Once you know how to find the roots of chords, you can be pretty dangerous – maybe even make it through an entire gig on bass! But if you really want to start making cool bass lines, riffs, fills and licks, then you’re going to need to get beyond using just the root. After all, […]
How To Read Chord Symbols For Bass (1/3): The ‘Bassics’
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 […]
