Bass Guitar Chords

Okay, Bass n00b here trying to figure out what A 7th sus. chord was in this publication. I obviously did not know, but after some research found out, there's a typo on the very first row of chords in "A". The chart shows the proper way to form an A 7th susPENDED chord, but the heading shows "A-C-E-G". This is a typo. It should read: "A-D-E-G". I will add more corrections if I find any.

There are 4 - 5 cords on each fret board diagram. I have no idea how to read them. I bought a chart to see the cords. This is no help. There are two pages to this thing with no explaination.

By "chords" they don't mean "double stops" (i.e., playing two or more notes simultaneously). They mean the notes which make up the standard chords. The chart has all of the 12 notes, and the most common chords for each one (major, minor, dom 7th, etc.) Next to each of these is just a picture of a fretboard section with dots over the notes that make up that chord, and that's it! I think charts made like this are redundant. I mean, if you know how to play a G7arpeggio, all you have to do is shift all the fingering up two frets to get the A7 arpeggio. You don't need to copy the same picture 12 times, with an indication of which fret the root is on in each picture! The only way I could see a chart like this helping with playing chords, is that it lets you see which notes are in each arpeggio, and you can pick and choose which notes from there to include when you play your chord. On the back cover is some miscellaneous outlined music theory, but there are one or two mistakes. Plus I don't agree with some lines like "The Dorian scale is one of the most popular scales of rock." If you really want to help your playing, I would suggest learning some shiftable positions for arpeggios, and using them to make your OWN chart.

Very exhaustive amount of information included, in that respect it's excellent. But, though it shows fingerings for all the chords, there is no indication at all as to which fret you play these chords on - whether it's (I suppose) at the nut which seems unlikely for bass chords, or after the 12th fret. Considering there are several different fingerings indicated in each chord 'box', understanding which is which is also a problem. I am a beginner, not quite a novice, but someone mastering the basics and learning the fretboard. I showed the 'card' to a seasoned pro bass player and he "guessed" that was all 12th fret upward - though wasn't certain. Therefore, if not, I can't see how you can play a melody on the lower levels of the fretboard (around the 7th-8th fret, say on D or G staring), then have to jump 5 or 6 frets for the accompanying chords. Seems illogical. So which chords applies to which fret? I've e-mailed Music Sales for help and an explanation if possible. If anyone else reading this review has any ideas, I'd be very grateful to hear them, I'm on garth.hope@sky.com Many thanks

They were fast and furious got it same day.

I like it easy to understand especially beginner

This is an A3 sized laminated card (professionally) folded in half. However it is brilliant. Open it out and you have ALL the bass chords, on the back you have the Bass scales and the fretboard explained. For such a basic looking thing it tells you so much. Simply a must have for any Bass player beginner or an experienced player wanting to have the chords - much better than a book in fact.

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