chord shapes for a 4 string bass

http://www.music123.com/Music-Sales-Chord-Bassics-Bass-Chord-Book-900015-i1173014.Music123

See if you can find this book Varun, its great, only way to improve it would be a section on applications/exercizes, but as is, its a fantastic chord library.

 

Check out Todd Johnson's new book "Fishin' for Grips". Todd plays six string, but I believe that this book was not just developed for six sting only. It is supposed to be a comprehensive book for grips on the bass.

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=546051

 

+1 on the first book(Jonas Hellborg)- great stuff. Lost my copy.

 

I just ordered that book (Chord Bassics Bass Chord Book) DarkStrike recommended right now and was only $5.26 U.S.
Looks interesting.

 

http://******.com/?q=Bass+guitar+chord+chart

Try there.

 

http://jguitar.com/chordname?instrument=Bass&tuning=Bass+Standard

 

That was good.

 

Here's some:

 

Have you considered making your own? IMO that's a MUCH better learning tool. You gotta know what the notes in the chords are anyway, so sitting down and drawing your own diagrams will help you learn them a lot faster.

John

 

+1 to JTE....again....

my notebooks from way back when are filled with scale and chord charts I made myself. after making them, I rarely had to refer back, because by that time i'd learned it.

 

Although this example is for electric guitar, not bass, you can use it to extrapolate pretty much all the chords you could feel like wanting to play.

http://web.mac.com/noshufuru/iWeb/Master Class/Master Class.html

The method used by a man who learned to play guitar twice; it's based around modifying two chord forms in a way that ends up more or less generating all of the chord forms you could want.

 

Yeah, you'd probably be better oof making your own, since it will help you more down the line. Although, unless you're using piccolo strings or something, you won't have all that much to worry about since chords in the first octave of the bass tend to sound muddy and unclear.

 

Well, here's the thing. That chart that jwbassman has in their post is the same stuff repeated over and over. Instead of that (and at least that one shows the roots), make a chart for yourself that shows the root, 3, and 5 pattern. And the 1 b3 5, etc. And phsycially draw it out instead of making a mental chart. That's a great exercise to make sure you have it down.

jte

 

Start drawing your own, you'll learn better. Construct these

Major: 1, 3, 5
Minor: 1, 3b, 5
Augmented: 1, 3, 5#
Diminished: 1, 3b, 5b
Suspended 2: 1, 2, 5
Suspended 4: 1, 4, 5
Major 7: 1, 3, 5, 7
Minor 7: 1, 3b, 5, 7b
Dominant 7: 1, 3, 5, 7b
Half-Diminished 7: 1, 3b, 5b, 7b
Diminised 7: 1, 3b, 5b, 7bb
Minor-Major 7: 1, 3b, 5, 7
Augmented Major 7: 1, 3, 5#, 7
Augmented 7: 1, 3, 5#, 7b
Add(#): Take any triad and add a note (not the 7th and not one already contained in the chord) to it. Usually add9, add11, etc