{"id":37315,"date":"2016-11-02T12:21:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T12:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/?page_id=37315"},"modified":"2025-06-20T07:14:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T07:14:44","slug":"video-18-understanding-bass-notes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/video-18-understanding-bass-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Video 18 &#8211; Understanding Bass Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2 style=\"font-size: 32px;color: #090089;text-align: center;font-family:Open Sans;font-weight:700;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >Lesson 18 - Understanding Bass Notes<\/h2><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 16px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div id=\"ts-vcsc-youtube-6263619\" class=\"ts-video-container ts-ratio-sixteen-to-nine  ts-video-overlay-false\"  style=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ts-video-iframe\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t3sC3dj1jC0?autoplay=0&showinfo=1&controls=1&autohide=1&rel=0&loop=0&modestbranding=0&mute=0&vq=auto&wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Bass notes are the lower sounding notes that your thumb plays.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Every chord has a bass note. It\u2019s wise for you to learn off by heart each bass note for every common open chords.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For the D chord I made a mistake in the video. The bass note can be changed to the open A string or the 2nd fret on the thickest string.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A cheats way of learning the bass notes is if you know what strings to strum for every open chord then the bass note is the first string you would normally strum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-center vc_do_btn\" ><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-lg vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-modern vc_btn3-icon-left vc_btn3-color-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/video-19-alternating-bass-notes-2\/\" title=\"\"><i class=\"vc_btn3-icon fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i> Next Lesson - Alternating Bass Notes<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>Course Progress Bar<\/strong><br \/>\n<div class=\"wppb-wrapper inside full\"><div class=\"inside\">18 \/ 37<\/div><div class=\"wppb-progress full\"><span class=\"green\" style=\"width: 48.648648648649%;\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lesson 18 - Understanding Bass Notes Bass notes are the lower sounding notes that your thumb plays. &nbsp; 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