

J

i know, im just barely cracking the surface here, but im just trying to start somewhere. and im a visual person, so this is the best way i can think of.....the exercise (hopefully its right) seemed to help me drill into my what what some of the patterns look like, but the more i learn, the more i realize im REALLY just beginning. Studybass has so much info my head hurts. i finished the chart, and maybe one of you guys can check it? i think its right, the the chords with the #5 are what threw me the most, hopefully its right. go easy ive only been playing a month....

Arpeggio Theory Chart

Major
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D|-----|-----|-----|-----|--R--|-----|
A|-----|--3--|-----|-----|--5--|-----|
E|-----|-----|--R--|-----|-----|-----|

Minor
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D|-----|-----|-----|-----|--R--|-----|
A|-----|-----|-----|-----|--5--|-----|
E|-----|-----|--R--|-----|-----|-b3--|

Sus4
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D|-----|-----|-----|-----|--R--|-----|
A|-----|-----|--4--|-----|--5--|-----|
E|-----|-----|--R--|-----|-----|-----|

Flat 5
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D|-----|-----|-----|--R--|-----|-----|
A|-----|--3--|-----|-b5--|-----|-----|
E|-----|-----|--R--|-----|-----|-----|

Diminished
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D|-----|-----|-----|-----|--R--|-----|
A|-----|-----|-----|-b5--|-----|-----|
E|-----|-----|--R--|-----|-----|-b3--|

Augmented
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D|-----|-----|-----|-----|--R--|-----|
A|-----|--3--|-----|-----|-----|-#5?-|
E|-----|-----|--R--|-----|-----|-----|

______________________________________

Major 7
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D|-----|-----|-----|--7--|--R--|-----|
A|-----|--3--|-----|-----|--5--|-----|
E|-----|-----|--R--|-----|-----|-----|

Major 7#5
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D|-----|-----|-----|--7--|--R--|-----|
A|-----|--3--|-----|-----|-----|-#5--|
E|-----|-----|--R--|-----|-----|-----|

MinMaj7
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D|-----|-----|-----|--7--|--R--|-----|
A|-----|-----|-----|-----|--5--|-----|
E|-----|-----|--R--|-----|-----|-b3--|

7
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D|-----|-----|-b7--|-----|--R--|-----|
A|-----|--3--|-----|-----|--5--|-----|
E|-----|-----|--R--|-----|-----|-----|

7b5
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D|-----|-----|-b7--|-----|--R--|-----|
A|-----|--3--|-----|-b5--|-----|-----|
E|-----|-----|--R--|-----|-----|-----|

Minor 7
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D|-----|-----|-b7--|-----|--R--|-----|
A|-----|-----|-----|-----|--5--|-----|
E|-----|-----|--R--|-----|-----|-b3--|

Minor 7b5
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D|-----|-----|-b7--|-----|--R--|-----|
A|-----|-----|-----|-b5--|-----|-----|
E|-----|-----|--R--|-----|-----|-b3--|

7sus4
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D|-----|-----|-b7--|-----|--R--|-----|
A|-----|-----|--4--|-----|--5--|-----|
E|-----|-----|--R--|-----|-----|-----|

Aug7
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D|-----|-----|-b5--|-----|--R--|-----|
A|-----|--3--|-----|-----|-----|-#5--|
E|-----|-----|--R--|-----|-----|-----|

Dim7
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D|-----|--6--|-----|-----|--R--|-----|
A|-----|-----|-----|-b5--|-----|-----|
E|-----|-----|--R--|-----|-----|-b3--|

Major6
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D|-----|--6--|-----|-----|--R--|-----|
A|-----|--3--|-----|-----|--5--|-----|
E|-----|-----|--R--|-----|-----|-----|

Minor6
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D|-----|--6--|-----|-----|--R--|-----|
A|-----|-----|-----|-----|--5--|-----|
E|-----|-----|--R--|-----|-----|-b3--|

i knida grouped them together by their similarities, except for the maj6 and min6.

what are the most common ones ill encounter?

Bass_Bear · #8 02-07-2009, 11:55 PM

So none of them seem explicitly wrong. The basics are there, from what I know (don't take my word for gold, I'm still new to this), however I would probably change the name of the Aug7 for a Minor7#5 simply because it will be more easily recognizable imho.

As far as which ones will be used more often, and YMMV, the obvious major and minor, and a few added 7th's here and there to create some flavor. Now this is only in a relatively simple jam context, were not talking jazz. Oh and forget not the ever present power chord, a guitarist favorite it would seem.

As I said earlier, this is not necessarily the truth, only something I myself have noticed, which is an overall tendency to keep things simple when starting and slowly move into the more complex stuff. Hope this all helps.

J

hayden06f4i · #9 02-08-2009, 09:07 AM

im REALLLLY new at this and i checked the on Aug7 chord, and i think it can't be a Minor7#5 because if it was a minor wouldn't it have a b3 instead of a 3? again, im new at this so i could be really wrong.

i have been wondering that......can someone give me an explanation of the "power chord" and how exactly it applies to me?

Bass_Bear · #10 02-08-2009, 10:01 AM

Your right about the Aug7, apparently it was later than I thought last night. I think what I meant to say was Dominant7#5, assume that there is a type in your diagrams and that you meant b7 on the D string and not b5.

The power chord is basically your root, 5th and octave and is a very common chord. Your gonna find it a lot in punk and metal, and pretty much any rock genre, it's basically a simple way of playing a basic chord which allows for quick and easy movement.

J

hayden06f4i · #11 02-08-2009, 12:18 PM

ok so a power chord is like a major or minor triad without the 3rd? so that would mean its the same chord whether major or minor right?

Bass_Bear · #12 02-08-2009, 09:41 PM

Yes, the power chord is a chord at its simplest form, defined predominantly by the root, and you add the 5th for extra depth, but ya that's right.

J

hayden06f4i · #13 02-09-2009, 07:47 AM

so if im working off a guitar chord sheet with lyrics, and trying a VERY VERY basic bassline of the fly i can use a root, 5th and root an octave higher over pretty much all chords (major or minor) right? (unless it is like a b5 chord i guess)

Bass_Bear · #14 02-09-2009, 08:58 AM

Technically yes. From what I've been told, from a purely theoretical view, chords I and V as well as your first, fifth and eighth (root, 5, octave) degrees on a scale are the most defining and identifiable. Some even argue that all other chords and notes are leading to and from the root and 5th. So in short yes, you can build a bassline around root-5-octave and pretty much never be wrong. May not be the best but it will be right.

J