But there are many different ways to play chords on the bass guitar – and they’re not just power chords. First, let’s recap how we construct chords in a given key.

To retune into open G from standard tuning, drop the sixth, fifth and first strings down a tone. The open strings form a G chord, but, where open D tuning has its root note in the bass, here in ...

A chord inversion is simply a chord when any other note other than the root is played for the bass. You're taking away the usual, expected root bass not but adding a new feel in the process. Doing ...

(Image credit: Future) You can move these chords to different root note positions and using a barring technique you can play any major chord anywhere on the guitar. You may recognise the A and E forms ...

To turn any chord into a first inversion, we invert it, as the name suggests. That is, we take the lowest note and move it up an octave, leaving the next lowest note – the third – in the bass.