What use are chord pages to a bass player?

More than to anyone else — a bassline is a chord spelled out one note at a time. Our chord pages lead with the arpeggio and the chord tones a line should outline, and treat strummable grips as seasoning rather than the meal.

Do the 5- and 6-string basses get their own pages?

Yes. The 5-string’s low B and the 6-string’s low B plus high C come straight from each instrument’s registry tuning, and the middle four strings stay EADG — so everything you learn on four strings transfers, and nothing is a guitar chart in disguise.

How is the Bass VI different from a 6-string bass?

Tuning, completely. The Bass VI is E–A–D–G–B–E one octave below a guitar — guitar geometry at bass depth — while a 6-string bass stays in fourths at B–E–A–D–G–C. The two get separate pages here because their fretboards genuinely disagree.

Why is the double bass on an electric bass site?

Same four notes, same register, same job: E–A–D–G an octave below where a guitar’s bottom four sit. But it is fretless and bowed, so its pages speak in positions on a fingerboard rather than frets — the difference is respected, not papered over.

Is any of this paid or account-gated?

No. Every map, line, drill, and tool on Bass Warrior is free, works in any modern browser, and never asks you to make an account.

Own the Low End

Everything on this site is written from the bass chair: real EADG maps, root-first thinking, and audio for every shape — never guitar charts sawn in half.

Bass Chords Walking Bass Scales Tuner

Free, playable references for 4-, 5-, and 6-string bass, the Bass VI, and the double bass — arpeggio-first chord maps, low-position scales, and the groove and walking-bass curricula, every diagram drawn from the instrument’s own tuning.

Choose Your Bass

Five voices, one register: the electric family in fourths, the Bass VI on guitar geometry an octave down, and the bowed, fretless double bass.

Bass (4-String)

Tuned E–A–D–G in fourths
4 strings — the family’s home
Every drill here speaks it natively

Bass (5-String)

Tuned B–E–A–D–G
Adds a low B below the E
The extended-range workhorse

Bass (6-String)

Tuned B–E–A–D–G–C
A low B below, a high C above
Solo and chordal range, still in fourths

Bass VI

Tuned E–A–D–G–B–E, an octave below guitar
6 strings on guitar geometry
Baritone twang at bass depth

Double Bass

Tuned E–A–D–G, fretless
Bowed or plucked — arco and pizzicato
Positions on a fingerboard, not frets

What Lives Here

Chords

Every key and quality as arpeggio maps and lean two- and three-note voicings — the tones a bassline should outline.

Scales

Root-anchored patterns positioned low on the neck, where basslines actually live — with sound on every one.

Fretboard Explorer

Light up any set of notes across the neck — and a fingerboard view for the double bass.

Progressions

Each key’s chords as roots and distances — the raw shape of a bassline, ready to walk.

Exercises

Short daily drills with tab and playback, built to lock your hands to the beat.

Walking Bass

The construction recipe jazz bassists actually use, taught once and derived in four keys with free tab.

Groove

Kick-thinking, ghost notes, note length, and ten playable drills for locking in with a drummer.

Chord of the Day

The network’s daily chord, reduced to what a bass can honestly sound — lowest note named.

Gear, Without the Fog

First-bass checks, the scale-length map from short-scale to upright, and flats versus rounds, honestly refereed.

Free Tools

Bass tuner, metronome, and theme builder — free, in the browser, no sign-up.

How It Works

Pick Your Bass

4-, 5-, or 6-string, Bass VI, or double bass — every reference page is drawn from the instrument’s own tuning and register, never adapted from guitar.

See It Root-First

Diagrams lead with the arpeggio and name every chord tone, because a bassline is a chord spelled out one note at a time.

Lock It to the Beat

Playback on every shape, drills with tab and sound, and the groove and walking-bass curricula to point it all at — the pocket is the point.

The Low End’s Home

Bass Warrior is the Warrior Network’s deep home for the bass family. Where our sister sites go wide across twenty-plus instruments, this one goes deep: every chord map, scale pattern, drill, and walking line on these pages starts from what a bassist actually does with the material — the root you choose is the chord the room hears, so the low end gets written first, not sawn off a guitar chart.

Go Deeper

Guides and references worth bookmarking: walking bass · groove · coming from guitar · your first bass · sizes & scale length · bass strings · all tools. Want the same chord on guitar, mandolin, or 20+ other string instruments? String Warrior compares them all — this site goes deep where that one goes wide.