Cool Chords & Funky Bass Lines

This lesson covers some easy chord voicings for getting started with chords on bass guitar. There are loads of different shapes for every different chord type but this lesson covers just two patterns for the Major, Minor, Major 7, Minor 7 and Dominant 7 chords.

Today, I’ve got something a little different for you. It’s the holiday season and Christmas is round the corner for many of us out there so here we have a re-release of a solo bass rendition I arranged of the song The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot. I released this arrangement a few years…

Today I’m going to show you a simple exercise that will help you improve your understanding of functional harmony and music theory, your overall technique, your knowledge of the bass guitar fretboard and your ability to play bass chords. Chord Voicings OK, so the basic opening exercise we’re going to learn is very simple. We…

This lesson deals with the topic of strumming chords on bass guitar. Stanley Clarke, Les Claypool and Victor Wooten are all masters of this technique so be sure to listen to them if you want some examples of its application. Lesson Material

This week we’re looking at my bass duet arrangement of Blackbird you may have seen on the Talkingbass Instagram channel. We’re going to look at the chordal arrangement and I’ll take you through all the hurdles you’re likely to encounter playing a song like this. Blackbird: Chordal Arrangement We can split this chord progression up…

This week I’m going to show you a great Add9 chord that works both as just a great sounding chord and also as a finger stretch and workout. Enjoy! Lesson Material