Thought I was doing pretty well until

At this time, this chart that Old_Noob posted is beyond my knowledge, but I thought I’d adapt it for left handed bass use, to use later for myself or other lefties.

If someone who is more knowledgeable than I can take a look to make sure it’s correct, I’d appreciate it (@sfadams, @LeftyChad , @1978popo). I will correct it if necessary. I will also post it in the Left Handed Bass Resources (Lefty Bass) thread if no one sees any errors with it. (all I did was flip the fret image for each scale)

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Another useful post for our left handed members, @Never2Late . . . :wink:

Thanks for taking the time to do this!

Cheers
Joe

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Not sure about “more knowledgeable”, but it looks pretty good to me. Thanks.

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Thanks, I just wanted to see if another lefty who knew the fretboard better than I do thought it looked okay. :smile:

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It looks pretty good to me…just I would put “nut” on the bottom, not on the top. At least for me it looks like nut or zero fret😁
Thanks for a good work.:+1:

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Interesting. Would having the heavier line (“nut”) at the bottom make it easier for lefties to use? The original had the heavy line at the top, and I just flipped the fret images horizontally, so otherwise it is the same.

I guess if someone likes the heavier line at the bottom, they can turn the page upside down! :grinning:

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You are correct sir. I was reading it as always do (from right handed perspective). Didn’t realise it’s flipped :grin:. My bad. After 30+ years of playing guitar/bass it’s just habit I guess.

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(pssst - it’s ma’am - Never2Late is a ma’am. :slight_smile:)

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Unconventional for chord diagrams but here you go if that’s what you want :slightly_smiling_face:

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I’ve corrected myself😉 so it’s not necessary otherwise it will be sooooo confusing for some of us🙂

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If anyone is interested in memorizing the modes - I’ve incorporated this exercise into my warmup routine and against all odds, I actually know them now.

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Oh dear lord no.
I do not NEED to learn this.
If I memorize this I will forget my daughter’s name and several other useful facts. :upside_down_face:

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Does your daughter’s name help you make cool noises on your bass, though? :thinking:

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Alternate suggestion: I think “Lydian” is a lovely girl’s name

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I hear you but I think we forget at times that the internet is global and if one person wants chord diagrams with the nut at the bottom there may be others and that is why I posted the revised version showing the nut at the bottom.

I teach Ukulele and 6 String guitar and have always thought it was so much harder for left handed people because published chord charts are usually shown only from a right handed players perspective.

Anyways it’s all good. :+1: :+1: :+1: :+1:

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Oh! Oh! Here we go with modes again :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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I make no claim one way or another on the utility of learning the modes, just giving people a tool if they do want to learn them :slight_smile:

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Thank you so much for providing my daily laugh :+1:

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Nice, I now use his ‘harmonizing the major scale’ as part of my warmup.

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Awesome. I’ll have to check that one out. I actually bought his fundamentals course last night - if I like it I’ll probably end up snagging the funk one as well. I like his teaching style!

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