Chords and Arpeggios
A chord is a group of three or more notes played together. Chords are commonly played by guitarists and keyboard players etc. On the bass guitar, chords are played one note at a time. This is called an arpeggio. The most important chords to learn are the major chord (e.g., C major) and the minor chord (e.g., D minor).
These chords are based upon the major scale. C is a shorthand way of writing C major. It applies to all major chords. Dm is a shorthand method of writing D minor. It applies to all minor chords. The examples below are commonly used arpeggios. It is important to memorize these arpeggios as they will become very useful in playing country bass. These arpeggios start on the root note.
Class Sessions
1- INTRODUCTION
2- Notes on Bass Fretboard
3- Glossary of Musical Terms
4- Play Position
5- The Basic of Music
6- Tuning
7- The 12 Bar Blues Progression
8- The Metronome
9- Interval Chart
10- Music Staff
11- Tuning The Bass to Itself
12- Riffs
13- The Right Hand
14- Notation
15- Notes
16- The Left Hand
17- Electronic Tuners
18- Eighth Note Feel(<span class="symbolA">5</span>)
19- Walking Bass
20- Fretboard Diagram
21- Note Values
22- Basic Quarter Note Feel(<span class="symbolA">3</span>)
23- Tuning with Harmonics
24- The Tie
25- Dotted Quarter Note
26- Combinations of Open Strings and Fretted Notes
27- Open Strings Note
28- Quarter Note Rests(<span class="symbolA">h</span>)
29- The Tie
30- Time Signatures
31- Three Four Time
32- Half Time Feel
33- Half Notes(<span class="symbolA">1</span>) and Half Rests(<span class="symbolA">g</span>)
34- Six Eight Time
35- Eighth Note Triplets
36- The Major Scale
37- Shuffle Rhythm
38- The Octave
39- Whole Note(<span class="symbolA">`</span>)
40- Chords and Arpeggios
41- Lead-in