TWO CHORDS that will improve your BASS LINES 😎 🎸

[@emperortheconqueror4161]

A beautiful 1-6-2-5-1 movement. Thanks sir

[@ebassguitar]

Absolutely!

[@BzzBzzrd]

I can’t stop looking at his eyebrows… those movements!!! So epic!

[@ebassguitar]

I love them too!

[@jackjdolan]

I think it's fret 8 and fret 9 not 10. But i still get it. Thanks.

[@ebassguitar]

Cheers Jack… you’re correct

[@micahburns2891]

Congratulations! You’re officially a genius… Major 10th interval he’s not talking about frets

[@jackjdolan]

@@micahburns2891 He incorrectly stated the frets. I politely corrected him and he sent me a thank you. He was talking about fret placement in the example so I don't know what you're going on about with your genius comment.

[@JBX07]

​@@ebassguitar bro, your video is wrong. you should fix it

[@joldisyri8936]

I was going to say the same thing. Don’t worry about the guys who don’t understand.

[@Kcthetransgirl]

Sounds nice. I wish my amp wasn't allergic to multiple strings being played at once.

[@andyhbassman]

Walk on the Wilde Side - Lou Reed 😎

[@aaronholmes8568]

Major 10th giving me some serious Summertime Rolls by Jane's Addiction vibes

[@ebassguitar]

Ah yeah!

[@hotdoggington6962]

Great tone! Love those chords. A really fun and easy example of them can be found in the excellent "Find An Island" by Benee

[@narnia-mazerunner-fan]

That's definitely in the last of us theme song it has to be like the cords but it sounds amazing

[@shodapad07]

Lovely. Thank you!

[@judda118]

This was very helpful!!!

[@johnfollis2357]

Bass Chords are way up my alley. But if you are new to chords on bass, start with two notes. That is usually your best option. Now I am a crazy fool and will dare to play three and even four note chords when I am just practicing and having fun. But it does not usually work in a band setting as things can get very muddy. Also make sure to play the notes mid way to high on the neck for the most part as playing certain intervals in the low area of the neck, can sound very very muddy. Also, for the tenths, I use my second finger on the root note and my fourth finger for the major tenth, and my third finger for the minor tenth. And for the picking hand, I use my thumb to pluck the E string, and my second finger to pluck the G string. That is what works for me. But try different combinations of fingerings in both hands and see what works for you. And finally, try playing these tenths at different parts along the string or strings such as over the pickup or pickups, towards the bridge, towards the neck and even over the neck. You'll get different tones doing this. Just some tips for you.

[@stuartmoore6310]

Playing Cmaj/Cm alternating dyads gives you the bass intro to Molly Hatchet's KILLER version of Allman Bros tune Dreams!

[@vincentdacer969]

Thanks. 😁✨

[@pzooka]

Thanks man!

[@ebassguitar]

Happy to help!

[@markbass354]

NICE

[@Davabunga]

Those chords sound sexy

[@m.vonhollen6673]

A tenth is a dyad. A minimum of 3 notes is needed for a chord, a triad. (2 notes would be called an interval.)

[@violinbeginner.4197]

Do you play bass? I do a little, and when you start, you play "crords" only like this. It may sound bad if you play whole chord in low register.

[@ebassguitar]

Technically you are correct. I try not to get caught up with theory for theory’s sake when dealing with folks in early stages of learning…

[@ebassguitar]

What tends to sound best on bass is having quite a large distance (or interval) between the lowest note and the next note up. Some folks call this an open voicing…

[@violinbeginner.4197]

@@ebassguitar I can't imagine how to make a "wide" accord. I have a tiny fingers hahaha

[@Garrett8098]

It's basically a double stop. Sounds good though

[@bo-banski2883]

as soon as i played the first chord i heard otherside by rhcp lol

[@Scatixwasd]

Bob by chili peppers, b side of one hot minute, uses this interval for the main riff

[@graemerobertson5160]

For someone who has only ever played bass it could be an eye opener. I do like these two note sounds for incorporation into baselines. Not sure it would benefit me though as I was a guitar player before I took up bass.

[@kane6529]

The benefits are knowing where the specific intervals are. I promise you, a vast majority of guitarists can play a ton of chord shapes but very few actually know what their playing they just know a root and movable shape

[@hailtothe_rooster1572]

I locked myself in my room 20yrs ago and learned to play by ear. Once a buddy showed me tabs the world was mine. Despite the good instruction all I hear is wah wah wah wah play it like this…. Ah ok I got it. As soon as someone mentions chords I check out. I just need to hear it on repeat and if I see it I see numbers like neo in the matrix. So weird right?

[@ebassguitar]

If it works it’s fine by me!

[@Kinkleback]

You could play walk on the wild side by Lou Reed with that

[@ebassguitar]

100%!

[@leojohansson2195]

Flea

[@ebassguitar]

Love flea!

[@brickwalljoen.y.c9514]

Nice but give me some Motorhead type power chords any day all day.

[@coreysiegel9504]

They are not chords. They are double stops.

[@adamswing6115]

Yeah, kinda confused me, cause he was just naming the interval lol

[@oh515]

If your first sting is a G, and not tuned down to F#, you explained it incorrectly.

[@ebassguitar]

My apologies I had a moment of dyslexia. The fret number I said was wrong. However the notes are correct.

[@scottkunghadrengsen2604]

They're doublestops

[@acidtalking]

That's useless in most of cases to play this two notes together like chord. Better way would play major 3 or 10 under guitar power chord. For example, bass play C note while guitar play A5.

[@TheDibbs]

Aren’t these just an interval and not technically “chords” correct me if I’m wrong

[@ebassguitar]

Technically you are correct. You could also call the diads too. Common bass speak tends to refer to more than one note played together as a chord…

[@davidgilbert60]

You said the 10th fret when you meant the 9th fret. Then you said the 7th fret when meant the 8th. You really gotta take this down. You're going to confuse the heck out of someone trying to learn these chords for the first time. Sorry, man.

[@ebassguitar]

Thanks for the feedback David.

[@chrisktori2393]

Think he meant fret 8 and 9 not 8 and 10. Do like these 1 minute lessons.

[@johnhewett9483]

Hey James, fret 10 on the G string is F not E. You mean fret 9. It doesn't look good.

[@ebassguitar]

Sure john, I know you’re a man who enjoys being critical ;-) I thought you were going to get me on the fact a chord is technically 3 notes. 2 notes is an interval / diad When are we going to have a zoom? Email my team on [e-mail] and we’ll set it up.

[@gavininglis4878]

Brows

[@ebassguitar]

Hell yeah!

[@Ba55manAce]

None of this is correct. The notation is not musically accurate and neither is your fret counting.

[@ebassguitar]

Hi - I’ve checked this. I’ve said a wrong fret number. Theres no notation in this video. The text annotations are correct.

[@joshonhisbullshit]

Why u such a cattywampus individual? Idk what that word means but when i read your comment that’s what came to mind. He recorded the wrong fret number. Any one can figure that out by using their lil spectacles they were born with. Loosen ur britches bro, live life have fun kiss a girl

[@jakubjungle656]

that's not a chord

[@ebassguitar]

Yes, technically it’s an interval…

[@fullshred7595]

Major 10th...? You'd better check your theory knowledge buddy...