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  • Beginning Bass 12: Diatonic Triads

    After looking at the Nashville Number System, I've decided to write a bridge column between our earlier article on Triads and our Diatonic Modes and Four Note Chord study in the Intermediate Bass articles.

    Simply put, if you take a major scale C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C and play every other note starting from the root you will get the 3rd and 5th of the chord. In a C tonality, that will give us:

    CEG=C major
    DFA=D minor
    EGB=E minor
    FAC=F major
    GBD=G major
    ACE=A minor
    BDF=B diminished

    The formula for diatonic triads is the same no matter what key we're in. It's I-ii-iii-IV-V-vi-vii(dim)-I.

    Notice that I've relented and used tablature in this month's column. I wanted to show two ways of playing the same idea. In the first example I've moved up the A and D strings. This is what I might do if I'm slapping the triads or playing with a pick. The second approach is to stay mostly in VII position (first finger on the 7th fret). This is what I would tend to do while sight-reading or playing fingerstyle.

    I've closed out this column with a study on I-vi-IV-V progressions (called "ice cream changes" by the 50's era studio musicians who recorded tons of tunes with this progression). The progression is in C and then changes to G so the changes are C-Am-F-G and G-Em-C-D respectively. Try learning the patterns and then playing along with the track. As Fonzie would say, now you're a cool cat!

    Peace and Low Notes,

    Roy C. Vogt
    Teach Me Bass Guitar

    20100301 0750
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