Master triads on bass, from the fundamental shapes and inversions to creating bass lines, navigating the fretboard, combining triads with scales, and using them over dominant and altered harmony.
This complete course brings together some of my most popular lessons on triads into one structured, long-form resource for bass players.
Triads have shaped my playing perhaps more than any other element of my practice routine. But the goal isn't to memorize endless shapes or spend your life thinking about root position, first inversion and second inversion.
The goal is exactly the opposite.
I want this material to become so familiar to your ears and your hands that eventually you don't have to think about it at all.
Throughout this course, we'll use simple major and minor triads to build progressively into much deeper applications of the concept.
We'll cover:
• Root position, first inversion and second inversion
• Spread triads and why they work so well on bass
• Connecting your ear to the shapes on the fretboard
• My approach to "restrictive practice"
• Moving triads through different chord changes
• Turning exercises into actual bass lines
• Using fewer notes to make stronger musical choices
• Triads vs. scales—and why you don't actually have to choose
• Finding triads inside scales
• Using triads to create tension and resolution
• Dominant harmony through the lens of triads
• Mixolydian, Lydian dominant and altered sounds
• Using melodic minor to unlock new triadic vocabulary
• The common mistake bass players make over altered dominant chords
• Taking all of this material out of the practice room and into actual music
This isn't something you need to watch in one sitting.
Use the chapters below, grab your bass, pause whenever you need to, and treat each section as its own lesson. Spend time with a small amount of material before moving on. The objective isn't to get through the course as quickly as possible—it's to get these sounds into your playing.
📚 BOOKS & COURSE MATERIAL
If you want to take these concepts further, I've put together books and additional material that expand on the harmony, exercises and vocabulary covered throughout this course.
The books include additional exercises, play-alongs, video masterclasses and material designed to help you actually practice these concepts rather than simply understand them.
https://janekgwizdala.myshopify.com/products/the-complete-bass-harmony-vocabulary-bundle-5-ebook-collection
Take your time with this material. Pick one concept, one key and one small group of shapes and live with them for a while.
The goal isn't to remember this course.
The goal is to eventually forget it, and just play.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro 1
01:44 Lesson 1
26:48 Intro 2
28:48 Lesson 2
55:31 Intro 3
59:28 Lesson 3
1:10:15 Intro 4
1:11:23 Lesson 4
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