Bass Chords: Arpeggios

[jgunna]

Another great video. Question: Is the pattern for all major scales for the 1-3-5 always major, minor, minor, major, minor, minor, dim, octave? Sorry, I'm not near my bass and I don't have a keyboard

[Torch7]

@jgunna Not sure if I fully understand the question but I will attempt to answer. What makes the chords major or minor is the position of the 3rd interval or the 3.

So statement is true about the 1 - 3 - 5 interval.

1 - Major

2 - Minor (flatted 3rd)

3 - Minor (flatted 3rd)

4 - Major

5 - Major

6 - Minor (flatted 3rd)

7 - Diminished

[quartergreek]

So great explained! This is exactly what I was looking for! One problem for me though were that I couldn't figure out where on the bass fretboard you were playing. :/

[Torch7]

@quartergreek I will be more mindful of fretboard location in the upcoming videos... thanks for the feedback.

[numanuma20]

I love how you explained how chords work on a piano and didn't just jump right in to the bass. Music theory is what really sets the piano apart from other instruments. I love bass too because it forces the player to learn the fretboard unlike the guitar where you can learn a few chords and call yourself a musician.

[Torch7]

@numanuma20 Thanks for the comments.

[LaBass666]

Love the way u explain man! simple yet complete...i have started using some of ur tips in my songwriting...thanks a lot!

[Torch7]

@LaBass666 Thanks, glad it helps.

[luvz2own]

you sound kinda like morgan freeman

[Torch7]

@luvz2own Thanks... I wish it were so, maybe I could do a bit of voice over work.. :)



[1234deedeeramone]

great lesson man helped me out alot very cool :)

[Torch7]

@1234deedeeramone Thanks for the feedback... more videos to come.

[lavonnqb37]

Your tuned to Drop D huh?

[1010100101010001]

thanks for the lesson!

[manutdbass19]

Loved this video dude, thanks a lot. I basically already knew most of this, but it still in some way helped.

[shadownetava123]

slow down...

what are the notes??

[HomeBuyersofOhio]

Again....awesome! Full lesson, fully explained and not just some one or two minutes showing us something ???? But instead you took the time to teach us

[BassGrindcore]

*CHORD*

Look darker!

*CHORD*

Look gloomier!

*CHORD*

When you hear that in a movie your like "Ooh, something's gonna happen"

I lol'd

[stormraven84]

xDD I'm happy... I'm happy... nice stuff dude.. please continue making videos they are very helpful =)

[dkiller94]

thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Torch7]

@MaxAndreasson92 Thanks Max

[coolshoos]

nice vid. I´m happy I´m happy I´m happy lol

[jstraiton66]

I really get a lot out of your lessons so thanks for posting them. Your videos got me fired up to learn the arpeggios, no small task. I have a question, if I'm playing a I-ii-IV-vi progression should I use the major arpeggio for the 1st& 4th and the minor arpeggio for the 2nd & 6th? Is that how aprpeggios should be applied?

[Torch7]

@jstraiton66 Sorry It took me so long to respond, but yes, thats how you use the arpeggios, you outline the chord structures... 1 & 4 are major, and 2 & 6 are minor... You got it. :)

[jstraiton66]

I really get a lot out of your lessons so thanks for posting them. Your videos got me fired up to learn the arpeggios, no small task. I have a question, if I'm playing a I-ii-IV-vi progression should I use the major arpeggio for the 1st& 4th and the minor arpeggio for the 2nd & 6th? Is that how aprpeggios should be applied?

[Torch7]

@jstraiton66 I know this is way late to respond, but at any rate for those who might read this question. The answer is yes.

[jstraiton66]

I really get a lot out of your lessons so thanks for posting them. Your videos got me fired up to learn the arpeggios, no small task. I have a question, if I'm playing a I-ii-IV-vi progression should I use the major arpeggio for the 1st & 4th and the minor arpeggio for the 2nd & 6th? Is that how arpeggios should be applied?

God bess

[KirkDickinson]

@jstraiton66 You have the idea for major and minor.

[edgar669966]

C mayjur

[memocsulb]

thanks bro! cleared up a lot of confussion

[Torch7]

@memocsulb Glad i Could Help

[Afterglow1337]

"I'm happy I'm happy I'm happy!"

Haha nice one! :D

[GrantSmithBass]

Nice ! Cheers

[Torch7]

Thanks.

[valdezemilio2396]

lmao 3:05 ooo somethin finna happen

[joellittle]

in terms of teaching the basic theory of bass here, you did a great job with the keyboard, alot of people are intimidated as beginners at first so the demonstration on the keyboard is a great idea. keep up the good work!

[iconic558]

Great vid' and don't take the wrong way but I'm struggling here.

