However, thirds are important, and we’ll discuss them more in the future. In many power chord rock songs, the 3rds are left out, and so the notes in the Box are all you ever need. Looking above, the G-D-G is the bottom of a “first form” G-chord, and the G-C-G-C, is the bottom of the “fourth form” C-chord. By the way, as with anything that is very safe, relying on the fifths can also become boring.Īs I hinted at in a previous article, the Box is also the basis for power chords on the 6-string. So it makes sense that the fifth also sounds good when you play it. Also notice that the C (root) and G (fifth) are in the box twice – this is good! Without diving too deeply into the theory (although I encourage you to learn it soon), the fifth is the note that (almost) never changes, and is (almost) never left out. But that’s OK, as it means that it will work for most variations of either major or minor chords. So for the key of C, the box contains C, D, F, G, A, Bb, which are all the important notes except the 3rd. Here is a an example of the Box in the key of C – you’ll note that the Box forms on the 3rd and 5th: It is defined by two frets, spaced two apart, and crosses all 4 strings. The “Box” is possibly the best invention for all guitarists. These two “tools” will allow you to get off the chord-root without too much risk. In addition to listening carefully, there are a few important tricks to learn. If you play bass, you’re often stuck with no music or other clues as to what to play. Suppose it went from C to G: should I go up to the G, or down? Before you feel overly put-upon by this, remember that the drummer gets even less!īy the way, this happened to me again this past summer: link.Įven though I was the host, the only sheet music I had was for Only the Good Die Young, which was the only song I practiced (think about it), so I didn’t need it.
The toughest decision I had to make was when the song changed chords. If I’d never heard it before, I had to have figured it out by the second verse! As a novice, I played it ultra-safe and would just play a straight-4 on the same note as the name of the chord. If I said I’d heard a song on the radio, I was expected to play it damn near perfect right from the start.
#Bass guitar notes full
There have been many times in my playing “career” (small joke) where I walked into a room full of musicians I sort of knew, and there was a list of songs, with words and guitar chords, and we all started to play.
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