Part 4

This month we’ll wrap up with the introduction to chords with three examples of the fingering for the minor 7th chord and three examples of the 7th chord.

This column has been aimed at introducing you to the concept of playing chords.

Hopefully, some of you will have taken to them and will go on to explore this avenue much deeper and should you wish to go further, please feel free to come and talk to me and I can provide you with information regarding many other chord fingerings including the Major seventh sharp eleven, seventh sus four, seventh flat nine, seventh sharp nine, seventh flat five, seventh sharp five, minor seventh flat five, sixth, minor sixth, ninth, minor ninth, eleventh and diminished.

I got started on chords with some major (no pun intended) help from a book called Chord Bassics by the phenomenal Jonas Hellborg and the chord examples shown in the last few columns can be found in this book. Anyone wishing for a copy of this book should contact
The Bass Centre or Music Sales Limited
78 Newman Street,
London W1P 3LA
ENGLAND.