Harmonizing Thirds: Bass Guitar Tips

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CASEY CORMIER: Now a minor shape will say, for example B, well the minor triad is B, D and F sharp so that third is D. Well the D is on the same fret line around the G string. So now this is our minor style of playing 3rds. Now we know about the whole major, minor, minor, major, major, minor, diminished pattern when we learned arpeggios, well watch; if we do that same thing, we're going to start with E major E and G sharp to represent major, minor F sharp, minor G sharp, major A, major B, minor C sharp, diminished but still has a minor flat 3 to play the D sharp, and then back to E at the octave. So you don't want to have to do this all the time but it might be nice in maybe a ballad style, if you were playing something [PLAYS BASS LINE] then throw in that 3rd every once in a while to make it interesting. So try using thirds on the E and the G string separated, major and minor in your own play.

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