Open position
Printable bass chord chart · free
Bass power chords
Power chords are a root and its fifth, with no third, so they are neither major nor minor and sound strong with distortion. The chart: E5, A5, D5, G5, C5, F5 and B5.
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Strum or arpeggiate any chord, tap a note to hear it, drag the strip under a picture to play it further up the neck, or pick another inversion. Library opens the chord there, with every other way to play it.
Bass power chords
Printable bass chord chart · free from chordhalla.com
E5
Open position
A5
Open position
D5
Open position
G5
Open position
C5
Open position
F5
Frets 1–3
B5
Frets 7–9
The chords on this chart
E5, A5, D5, G5, C5, F5, B5. Each name opens the chord in the Library, with every other way to play it, to hear and to look at closely.
How to read a chord diagram
The vertical lines are the strings, the lowest on the left, and the horizontal lines are the frets, with the nut at the top. A dot is where a finger goes, and its number says which finger: 1 the index, 2 the middle, 3 the ring, 4 the little finger. The root of the chord is marked in colour. An ○ above a string means play it open; an ✕ means do not play it. A number beside the diagram is the fret it starts at.
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