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Arpeggios (8 String Bass)

The document provides diagrams of bass guitar arpeggio fingerings for major, minor, diminished, augmented, suspended, dominant, major 7th, minor 7th, half-diminished 7th, and 9th chord types. It also covers 11th chords.

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Arpeggios (8 String Bass)

The document provides diagrams of bass guitar arpeggio fingerings for major, minor, diminished, augmented, suspended, dominant, major 7th, minor 7th, half-diminished 7th, and 9th chord types. It also covers 11th chords.

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Arpeggios for the 8-string Bass - Basic Triads

Major
1

Minor
1

(1 3 5)

(1 3 5)

Diminished
1

5
3

(1 3 5)

1
3

1
Augmented
1

(1 3 5)

Suspended 2nd
1

5
1

3
5

Suspended 4th
1

(1 4 5)

4
1

5
1

(1 2 5)

1
3

5
3

3
1

Arpeggios for the 8-string Bass - Seventh Chords


Major 7 (1 3 5 7)
7
1

Minor 7
1

7
3

Half-Diminished 7
1

7
3

Augmented Major 7
7
1

(1 3 5 7)

3
5

7
3
1
5

(1 3 5 7)

7
3

1
5

1
5

5
1

Minor Major 7
7
1

(1 3 5 7)

1
5

1
(1 3 5 7)

Diminished 7
1

7
1

Dominant 7 (1 3 5 7)
7
1

(1 3 5 7)

Arpeggios for the 8-string Bass - Ninth Chords


Notes marked red denote the use of improper notation. Although an octave of the 2 nd, the 9th is actually ABOVE the root's
octave. However, it is often times more useful in bass line construction when used as a 2 nd.

Major 9
7

(1 3 5 7 9)

Minor 9
1

5
1

5
1

Dominant Minor 9
7
1

(1 3 5 7 9)

5
9

3
7

5
3
7

5
1

3
3

3
7

5
1

7
3

3
7

Dominant 9 (1 3 5 7 9)
7
1
9

(1 3 5 7 9)

1
5

Arpeggios for the 8-string Bass - Eleventh Chords


Notes marked red denote the use of improper notation.Although an octave of the 2 nd, the 9th is actually ABOVE the root's
octave. However, it is often times more useful in bass line construction when used as a 2 nd. Similarly for the 4th and 11th.
More often than not, you will encounter the 9(#11) chords because they are more harmonically pleasing.

Major 11
7

(1 3 5 7 9 11)

11

Minor 11
1

(1 3 5 7 9 11)

11

11

11

11

11

11

Major 9(#11) (1 3 5 7 9 11)


7
1
9
11
1
5

11

11

5
9

11

11

Dominant 9(11) (1 3 5 7 9 11)


7
1
9
11

5
9

Dominant 11 (1 3 5 7 9 11)
7
1
9

3
7

11
1

11

5
9

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