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

Here are some examples: Rock bass lines are usually very simple, and relate to the rhythm of the guitar part ... root note and fifth of a chord (with a chord of C major, this is C and G).

If you've recently starting playing guitar you’ve probably already tried some of the most common open chords (so called because they include un-fretted or ‘open’ strings), such as C, A and Em ...