Music Theory For Bass Guitar – Bass Chords #2 – Minor Chords, Voice Leading & Alternative Chords

This lesson covers chords that contain simple additions to the triad rather than the seventh chord. The 6, add9 and 6/9 chords Altered Note Chords We have already covered the basics of building chords by stacking thirds, but there are several chords that aren’t a consequence of stacking. The first group are known as added note chords,…

This video continues the look at chords for bass guitar by delving into seventh chords. Lesson Material Note: Throughout the lesson, the chords shapes built from an A string are using a C root eg. Cmaj7. The chord shapes built from an E string are using a G root eg. Gmaj7

When you think music ‘theory’ a lot of you out there probably start thinking about stuff like Scales or maybe Chord Tones or maybe even the whole study of Functional Harmony. Well, that’s all useful and important stuff to learn but there’s a very small area of ‘theory’ bass players often neglect and it’s something…

This bass lesson covers slash chords and inversions. These are important chords for bass players to recognise and understand since they are a direct influence on the bassline. Slash Chords And Inversions The slash chord is often associated with inversions and is represented by two notes separated with a slash. The notes are either side…

This lesson covers the construction of the Natural Minor, Harmonic Minor and Melodic Minor scales and how they relate to Minor keys. The concept of relative major and minor keys is also discussed with reference to Key Signatures. The Natural Minor Scale The natural minor scale is made up of the root note, major 2nd, minor 3rd, perfect 4th,…

This latest lesson on Music Theory for the Bass Guitar covers the concept of key and key signatures as well as the Circle Of Fifths. Recap First, let’s take a look at the major scale pattern we looked at in the first lesson. The major scale is built up from a pattern of tones and…