Tag: chords on bass

Bass day (1h 30m)

  • Chords
    • All 7th chords in closed and open voicings
    • Autumn Leaves in A- & G- with mixed voicings
    • Triads (harmonising C & F major scales)
      • Root
      • 1st inversion
      • 2nd inversion
  • Chords tones / walking bass
    • 7th chords permutations (harmonising F major scale)
      • All starting on 1
      • All starting on 3
    • Improv using permutations over Autumn Leaves

Bass day (1h)

  • Chords
    • Recap all 7th chords shapes in open & closed voicings (harmonising C, G & D scales)
    • Cycle of 4ths transitions: minor to dominant, major to dominant
    • Playing along to Autumn Leaves
    • Triads

Observations

It’s really cool that I came to the chords course already being (semi-) familiar with mixed / shell voicings that I’ve been practicing on piano! So, for example, when Scott says, it’s a 3-octave-below-1-7 or a 7-3-5, I’m not confused at all, because I already got them under my fingers on keyboard! Also, I found it really helpful to practice transitions between different types of chords on bass in 4ths — just like I do on piano — e. g. Cmaj7 to F7 to Bbmaj7 to Eb7 to Abmaj7, etc. Then minor to dominant, then minor to major, and so on. Cycle of fourths rocks! (Or shall I say JAZZ?)

Bass day (1h 40m)

  • Chords (1h 20m)
    • Harmonising C major &  G major scales with closed voicings
    • Harmonising C, G & D major scales with open voicings
    • Playing along to Autumn Leaves with all closed, all open and then mixed voicings
    • Playing to All Of Me with mixed voicings + improvising using chord tones (AWESOME!)
  • Chord tones (25m)
    • Harmonising F major scale with all 12 permutations (starting on 1 and 3)
  • Pick
    • Trying out chords with pick (didn’t really work)

Bass day (1h 40m)

  • Chords (1h 15m)
    • Harmonising C major &  G major scales with closed voicings
    • Tenths
    • Playing along to Autumn Leaves mixing closed and open voicings
  • Chord tones (25m)
    • All inversions in all keys chromatically up the neck

Observations

Man, chords are fun! Especially for improvisation and soloing — priceless!