Simple Bass Line Progressions A bass line progression is a progression where the bass note of a chord (“the lowest note played in a chord”) is changing and following a predetermined or predictable pattern. There are two generic types of bass line chord progressions: ascending (the bass line goes higher in pitch) and descending (the bass line goes lower in pitch). The bass line progressions can be pictured as going up or down a small set of stairs. Root Note is Usually the Bass Note One thing to understand first, is when any chord is being played, it’s bass note (or lowest note) is the root note of the chord (unless we are told otherwise). Thus the bass note of a G chord, a Gsus, a Gm7, a Gdim, etc. is a “G” note. If we need to change the bass note of a G major chord to a B, for example, we would write it kind of like a fraction: G/B. We often call these “slash” chords. The Dm7 chord with a C note in the bass would be written ‘Dm7/C’. An A7 with a C# note in the bass would be w...
There are literally hundreds of different varieties of guitar, but for ease of understanding there are two main types: Acoustic and electric The type of guitar that you choose will depend on the style of music that you wish to play on your instrument. It does not really matter if you decide to learn to play on the electric or acoustic, it is really up to you, but one consideration to make is if you wish to play both styles of guitar, it is probably best to start with an acoustic steel string guitar. Playing this type of guitar will strengthen your fingers as you press down on the strings to make chord shapes. Pressing down strings on the electric guitar is easier and requires less finger strength, so if you wish to play both types of guitar, start with the acoustic. Acoustic guitars Nylon stringed classical acoustics: If you plan to play the classical guitar you will find that most classical guitar music is composed for the nylon stringed acoustic guitar. Spanish guitar an...
Isus – I – I2 – I This progression was made popular in the 70s in Barry Manilow’s song, “Can’t Smile Without You”. In it, the third note of a chord is altered by starting with the suspended 4th, then resolving to the major chord, then changing to a suspended second, and resolving again with the major chord. Try it in the following examples: Dsus-D-D2-D Listen to this progression in the key of D: Audio Player 00:00 00:00 Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Asus-A-A2-A Listen to this progression in the key of A: Audio Player I – Imaj7 – I6 – Imaj7 Here’s an interesting progression found in a number of songs. Listen to Lee Brice’s song Love Like Crazy to hear it (see Youtube video at the end of this post). The example in the key of G is G, Gmaj7, G6, Gmaj7 and then repeats: G-Gmaj7-G6-Gmaj7 Here’s perhaps a better sounding way to play this progression in the key of G: G Gmaj7 G6 Gmaj7 e:-3---x---3-...
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