I have a 4 string and you have 5 string, but are playing with a dropped tone or something?

example 6:47 your F i my C...I could be wrong I'm real new to music?

there are only 3 types of pattern, major, minor and diminished, yes?

[ZOMGItsRobot]

The highest four strings of his bass are the same as your 4 strings on your bass, his 5th string is a low B string. It just might look different, as he is playing halfway up the neck and has more strings than you.

and in western music, the only chord qualities you will encounter naturally are major, minor, and dimished. there are many other chord types, like augmented and sus chords that occur when scales or chord shapes are modified, but i wouldn't worry about them too much yet.

[r2hMisTaKeN]

ok dude the 5 string has another string on top of the E string which is called B. his top string is B, and his second is E. your top is E.

[theManTCBflash]

4 augmented is the last one.

[U4CPRODZ]

There is also augmented

[kebbey]

oh thanks youve cleard up some things that were not clear , cool

[jjeezy313]

good help is hard to find, this was really a lot of help. I was even close to playing this

[jjeezy313]

great vid bro

[godstuber]

awesome help man, i like that you're personal with the camera, making jokes and what not :) thanks for the chord help, working on 2 hand tapping with chords so this is awesome

cheers

[deutschename]

Very informative!Playing arpeggios on a bass can add a whole other dimension to my sound,thanks Torch!

[Torch7]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it.

[hrdtxs]

Great post....

[Torch7]

Diminished triad refers to a chord formed with a root note - minor 3rd - diminished 5th (flattening the 5th) So if the Root note is C you would create a Diminished triad like this: C - Eb - Gb.

[Gaetstotal]

Thank you man! That vid maded me train for hours! Really helpfull with the keyboard^^ how to train at 12h30 in the morning... ... ...

[Torch7]

Thanks for the comments.

[powercord426]

you seem like a nice guy

[theaint]

"When you hear that in a movie your like ooh sumthins gonna happen"

hahahahaha

brilliant!

Great video man! Im tryin chords on the bass atm.

:D

[daouju]

cool

[Vasque7]

i really appreciate the keyboard\bass breakdown. Makes more sense now that i am trying to play by ear more.

[Torch7]

Cool, glad it helps.

[elmusikopekoso23]

wtf did he say on 2:17?? lol

[Torch7]

LOL, its a spot in the video, were the tape is a bit messed up, and speeds up to double speed. I had a bunch of those in this video, I thought I edited all out. ... I was saying... "As we learned that, in a earlier lesson"...

[ericjarvis0808]

You suck go pray to jesus

[RageicaNiels]

there is one mistake in your video. 6:24

when you come to the 3rd Minor scale you acidently play B - D - F sharp but you say "E - G - B" and you make the same mistake with the rest of the scales. that you play the scales one string above the acual scale.

just a note that should be told so there is no misunderstanding from the viewers.

but great lesson of not the best aperggio lesson on bass

[Torch7]

You're right, I totally skipped a string and didn't notice it.

Thanks..

[RageicaNiels]

so its: (Root 1) Major (2) Minor (3) Minor (4) Major (5) Major (6) Minor (7) Diminished (Octave 1) Major okay thanks for the lesson :D playing other instruments gives you a better view of the scales.. going practise now

[Torch7]

Glad it makes sense.

[yepenga92]

AHAHAAHA im happy im happy lol nice man this videos rule

[DantescoDurante]

Thanks for this video, is really cool & good.

[SoyoShark]

Thanks for the lesson! You do a great job teaching!

[Torch7]

Thanks.

[Fradonotgiveafunk]

Keep up the good work.

[Torch7]

Thanks.

[buju]

your videos are very very easy and helpful

thanx

[Torch7]

Thanks.

[Ajones47]

Cool vid, man.

[yummykyle101]

this is a very good video, thanks

[kokid03]

hey wheres the bass chords?

[Torch7]

Arpeggios are chords played one note at a time.

[kokid03]

ok

Thats not what I'm looking for but thats ok.

I probably need to learn about arpeggios first anyway though.

[accurist94]

i think he means the bass on the stave of piano music

[koforat]

good observation even though i neither play the base nor keyboard

[bassist4lifee]

ahem. its Bass*

[koforat]

OPS. my bad :D

[bassist4lifee]

hahha

[Torch7]

LOL

[Torch7]

either way...I got the point.. :)

[snowypetrel]

Ve4ry good point about chord scales, just where I'm at on the sax. What had me confused was the diminished at the seventh, in C, it is B, D, F. I'm still getting my head around this but you've just confirmed it for me. Ta.

[Torch7]

Glad it confirmed some things. One thing that helps me understand diminished, is the 5th interval. The on all the others is a perfect 5th in the CHORD, the diminished is DIMIINISHED because of the 5th degree... is flatted, as well as the 3rd being flatted. So its essentially two flatted thirds which gives it its unique sound.

