BASS LINES – Altered Chords

Hello bass players and bass fans! In this issue, we will study the altered chords.

An altered chord is a chord that replaces one or more notes from the diatonic scale with a neighboring pitch from the chromatic scale. By the broadest definition, any chord with a non-diatonic chord tone is an altered chord.

Examples:

– CMaj9(b5)
– CMaj13(#11)
– C7(b9)
– C9(b13#11)
– C13(#11b9)
– C+7(#9)

See you next month for more #fullbassattack… GROOVE ON!