Piccolo Bass Chords and Inversions

OPEN STRING BASIC CHORDS

(Four-string Piccolo bass)[MAJOR CHORDS]

                                                            EXAMPLES OF OTHER OPEN STRING
                                                                  Tuning for piccolo bass                                                               
_______   _______   _______   _______            _______             _______    _______
|_|_|_o   |_|_|_|   |_|_|_|   |_|_|_|            |_|_|_|             |_|_|_|    |_|_|_|           
|_o_o_|   |_|_o_o   o_|_|_o   |_o_|_|            |_|_|_|             |_|_|_|    |_|_|_|
|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|   |_|_|_|   o_|_|_|            |_|_|_|             |_|_|_|    |_|_|_|
|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|   |_|_|_|   |_|_|_|            |_|_|_|             |_|_|_|    |_|_|_|
|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|   |_|_|_|   |_|_|_|            |_|_|_|             |_|_|_|    |_|_|_|
                                                 E A D G             D G D G    D A D Gb
   E         A         D         G            BASIC TUNING           Open G     D Major
____________________________________       one octave higher       ______________________
                                            basic bass tuning      (more of these later)


_______            _______           _______
|_|_|_|    (bar)-> o_|_|_|  (silent->|_|_|_|      
|_|_o_|            |_|_|_o           |_o_|_|
o_o_|_|            |_o_o_|           |_|_|_|                
|_|_|_|            |_|_|_|           |_|_o_o
|_|_|_|            |_|_|_|           |_|_|_|                  End of basic chords section
                                                              [E G B D F] Major Chords
   C                  F                 B                  Also applicable for normal bass
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BASIC MINOR CHORDS

                                                            
                                                                                                                                 
_______   _______        _______   _______            _______         BASIC MINOR CHORDS           
|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|(silent>|_|_|_|   |_o_|_|            |_|_|_|                        
|_o_o_|   |_|_o_o        |_|_|_o   |_|_|_|            |_|_|_|             
|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|        |_|_|_|   o_|_|_|            |_|_|_|             
|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|        |_|_|_|   |_|_|_|            |_|_|_|             
|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|        |_|_|_|   |_|_|_|            |_|_|_|             
                                                      E A D G             
  Em        Am              Dm         Gm           BASIC TUNING           
____________________________________             one octave higher      __________________
                                                 basic bass tuning      


_______            _______           _______
|_|_o_|    (bar)-> o_|_|_o  (silent->|_|_|_|      
|_|_|_|            |_|_|_|           |_o_|_|
o_o_|_|            |_o_o_|           |_|_|_|                
|_|_|_|            |_|_|_|           |_|_o_o
|_|_|_|            |_|_|_|           |_|_|_|                  End of basic chords section
                                                              [E G B D F] minor Chords
  Cm                 Fm                Bm                  Also applicable for normal bass
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MORE EXAMPLES

MAJOR AND MINOR BAR CHORDS :

                                                                 _______      _______
_______      _______      _______      _______      _______      |_|_|_|      |_|_|_|
|_|_|_|      |_|_|_|      |_|_|_|      |_|_|_|      |_o_|_|      |_|_|_|      |_|_|_|
o_|_|_|      |_|_|_|      |_|_|_|      |_|_|_|      |_|_|_|      |_|_|_|      |_|_|_|
|_|_|_o      |_|_|_|      |_|_|_|      |_|_|_|      |_|_o_o      |_|_|_|      o_|_|_o
|_o_o_|      o_|_|_o      |_|_|_|      |_|_|_|      |_|_|_|      |_|_|_|      |_|_|_|
|_|_|_|      |_|_|_|      o_|_|_|      o_|_|_o      |_|_|_|      o_|_|_o      |_o_o_|
|_|_|_|      |_o_o_|      |_|_|_o      |_|_|_|      |_|_|_|      |_|_|_|      |_|_|_|
|_|_|_|      |_|_|_|      |_o_o_|      |_o_o_|      |_|_|_|      |_o_o_|      |_|_|_|
   
