How to Play Bass Guitar Chords step by step

If you are learning to play bass guitar, you should get to know chords. Bass chords require a slightly different technique than guitar chords, as the style of the instrument is unique.

(When did the Bass Guitar became popular?)

Read this guide to learn how to play chords on bass guitar.

When did the Bass Guitar became popular?

The electric bass guitar was developed independently by several inventors between the 1930s and early 1950s in order to replace the bulky stand-up basses then in use by country and jazz bands.

It reached wide notice among musicians in 1951 with the introduction of the Fender Precision Bass, a four-stringed fretted instrument not much larger than a guitar, but tuned an octave lower.