by You get a chord chart or lyric sheet put in front of you with a bunch of chord symbols over it, but what the hell are you supposed to play? Especially if you’ve never come across some of the symbols before.
This is basically what happened to me first time I saw a ‘real’ jazz chord chart, and to be honest, it scared the hell out of me! There were triangles, circles, plus and minus signs, then all the numbers. As someone who usually learned by ear, it was overwhelmingly confusing.
When you’re just starting out, the whole world of chords can be pretty intimidating. There’s tons of lingo and markings that might be brand new – it’s like a whole new language.
In the first lesson of this chord symbol series, you’ll learn:
- What to pay attention to when it comes to chords and chord symbols and what you can completely ignore – at least when you’re starting out
- The most important job of any bass player (Honestly, you’re probably already doing this…)
- The golden ‘rule’ of bass playing and the one exception to that rule
Check out the lesson here:
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In the next 2 parts of this series, were going to go beyond the basics and give you tons more note options when it comes to creating bass lines, riffs, licks and fills from chord symbols. There’s much more to it than the simple ideas in this video and I’m excited to share them with you.
As always, if you have questions or comments, just leave them down below and I’ll be sure to answer them for you.
Good luck with the chord symbols and happy playing!
Cheers,
P.S. Here are links to the songs I mention in the video:
John Mayer, Waiting On The World To Change
The Police, Message In A Bottle
Led Zeppelin, Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
Bob Marley, No Woman No Cry
This is so helpful, even for a double bass novice like myself – thank you. Looking forward to the next two in this series – do you know when you’ll be releasing them? Sean
Absolutely Sean – There’ll be one this coming Friday and one the Friday after! Glad you’re enjoying them.
Luke
Hi Luke,
Good to hear from you, and thanks (again) for the lesson.
I’m learning every day, when I’m practising your lessons, and it is going well!
In the past week,I’ve got my new(3rd) bassgitar; a cort 5string with fanned frets; I think this is my last…..(?)
The owner of the local musikstore,has formed a band with 3 gitars, drums and a female singer………. and I am the bass player; big fun man?
Hope to hear from you, y’re the best!!
Bob. NL.
Hi Luke,
Good to hear from you, and thanks (again) for the lesson.
I’m learning every day, when I’m practising your lessons, and it is going well!
In the past week,I’ve got my new(3rd) bassgitar; a cort 5string with fanned frets; I think this is my last…..(?)
The owner of the local musikstore,has formed a band with 3 gitars, drums and a female singer………. and I am the bass player; big fun man?
Hope to hear from you, y’re the best!!
Bob. NL.