Reading Chord Symbols For Bass Beginners

[@Mark2Roll]

Great lesson, Mark,,,as always ..you make me better.i like your lesson because are very analytics

[@edertwins]

Great Lesson...although it would have been very helpful if you had demonstrated the chord on the bass as you talked about. Difficult to do, but would have helped to wire in the application of the chord theory to the physical location on bass. cheers.

[@Jorcorand]

Great lesson Mark, I could finally clarify the question that had about slash chord. Thanks!!

[@HarleyBreakoutGuy]

Thank you so much for this lesson, the slash cords sound so much better with the bass guitar.

[@aaronboelbaai7813]

i've been following bit by bit and i get it....many thanks brother

[@indigoglitzernschloss4629]

Thank you for the excellent content! Your videos have been a huge help for me in my music theory/composition class!

[@imohedet9795]

I really love ur teaching

[@gerardthompson1]

YOUR A GENIUS MARK

[@keithbolger5152]

Good lesson. I hope I can do it well.

[@jovinobunny]

Great lesson, Mark! This knowledge will certainly help me with my transcriptions. :)

[@23CoSo]

Excellent tutorial, even if somewhat complicated - but that's music! I would have appreciated an explanation as to why these complex chords exist and what and when they're used, rather than basics ones or simple 7s. Perhaps that will come in future tutorials..

[@ronaldromeromendieta4388]

Thanks. I really enjoyed this lesson.

[@gr2view]

very good teaching . thank you . please get into or tell us what video to watch for understanding how to use other notes in the chord while using chord chart . ex . when playing a CMaj7 i get that we can play the C but how do we also use the E G and B ? is it totally up to the player how and when to use the C E G B ? are there rules ? dos and donts ? PLEASE HELP !

[@talkingbasslessons]

I’ve done a ton of lessons on this. Chord Tones are the key to all of it. I also have a massive course dedicated to it called Chord Tone Essentials.

[@gerardthompson1]

GREAT MARK

[@davidbalan6571]

I liked that's lessons 2015 & 2016

[@GospelBluesMan]

With Slash I understand to play the note after the slash. However as an added note I can play the note before the slash. Does it matter which note I play first and which is the lowest note I play?

[@samstinkeringaround8961]

So would you play a C#dim as a C ?

[@manuelramirez4345]

Love it!!!!!

[@samstinkeringaround8961]

He keeps saying download the material, how do you do that?

[@drawntothefire]

Does Cm6 have a major or minor sixth added? i.e. is it implying Dorian or Aeolian tonality? Never been quite sure on this.

[@talkingbasslessons]

Major 6th. It's Dorian tonality.

[@drawntothefire]

+TalkingBass - Online Bass Lessons Thank you! You are a wealth of knowledge! So now I'm wondering, how would a minor chord with added minor 6th be written? Or is that chord not generally played due to the minor 6th being a semitone above the fifth?

[@talkingbasslessons]

It could be written as Cmaddb13 or a Cb6! But it's not really a chord you see in common use. This is where chord symbols show their limitations.

[@drawntothefire]

+TalkingBass - Online Bass Lessons Thank you again, I really appreciate you taking the time to reply to comments on here.

[@temade7711]

On guitar a minor 6 note would actually ba an augmented chord, as you suggested. A minor triad with added major 6 note, doesn't sound good. Could have a place though.

[@andy44ellis]

So the bass parts would not be using the bass clef?

[@Dd-xv5du]

Andrew Ellis the bass part would play the chords that appear on top in bass clef

[@AbhiBass96]

Does a C triangle mean - C E G Bb or C E G? Because at times I've heard its C E G Bb instead of JUST the Triad.

[@Anorexiaification]

C triangle means Cmaj7, so its more like C E G B, not Bb.

[@tomwhitcombe7621]

how are minor flat five and diminshed different?

[@talkingbasslessons]

Diminished triad - 1 b3 b5, m7b5 - 1 b3 b5 b7, dim7 - 1 b3 b5 bb7 (also written as 6) If you need any help with the chord construction check out the music theory for bass series on the lesson map over at talkingbass.net

[@tomwhitcombe7621]

So dim7 stacks only flat thirds. Where minor flat five stacks two minor one major? Seems to make the senses

[@talkingbasslessons]

+Tom Whitcombe yeah that's pretty much it. Both m7b5 and dim7 are built from diminished triad. Try to see them as building blocks.

[@AbhiBass96]

Minor7b5 has a minor seventh instead of a flatted seventh (diminished seventh on Minor which is on Diminished7 Chord). I am myself ... distorted and... intimidated with all this but thats a basic difference.

[@b1akn3ss93]

Couldn't hear his bass over the piano wa too loud

[@rogeriotamazia1774]

What happened to the "See you later"? :D

[@andrewlwatts]

It's an excerpt from a lesson pack you can buy on his site, not one of his standard KZbin lessons.

[@talkingbasslessons]

+Andrew Watts That's right. Been ill for the last couple of weeks so hard to record a new vid. Back to normal next week!

[@rogeriotamazia1774]

Just kidding folks. Mark, as always thanks for the video! I'm improving a lot by watching them. I'd like to buy the reading course, but unfortunatelly the dollar is very expensive for us in Brazil these days. Hope to buy it soon :)

[@andrewlwatts]

Oh yeah. I'm not knocking it either. It was a helpful video and makes it more likely that I'll check out the videos in the shop soon.

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[@markbass354]

Mark that's Mandarin to me I play by ear only. No offense to Mandarin speaking folks.

[@davidbalan6571]

I liked that's lessons 2015 & 2016