Bass Guitar Chord Chart

[toneuc]

Hey,

I am looking for a bass guitar chord chart. When I say chord chart, I don't mean the scales one. I need the one with fingering multiple strings at once.

Thanks,
toneuc

 

[elgecko]

You can take the "scales one" and eliminate some notes.

 

[Huge]

Can't you just use a guitar chord chart and work out how to deal with 2 missing strings? I'm not trying to be a jerk, that's just what I would probably do.

Besides, assuming you know the notes in the chord, all you really need to do is experiment with fingering.

Also, google might give you better answers.

 

[Infidelity]

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[toneuc]

Infidelity,

Thanks for the website for the chart. What I don't know is if the fingering position of (Root, 3rd and 5th..for example) stays the same for each chord covering the fretboard?

thanks

 

[Nev375]

Yes. the chord is the same, just the notes are different.

 

[ggunn]

Most chords on bass other than 1+5, unless they are way up the neck, sound like mud to me. Mostly I leave the chording to the guitarists and keyboard guy. YMMV, of course.

 

[MalcolmAmos]

Here is a 4 string chord generator. You can choose the bass tuning. http://www.gootar.com/folder/ukulele.html

Good luck.

 

[toneuc]

That's awesome...thank you guys so much

 

[Dubista]

I tend to just play the Root and the 3rd, but the 3rd is an octave higher, when playing "chords" but I guess you could call that a double stop.

 

[Crazyeelboy]

Try this: http://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.do?itemid=14006666&lid=12&menuid=500&subsiteid=7&

 

[Jason P Bass]

I tend to just play the Root and the 3rd, but the 3rd is an octave higher, when playing "chords" but I guess you could call that a double stop.

You could call this playing 10ths. (Octave = 8, plus the third, makes it a tenth. The math is off because everything in music starts at 1 instead of 0.) I have Ray Brown's book for jazz double bass and he has pages upon pages of exercises for playing tenths.

With a 5 string bass, you can also play 12ths (Octave plus a fifth).

You can also get away with some substitutions by leaving out the root. For example, if the band plays a B7 and you play anything but the root (basically a D#dim, start with D# A D#) it can work. Extremely tense and prog rock-ish, but it will follow the key and support the melody.