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Optional Bass Notes

Lesson 6/253 | Study Time: 5 Min
Optional Bass Notes

Optional Bass Notes

An optional bass note is another bass note from within the chord. Study the following bass lines played over the basic D, E, G and A chords. Theses bass lines combine the standard alternating bass for each chord with an optional bass note.

Now try incorporating the previous bass line into a fingerpicking pattern.

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Class Sessions

1- INTRODUCTION 2- LESSON ONE 3- D Major Chord 4- Eighth Note Rhythms 5- Folk and Country Chord Progressions 6- Blues Chord Progressions 7- Blues Rhythms 8- Minor Chords 9- Rock/Pop Chord Progressions 10- More Rock Progressions 11- Bass Note Rhythm Patterns 12- Silent Strums and Continuous Rhythm 13- Alternate Bass Note Picking 14- Bass Note Runs 15- Sixteenth Note Rhythms 16- Basic Folk and Country Acoustic Licks 17- Rock Chords 18- Basic Rock and Blues Acoustic Licks 19- Advanced Techniques 20- Reading Guitar Music 21- Notes on the Second String (B) 22- Rests 23- Notes on the Fourth String (D) 24- Guitar Music Notated In Two Parts 25- The Eighth Note 26- Sharp Signs 27- The Dotted Quarter Note 28- Simple and Compound Time 29- The Sixteenth Note 30- The Bar Chord 31- Root Five Bar Chords 32- Seventh Bar Chords 33- Advanced Bar Chords and Rhythms 34- Fingerpicking Technique 35- Alternating Thumb Style 36- More Picking Patterns 37- Second Position - Right Hand 38- Accompaniment Styles 39- Arpeggio Styles 40- Fingerpicking Slurs 41- Adding Extra Notes to a Chord 42- Fingerpicking a Melody 43- Scales 44- Introduction (cont.) 45- The C Major Chord 46- Pivot Finger 47- Eighth Note Rhythm Patterns 48- Sixteen Bar Folk Progression 49- Twelve Bar Blues Progression 50- Triplet Rhythms 51- <span class="symbolA">^</span> Time Rhythm Patterns 52- Turnaround Progressions 53- <span class="symbolA">*</span> Time Bass Note Rhythm Patterns 54- Silent Strum Symbols 55- Tablature 56- The Hammer-on 57- G Major Pentatonic Scale 58- A Rock Chord Shapes 59- Combining Shuffle and Lead 60- The Slide 61- Rhythm 62- C Note (2nd string) 63- Picking With the Thumb (<em>p</em>) 64- Notes On the Fifth String (A) 65- Alternate Picking 66- F<span class="symbolA">#</span> Note (1st string) 67- A Note (1st String) 68- Six eight Time Rhythm Patterns 69- Common 16th Note Figures 70- Root Six Major Bar Chord 71- Root Five Major Bar Chord 72- Alternative Fingerings 73- Minor Seventh Bar Chords 74- Hand Technique 75- Root Bass Notes 76- Fingerpicking Pattern Three 77- Fingerpicking Patterns One and Two - Second Position 78- Pick-Up Notes 79- The <em>a</em> Finger 80- Fingerpicking The Hammer-on 81- Basic G Chord Licks 82- Enhancing an Arrangement 83- Natural Notes 84- Electronic Tuners 85- The Seventh Chord 86- Slide Finger 87- Variations on the Sixteen Bar Folk Progression 88- Variations on the Twelve Bar Blues Progression 89- Turnaround Progression - First Variation 90- Rhythm Variations 91- The Pull- off 92- D Rock Chord Shapes 93- Rock and Blues Licks in the Key of A 94- The Trill 95- Time Signatures 96- D Note (2nd string) 97- E Note (4th string) 98- B Note (5th String) 99- F<span class="symbolA">#</span> Note (4st string) 100- Duets 101- Left Hand Technique 102- Alternative Fingerings 103- Left Hand Damping 104- First Position - Right Hand 105- Picking Patterns 106- Fingerpicking Pattern Four 107- Alternative Chord Fingerings - D and D7 108- Picking Three Notes Together 109- Arpeggio Picking Style Pattern One 110- The Off Beat Hammer-on 111- Basic C Chord Licks 112- Melody on the Bass String Technique 113- The Chromatic Scale 114- Tablature 115- Chord Progressions 116- Eight Bar Folk Progression 117- Eight Bar Blues Progression 118- Turnaround Progression - Second Variation 119- Suspended Chords 120- Combining