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Tutorial: Acoustic Core Concepts: All About Bass Notes

Tutorial: Acoustic Core Concepts: All About Bass Notes


Title: Acoustic Core Concepts: All About Bass Notes
Author: Lisa McCormick
Course: This tutorial is not part of a course.
Goal: By the end of this tutorial you should understand how to determine the proper Bass Note for several common acoustic chords, and to understand the Bass Note's role in both fingerpicking and strumming techniques. You'll also learn how to interpret guitar notations that show a chord with a slash (for instance, G/F#).
Difficulty: Absolute Beginner
Style: Acoustic
Category: Chords
Pages: 2
Files: 2 Videos
2 Scores
2 Guitar Tabs
Description: This tutorial was inspired by many questions from subscribers about bass notes. Most of my technique lessons (fingerpicking, blues, Celtic, Christmas, strumming) refer to the Bass Note as an essential part of the technique. This tutorial gives a thorough explanantion of what a bass note is, how to figure out which one to use for each chord, and why it's important to right hand techniques and a variety of guitar styles. It also demystifies the "Chord with a Slash", which appears in some guitar sheet music.
Contents What is a Bass Note?
Chords with a Slash: What Does it Mean?


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