Chords for Clip#4 - Peter Bernstein wshop -: bass motion / chord inversions

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Keep your bass line.
Play the roots of the chorus.
G.
_ [C] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
B in the bass.
[Dbm] B7.
That sounds better [D] _ than_
_ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ It's [E] cool, but I want to hear the bass motion.
[C] E. _ _
[B] _ _ Yeah, you [E] get it here. _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ [E] _ That note is beautiful.
[Db] Oh, C sharp.
Yeah, so why would you [A] say_
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
It's okay.
It goes up to [Ebm] C [E] sharp. _
_ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[G] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Gb] [C] Smooth. _
[Em] The bass helps smooth.
[Ab] If you invert, not even inversion, just because I want to play an inversion,
you [B] might be playing a worse bass line.
This is a strong bass line.
B.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [B]
Duh-duh-duh.
_ [E] Just the melody of the thing, [A] right?
B.
Melody of the bass line.
[Eb] D.
But check it [D] out.
C.
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Duh-duh-duh.
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_ [Em] Duh-duh-duh.
It's confusing.
[B] Put the important [Em] note in the bass.
It helps.
_ You don't [Eb] have to do that much else.
[D] It's just the bass.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[Em] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [B]
It's already strong.
[Eb] Don't make inversions _ _ [Ab] because you know the [B] inversion. _ _
Make the bass line and the melody sound good.
Then you fill in the rest of the harmony. _ _ _
If you solo, _ [Bb] I think you always have to think [Eb] about making a strong bass line.
If the melody is there to help you, great.
If you know what note is coming, _ _ _ even more what bass line.
But you have to [Bb] observe the bass, the harmony, how it [Eb] moves,
so to make the strongest bass line.
Sometimes inversion _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ is strange.
You can use inversions.
You can [E] use pedal points.
You can [Eb] do different things.
But all I'm saying is [Bb] don't automatically do an inversion of the chord.
The root might be a_
[B] _ _ _ _ [Eb] Start with the root and the melody.
_ The bass and the melody.
And [Gb] then figure out what needs to be in the middle.
You might find an inversion [G]
somewhere.
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You have to [Bm] make sure that_
The [D] bass player is playing a bass line.
He wants to make sure his [A] bass part makes [D] sense and has motion.
You know it when you hear it.
If it's clear.
I [B] just showed the example of if you say_
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [B]
The chord is B.
So what he was doing is he made an inversion. _
[Bm] But really it [Bb] was _ [G] _
[B] another_
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [G] It sounds like G to D.
[Dm] It doesn't really sound like a B chord.
So [Eb] it's almost like it's more clear to go to_
[Ab] _ _ _ [E]
To 3.
Right?
[D] _ _ _ I would_
That [B] _ _ _ sounds nice.
[F] The melody is a flat 5.
That's strong.
[B] But _ [Bb] also_
If I'm [G] going to go to B, I would want to go to C before [D] that.
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[B] _ _ _ [E] _ That's a strong [G] bass.
That's moving in [C] _ fourths.
And then a [B] half [E] step.
But it [Dbm] takes you right to the 2 [E] chord.
_ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ Right?
[A]
D, _ _ C_
[Em] _ If I [F] want to embellish, [Am] what's important is that I get from here [Em] to here.
But [Cm] I want to think about how to do [E] that. _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [B] G, right?
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _
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_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ Because the melody is [Gb] A.
_ _ [Em] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ [Am] So I wouldn't want to hit A.
Because the melody is [Bm] A.
I want [Bb] to find another bass note that's going to sound_
[Am] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[E] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ So I hit E flat.
Which makes me [Gm] say E, [B] A, and E [A] flat.
And that could be a dollar bill.
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But_
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [B]
Bass line is [Gm] just like the bottom of [B] music.
But it has to [Bbm] move in a direction.
[G] Just like I was _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ saying_
All harmony is about direction.
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_ _ [N] _ _ _ Just hop along while you're up.
_ _ [G] Down for a minute.
You're not down for very long. _ _ _ _ _