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Converting A to Asus4
An A chord is A(1), C (3),
and E(5), and an Asus4 is A(1), D(4), and E(5). So you are going
to raise the C(3)
on the 3rd and 1st strings up to a D(4) a half step higher.
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A
|---|---|-C |---| -1st string
|---|---|---|-A-|
|-C|---|---|-E-|
|---|-A-|---|---| -4th string
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5th fret
A = 1, C = 3, E = 5
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Asus4
|---|---|---|-D-| -1st string
|---|---|---|-A-|
|---|-D-|---|-E-|
|---|-A-|---|---| -4th string
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5th fret
A = 1, D = 4, E = 5
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Here is the other common major arpeggio shape with the root on the 4th string converted to an Asus4.
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A
|-A-|---|---|---| -1st string
|-E-|---|---|---|
|---|---|-C|---|
|---|---|---|-A-| -4th string
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5th fret
A = 1, C = 3, E = 5
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Raise the C(3) on the 3rd string up to a D(4).
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Asus4
|-A-|---|---|---| -1st string
|-E-|---|---|---|
|---|---|---|-D-|
|---|---|---|-A-| -4th string
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5th fret
A = 1, D = 4, E = 5
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If there is one thing that you have learned in this lesson, it is that things are not always nice and neat when applying music theory to the bass. Not only do you have to find an answer that is theoretically correct, but one that you can physically play. Be sure that you go back an reread this lesson, and all 3 lessons in this series for that matter. Don't just read it once and say "I don't get it". Go back and work through each part, read and reread. As you start to understand this material more and more, you are going to find many doors will start to open up that were closed before.
For more practice, try going through an converting some other major arpeggio shapes.
Page 5, Converting A to Asus2
Page 1, Intro to altering basic chord forms
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