You don’t have to read music to play bass; music isn’t a visual art — it’s an aural art. Some great bassists can’t read a note and still manage to come up with incredible bass parts. Most bass players, however, find that reading music is a useful skill when playing with other people. Some band leaders require you to read music.Music often is written on paper so it can be communicated to others; the same note can appear on paper in several forms. One form is the fingerboard diagram, or grid, which is simply a picture of the fingerboard (in an upright position). It’s the clearest way to show you how to space your fingers along the fingerboard for playing the different scales and chords.A grid is composed of the following elements:.The vertical lines on the grids represent the strings, from low (left) to high (right). The first grid shows four strings.
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The second shows only three, even though your bass has at least four, because on almost all parts of the neck, you can play one complete scale (one octave) or chord using only three strings. The beauty of indicating finger positions on grids is that you can superimpose the grid onto any part of the bass, as long as you have enough strings and frets to work with.The horizontal lines in the grid represent the frets.The solid black dots and the open circle represent notes to be played. The open circle is the root, or tonal center. The root is the most important note in a scale or chord, and it’s usually the first note you play.The numbers next to the dots tell you which finger you use to play the note, as follows:1 = index finger (the pointer). 2 = middle finger (well, never mind)3 = ring finger4 = pinkie (little finger).The arrows from dot to dot indicate the sequence of the notes to be played (if there is a specific sequence).
On the bass, you almost always play one note at a time.The four-finger technique can help you play everything with the least amount of effort, the fewest shifts, and the greatest level of consistency. Using the same fingering time after time when playing the same scale or chord is essential for developing speed and accuracy and for smooth playing. In other words, keeping your fingering consistent helps your hand become familiar with the moves and builds muscle memory so you can occupy your mind with other things (like fending off overly excited groupies).The major scale starting on the root C, called the C major scale or the key of C, looks and feels exactly like the major scales that begin on any other root. For example, it looks exactly like the major scale starting on D (which, you guessed it, is called the D major scale, or the key of D).Both scales have the same structure and are played with the same fingers in the same sequence; the D scale just starts two frets above the C scale.When you memorize a pattern for playing a scale or chord in one key, you can play the same pattern for that scale or chord in every key, anywhere on the neck of the bass.
The chords provided are my interpretation and their accuracy is not guaranteed. Daddy Sang Bass lyrics and chords are provided for your personal use, this is really a fun and easy song to play and sing. It was recorded by Johnny Cash. Apr 29, 2016 Books on Bass Guitar Chords BassBooks.com offers resources to show you bass guitar chord charts, suggest the best bass chords for beginners, and to help you learn how to play bass chords. See our Chord Studies category here. Following are a few books we especially suggest you consider.
This should help with the notes of the chords.And this major scale box pattern helped me to find where to put my fingers on the bass fretboard - to make that chord.Bass Patterns based upon the Major Scale box.Major Scale Box.Code:G -2-3- -4- 1st stringD -6-7- -8- A -3- -4-5- E - -R-2- 4th stringThe chord formula chart will tell you what notes make up a chord. The Major scale box lets you find those notes on your fretboard.Want the Cmaj7 chord. Put the box's R over a C note on your fretboard and then sound the R-3-5-7 notes within the box. Yes one note at a time, we do not strum chords we play chords one note at a time. Want the Cm7 chord. It's spelling is R-b3-5-b7. Yep the chord formula chart told me that.Now if you would prefer a chart for every type of chord check this out.I prefer to memorize one chart - The Major Scale Box - and then adjust it for what I need to make.
Use which ever one you like best.Looking at the box; where is the b3? The b3 is a flatted 3 and you flat a note by moving one fret toward the nut. If you had a #5 that is a sharped note and you get a sharped note by moving one fret toward the bridge.The box can also be used for scales.
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The major pentatonic scale is R-2-3-5-6. The minor pentatonic is R-b3-4-5-b7.Have fun.