How do acoustic guitar chords compare to bass guitar chords(or are they the same?)?

Answer 1

Bunch of morons answering q's on here....

A "chord" is merely a group of three (or more) notes. As an example, an A, C#, and E will always be an A major chord; it doesn't matter what instrument plays it. It doesn't matter which note is the lowest pitch.

Answer 2

No my friend, It's a nice thought but will lead to confusion as these chords will not translate to the bass guitar. the guitar has six strings and the bass has four. these two extra strings (b and e) are used extensively in guitar chords and the chords that contain them will no doubt make up the bulk of the book. also, the vast majority of bass playing is not made up of chords but single line melodies. note: some basses do have 5 and even 6 strings, but even if she has one of these it still wont matter as the extra strings are tuned differently than on a guitar.......get a bass book, they are easily found at borders/ books a million,

Answer 3

Chords are rarely used on a bass guitar - if you did though the tuning on the bass is one octave lower than a typical acoustic's E,A,D and G stringsso the fingering would be the same that you would use on the corresponding strings .......unless.....you wanted to play the whole triad(1,3,5 tones on the scale for the major triad decrease #3 by a 1/2 tone for the minor and add 6ths, 7ths, 9ths, etc.) gets way complicated

Answer 4

No they are not the same. A bass guitar only has 4 strings a guitar has 6. However, my husband was a guitar player and switched to bass and finds bass much easier to play then guitar.

Answer 5

bass are the first 4 of the guitar

Answer 6

bass chords are an octave lower than guitar chords

Answer 7

It's like istening to your big macho Uncle Joe singing the same song as your pre-pubescent little brother...

Think they're going to sound different?

You bet your sweet, sweaty a**ed girlfriend they'll sound different.

Answer 8

they are different...
however
the Root base note.. (the lowest one)
will always match the root base not on the acoustic..

in other words.. in some ways the base note is really
the BASIS for the song.

i hope this makes sense! great question!

Answer 9

http://www.tunemybass.com/bass_guitar_buying_guide/guitar_and_bass_differences.html