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Fingering Positions For Triads

Theory & Harmony Intermediate 1 min read

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Triads are the most important note group to have organized physically on the bass neck. Because a bass line's core job is outlining the chord one note at a time, being able to play a triad's root, third, and fifth comfortably from any position and in any inversion is what gives your lines harmonic strength.

Originally published June 7, 2013, lightly edited for clarity.

I believe that triads are the most important notes to have an understanding of and to have physically together on the bass. With the note job of a bass line being to outline the chord sound one note at a time, the importance of comfortably navigating triad note choices in all possible ways on your bass neck is extremely important to the harmonic strength of your bass lines or anything that you want to play. The following video shows how to start preparing for and practicing to get this information down on your bass. Harmony is one of the fundamentals I teach. If you want a structured path through triads on the bass, online bass lessons via Zoom are available.

  2. Triads And Bass Lines

    Theory & Harmony Intermediate 1 min read

    I used to think scales were the most important music vocabulary to work on, but the more I played the more I realized triads and arpeggios matter more. As I've said before, triads are the harmonic material of every bass line you have played or will ever play — so build your lines outward from the triad's harmonic and rhythmic core.

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