Rhythms and Licks 121- E Rock Chord Shapes 122- Turnaround Lick No.1 In E 123- Picking Notes 124- Summary - The Notes so Far 125- F Note (4th string) 126- C Note (5th String) 127- The G Major Scale 128- Notes On the Sixth String 129- Root Five Minor Bar Chord 130- Major Sixth Bar Chords 131- Picking With The Thumb 132- Changing Chords 133- Fingerpicking Pattern Five 134- Fingerpicking Patterns Three and four - Second Position 135- Arpeggio Picking Style Pattern Two 136- The On Beat Hammer-on 137- Picking Four Notes Together 138- The A Chromatic Scale 139- Tablature Symbols 140- Rhythm Patterns 141- 16 Bar Country Progression 142- C Major Pentatonic Scale 143- The Shuffle Rhythm 144- The Bend 145- Picking With Your Right Hand Fingers 146- Notes on the Third String (G) 147- Using the Right Hand Thumb and Fingers Together 148- Notes on the Sixth String (E) 149- Key Signatures 150- Root Six Minor Bar Chord 151- Root Five Bar Chord Progressions 152- Staccato Strum 153- Combining Thumb and Fingers 154- Dropping The Last Note Before a Chord Change 155- Fingerpicking Pattern Six 156- Optional Bass Notes 157- Arpeggio Picking Style Patterns Three and Four 158- Fingerpicking The Pull-off 159- Basic D Chord Licks 160- The Major Scale 161- Chord Diagrams 162- Open Chord Shapes 163- Eight Bar Country Progression 164- Right Hand Damping 165- The Release Bend 166- The Rest Stroke 167- A Note (3rd String) 168- The Tie 169- F Note (6th string) 170- New Notes 171- Bar Chord Progressions 172- Suspended Bar Chords 173- Bracing The Right Hand 174- Using an Open String to Change Chords 175- The Story So Far 176- Fingerpicking Patterns Five and six - Second position 177- Arpeggio Picking Patterns - <span class="symbolA">*</span> Time 178- The Off Beat Pull-Off 179- Combining Chord Licks 180- The Minor Scale 181- Left hand Fingering 182- Rock Chords (Closed Position) 183- Double-Note Licks 184- The Free Stroke 185- G Note (6th string) 186- New Notes 187- Ninth Bar Chords 188- Fingerpicking Pattern Two 189- Moving Bass Lines 190- Arpeggio Picking Style Patterns Five and Six 191- The On Beat Pull-Off 192- Basic E Chord Licks 193- The Major Pentatonic Scale 194- Rhythm Symbols 195- Vibrato 196- Fingernails 197- Left Hand Technique 198- Adding Extra Bass Notes To A Chord 199- Arpeggio Picking Style Patterns Seven and Eight 200- Fingerpicking The Slide 201- Basic A Chord Licks 202- The Blues Scale 203- The Nylon String Acoustic Guitar 204- More Turnaround Licks 205- Notes on the First String (E) 206- The Lead-in 207- Bass Runs 208- The Off Beat Slide 209- F Chord Licks - Root Six Major Bar Chord 210- Keys and Key Signatures 211- Nylon String Guitar Setup 212- Whole Note Exercise 213- The Major Scale 214- The On Beat Slide 215- B Chord Licks - Root Five Major Bar Chord 216- Relative Keys 217- The Steel String Acoustic Guitar 218- Half Note Exercise 219- The Octave 220- The Bass String Hammer-on 221- Fingerpicking Guitar Solo - Boots 'n' All 222- Learning All the Keys 223- Steel String Guitar Setup 224- Quarter Note Exercise 225- Transposing 226- Seating 227- F Note (1st string) 228- How to Transpose 229- The Pick 230- G Note (1st string) 231- How Chords are Formed 232- Right and Position 233- Basic chord Chart 234- The Left Hand 235- Movable Chord Shapes 236- The Hand Placement 237- Notes on the guitar fretboard 238- Right Hand Support 239- The Chromatic Scale 240- Pick Technique 241- Notes on the guitar fretboard 242- Troubleshooting 243- Notes in More Than One Place 244- Position Playing 245- Higher and lower octaves of notes 246- Tuning 247- Tuning Your Guitar to a Piano or Keyboard 248- Checking Your Tuning With A Chord 249- Tuning The Guitar To Itself 250- Tuning the Guitar to a Tuning Fork 251- Tuning the Guitar to Pitch Pipes 252- Tuning Vibrations 253- Tuning with Harmonics

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