chords in genneral have three notes, 7th chords have four. you can play any one of these notes in the bass.
the root is the most common, but 3rds sound good too and are very common. unless your playing an alternating r-5-r-5 pattern i wouldn't recommend experimenting with playing the 5th of the chord in the bass, because that will alter the expectations of what should come next (someone else want to explain the "cadential 6/4 and why not to play 5ths in the bass" thing in simple terms??)
long story short, if the chord is B major, the chord tones are B D# and F#. mess around with playing the D# in the bass (or the B first, then the D#.)
probably the most common instance of an inverted (chords with other notes than the root in the bass are called inversions) chord would be a I chord going to a V chord (in B major that would be B going to F#) where you play the root of the I chord, then on the V chord play the 3rd- because its only a half step below the root of the I chord, its a smooth little move.
sorry this is so wordy. just try and play it and it should make perfect sence. long story short, chords have 3 notes, mess around with each of them.
the root is the most common, but 3rds sound good too and are very common. unless your playing an alternating r-5-r-5 pattern i wouldn't recommend experimenting with playing the 5th of the chord in the bass, because that will alter the expectations of what should come next (someone else want to explain the "cadential 6/4 and why not to play 5ths in the bass" thing in simple terms??)
long story short, if the chord is B major, the chord tones are B D# and F#. mess around with playing the D# in the bass (or the B first, then the D#.)
probably the most common instance of an inverted (chords with other notes than the root in the bass are called inversions) chord would be a I chord going to a V chord (in B major that would be B going to F#) where you play the root of the I chord, then on the V chord play the 3rd- because its only a half step below the root of the I chord, its a smooth little move.
sorry this is so wordy. just try and play it and it should make perfect sence. long story short, chords have 3 notes, mess around with each of them.