[bowalex]

excellent lesson :)

[Torch7]

Thanks

[Ginley311]

haha awesome lesson man. 'its like your in a movie somethins about to happen' lol

[Torch7]

Thanks... I appreciate your comments.

[Greylocks7]

You're an annointed teacher, Bro. Just stay in His will; He will open some real doors for you soon. Many thanks.

[Torch7]

Thanks again... My musical mentor is putting out an instructional DVD really soon, be on the look out for it... Search for Sean Byrd, here on youtube, and I believe you will be blessed.

[dmanz007]

your a good teacher, i found your explanation on keyborad very useful.

[Torch7]

Thanks alot, I appreciate the comments.

[scotttheROBOT]

question : Alright so in the c major the chords pattern is: major-minor-minor-major major-diminished-one. Is that going to be the same pattern for every major key say G or A. And if not, how can we determine which chords in the major scale will be major and minor and is the 7th usually diminished, If it is the same pattern whats the pattern when playing in minor chord progressions ? Can you do a video on this your a great teacher.

[Torch7]

Yes, this is the same for each major key, called Major Harmonization.

Minor Harmonization is based upon the 6th degree of the Major scale. All the 1,4,5 are minor, 2 is diminished, and 3,6,7 are major.

So it goes minor-diminished-major-minor-m­inor-major-major

[swilker1]

I'm lost on this explanation. The scales are kinda confusing. I got most of them; C-major CEG D-minor DFA, E-minor EGB, F-major FAC, G major GBD, A-minor ACE, B-diminished BDF. Is that right? If so what is the fingering for the last 3 scales (G, A, B) I couldn't get the fingering down during the video.

[Dakamum]

man, you explaining damn good... Please keep on rolling. It helps me alot.

[Torch7]

Thanks for the comments, more videos coming soon.

[goddamnthatsfast]

Great video.

[Torch7]

Thanks glad you like it.

[fiftycaliburbitch]

pretty cool man,you play bass very well and props for knowing how to play it on keyboard  i love your videos even though im not part of any religion

[Torch7]

Thanks for the comments, and watching the videos. I appreciate it.

[BeyondBreakingRocks]

thank you this video helps me out quite a bit

[slimsnatch]

please i wanna know how many chords for Bass Guitar any one tell me ?

[Torch7]

Not sure I fully understand the question. Chords are chords, While chording may be more difficult on the bass, theoretically you can play the same chords on the bass as you could on the guitar.

[slimsnatch]

so the same Chords of normal guitar i can play it in bass guitar ,, and i wanna know something bass Guitar have its own Chords or no , or you can play it Without Chords ?

Thnx for ur Answer

[URAGR8M8]

A chord is three notes played together - various tunings allow us to create more than a million chords. You can make your own chords on instruments and in most cases you will be able to replicate the vast majority of chords used in one song on one instrument to another - however that does not mean that it will sound good. If you are going to buy a bass you will be playing a sperate part to that of a normal guitar and in most cases you will not be using chords but instead plucking single notes.

[kRusnic]

nice video. from helpful

[99931221]

like how this involves christ.

[Torch7]

The intention of the videos and my site gospelbasslines[dot]com, is to assist Christian musicians who play in a church setting. However the majority of the musical concepts, can be utilitzed in other types of music. The videos are not evangelistic in nature, however... Christ is the center of all I do.

[cornflakesnwater]

OHHH OK... I SEEE.. THANK YOU MAN OF GOD

[Torch7]

You're welcome.

[sk8bassfillet07]

this really helped me a lot, thanks.

[Torch7]

I'm glad this helps.

[dickvillian]

3:05

what you said haha

[Gilleece666]

Great Video, Nice sounding bass.

[mastamnd]

Nice video man. Helped me out alot as well. Chords have always been a bit of a problem for me. Your very simple but very effective approach has helped me step my game up. Amazing what the right approach can do for you. And I have studied music theory on my own. But those damn chords.. Not anymore.. I'll check out your website soon.

[dalela]

In the first bass example you played B minor instead of E minor, that threw off all the following chords. the other bass demonstrations were correct.

[jokcoustou]

Dude this helps me out a ton.. you don't know how many technique videos are on youtube and where is all the theory?... only thing I would like to see in this video is applying the arpeggio scale to a slammin gospel song. Just mainly like to see the licks that have been built off these arpeggios. keep em coming!

[mixlpix]

If you are'nt a teacher, you should be. THANKS

[Torch7]

Half way through the video, I lost track of which string I was on... So if you are patient to the end, I will recover. diagrams will be on the site soon.