 F#            G#m           A            Am           Bb          Bbm          Abm            

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SEVENTHS (examples)


_______       _______                    _______       _______
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_0                    |_|_|_|       |_|_|_|
|_|_0_|       |_0_|_|                    |_|_|_|       |_|_|_|        Move position along
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|             bar->  0_|_|_|       |_0_|_0        fretboard to locate
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_|_|_0       |_|_|_|        desired key.
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_0_|_|       |_|_0_|
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_|_|_|       |_|_|_|

  A7            E7                         G7             C7

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MINOR SEVENTHS (examples):


_______       _______                    _______       _______
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_|_|_|       |_|_|_|
|_|_0_|       |_0_|_|                    |_|_|_|       |_|_|_|        Move position along
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|             bar->  0_|_|_|       |_0_|_0        fretboard to locate
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_|_|_|       |_|_|_|        desired key.
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_0_|_|       |_|_0_|
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_|_|_|       |_|_|_|
x                                                      x              x=silent
 Am7            Em7                        Gm7           Cm7

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MAJOR SEVENTHS (examples):


_______       _______                    _______       _______
|_|_|_0       |_|_0_0                    |_|_|_|       |_|_|_|
|_|_0_|       |_0_|_|                    |_|_|_|       |_|_|_|        Move position along
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|             bar->  0_|_|_|       |_0_|_|        fretboard to locate
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_|_0_|       |_|_|_0        desired key.
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_0_|_|       |_|_0_|
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_|_|_|       |_|_|_|
x                                              x       x              x=silent
 AM7            EM7                        GM7           CM7

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SUSPENDED Chords - (examples) :


_______       _______                    _______       _______
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_|_|_|       |_|_|_|
|_|_|_|       |_0_0_0                    |_|_|_|       |_|_|_|        Move position along
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|             bar->  0_|_|_|       |_0_0_|        fretboard to locate
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_|_|_|       |_|_|_|        desired key.
0_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_0_0_0       |_|_|_0
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_|_|_|       |_|_|_|
|_0_0_0                                                x
                                                                      x=silent
 Asus          Esus                        Gsus         Csus

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AUGMENTED Chords - (examples) :


_______       _______                    _______       _______
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_0                    |_|_|_|       |_|_|_|
|_|_|_0       |_0_|_|                    |_|_|_|       |_|_|_|        Move position along
|_|_0_|       |_|_0_|                Br- 0_|_|_|       |_0_|_|        fretboard to locate
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_|_|_0       |_|_|_|        desired key.
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_|_0_|       |_|_|_0
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_0_|_|       |_|_0_|
x                                                      x              x=silent
 Aaug          Eaug                       Gaug           Caug

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DIMINISHED Chords - (examples) :


_______       _______                    _______       _______
|_|_|_0       |_|_0_|                    |_|_|_|       0_|_|_|
|_|_0_|       |_|_|_0                    0_|_|_|       |_0_|_|        Move position along
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_0_|_|       |_|_0_|        fretboard to locate
0_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_|_0_|       |_|_|_0        desired key.
|_0_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_|_|_0       |_|_|_|
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_|_|_|       |_|_|_|
              x                                                       x=silent
 A Dim         E Dim                      G Dim         C Dim

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b5th or FLAT FIFTH Chords - (examples) :


_______       _______                    _______       _______
|_|_0_|       |_0_|_0                    |_|_|_|       |_|_|_|
|_|_|_0       |_|_0_|                    |_|_|_|       |_|_|_|        Move position along
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    0_|_|_|       |_0_|_|        fretboard to locate
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_0_|_|       |_|_0_|        desired key.
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_|_0_|       |_|_|_0
|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|                    |_|_|_0       |_|_|_|
x                                                      x              x=silent
  b5             b5                         b5            b5
 A              E                          G             C

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