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Organizing Triad Notes For Your Bass Lines

Theory & Harmony Intermediate 1 min read

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A smart move for any bass player at any level is to make sure you're up on your triads. The notes of the triad are the life's blood of every bass line — past, present, and future. This post walks through practical ways to organize the major and minor triad notes across the bass neck.

Originally published June 9, 2014, lightly edited for clarity.

A smart move for any bass player at any level of performance is to make sure you’re up on your triads. The notes of the triad are the life’s blood of all your bass lines, past, present, and future. Make sure you know them inside and out. The following video bass lesson demonstrates some of the ways to organize the notes of the Major and Minor Triad on your bass neck. Harmony is one of the fundamentals I teach. For guided work on organizing triads across the neck, 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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