5 Easy "Shapes" for Kickass Bass Lines (Bassist Shortcuts)

Yeah, the root note is definitely in the minor triad :slight_smile:

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Could be slash chords, where playing the note behind the slash “sounds better” (and is intended to be played by the bass), rather than the root.

I am not sure what the OP (of that other thread) is after… maybe he only wants to hear from Josh!?! He also keeps saying “cords” - maybe it is not chords at all he is interested in :crazy_face: It remains a bit of a mystery…

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Interesting, had never heard of those before:

Well, let’s not pay attention to spelling errors… I guess it’s an easy mistake to make, even for a native English speaker.

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What’s funny is that neither of you are native English speakers and yet you generally use better diction overall than we natives do. Which is actually not uncommon; most Americans at least are sloppy AF with our English.

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For me, it’s an occupational “hazard”… I need to correct a lot of English reports and article drafts, and I have students with dyslexia who have problems with “which” and “witch” etc.
Here, I might have been a bit caustic as well… :wink:

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Slash chords are quite useful/important to know about for bass players :wink:

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