Starter Chord Shapes

[JPagetheBassist]

Hey, I've been playing bass for a few years and I feel I'm fairly competent in most areas of playing, except for one: chords. I don't know a single bass chord, could somebody post a few tabs of chord shapes to start off with?

Thanks

[fearceol]

Originally Posted by JPagetheBassist

Hey, I've been playing bass for a few years and I feel I'm fairly competent in most areas of playing

Then you are probably playing chords with out knowing it.

Here is a link which explains chords. If you put the cursor over the notes in the diagrams, it gives the sound of that note.


http://www.studybass.com/lessons/bass-chord-patterns/

[Drifta]

Originally Posted by fearceol

Then you are probably playing chords with out knowing it.

Here is a link which explains chords. If you put the cursor over the notes in the diagrams, it gives the sound of that note.


http://www.studybass.com/lessons/bass-chord-patterns/

I got a feeling he's talking about voicing chords, not building chords ?

[fearceol]

Originally Posted by Drifta

I got a feeling he's talking about voicing chords, not building chords ?

OP : My apologies if this is the case.

[JPagetheBassist]

I was more looking for something like this:


F G A B C# Eb
G|--2-| G|--4-| G|--6-| G|--8-| G|--10-| G|--12-|
D|--3-| D|--5-| D|--7-| D|--9-| D|--11-| D|--13-|
A|----| A|----| A|----| A|----| A|-----| A|-----|
E|--1-| E|--3-| E|--5-| E|--7-| E|--9--| E|--11-|

F# G# Bb C D E
G|--3-| G|--5-| G|--7-| G|--9--| G|--11-| G|--13-|
D|--4-| D|--6-| D|--8-| D|--10-| D|--12-| D|--14-|
A|----| A|----| A|----| A|-----| A|-----| A|-----|
E|--2-| E|--4-| E|--6-| E|--8--| E|--10-| E|--12-|

But I'll keep hold of that link Fearceol.

EDIT: Damn, that tab didn't come out how it looked in the preview box, but you get the idea.

[ericw]

Originally Posted by JPagetheBassist

I was more looking for something like this:

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But I'll keep hold of that link Fearceol.

EDIT: Damn, that tab didn't come out how it looked in the preview box, but you get the idea.

those are all the same shape tho, just different roots. You just want different shapes?

I use R - 3 - 7 all the time it would look like this (using D - 5th fret A string) as the root for example):

Dmaj7:
G|6
D|4
A|5
E|-

D7:
G|5
D|4
A|5
E|-

Dmin7:
G|5
D|3
A|5
E|-

If my notation makes sense there...

[ericw]

You could use 10th's instead of 3rds which would look like this (using A - 5th fret E string as the root):

Amaj7:
G|6
D|6
A|-
E|5

A7:
G|6
D|5
A|-
E|5

Amin7:
G|5
D|5
A|-
E|5

If you understand where the chord tones are just play around with inversions using octaves to find other shapes.

[Kobaia]

http://bassmusicianmagazine.com/2011...ords-for-bass/

[MalcolmAmos]

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/conten...eat-sheet.html
Scroll down one screen.

[JPagetheBassist]

Thanks guys, these should be a good start on using chords in my playing, I'd start getting used to them.