Bass Week: As bass players we naturally have to know our chords, and ideally a fair bit about harmony and chord progressions ...

When you think of unique chords, the heavy hitting industrial rock stylings of Nine Inch Nails probably doesn’t come to mind.

except chord VII - the notes B – D – F, which is diminished. When a seventh is added to a chord this is known as a seventh chord. The dominant seventh of a V chord can be shown by the symbol V7.

except chord VII - the notes B – D – F, which is diminished. When a seventh is added to a chord this is known as a seventh chord. The dominant seventh of a V chord can be shown by the symbol V7.