Chord Melodies For Bass Players

About this episode

Janek discusses chord melodies for bass players, focusing on both 5-string and 4-string basses.

With a rare trio gig tonight that doesn’t have a chordal instrument besides me in the band, I’m re-booting the partition of my brain that gives me access to a ton of harmony, melody, and comping. All on the bass! In this episode we’ll take a look at both an extended range 5-string with a high C string, and a standard 4-string tuning. More soon, Janek Get full access to Janek's Newsletter at janekgwizdala.substack.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Janek

Topics covered

• bass
• harmony
• melody
• comping

Keywords

• chord melodies
• bass players
• trio gig

Mentioned in this episode

Products: 5-string bass, 4-string bass

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