Bass VI

Choose your Bass VI configuration — chords, scales, and progressions for the Fender-style baritone-bass tuning.

6-String Bass VI

EADGBE tuning, one octave below standard guitar. Same chord and scale shapes as a 6-string guitar — voiced an octave deeper for baritone-bass range.

Bass VI vs baritone vs bass

Bass VI sits between guitar and bass: six strings, guitar-like intervals, and EADGBE tuning one octave below standard guitar. It keeps familiar chord and scale shapes while reaching into true bass register, which makes it useful for tic-tac bass lines, surf textures, soundtrack parts, and low melodic hooks.

Choose Bass VI when you want guitar shapes in a lower octave. Choose baritone guitar for a tighter mid-low guitar voice, or bass when the part needs traditional EADG bass spacing, string gauges, and role. For hardware context, see Bass VI gear basics.

Practice tools for Bass VI

Free in-browser practice tools for Bass VI players: the tuner with reference tones and microphone pitch detection, a metronome with a speed trainer, the bass line generator, and the bass solo builder. Learn the neck with the fretboard note trainer, quiz your ears with the ear trainer, and build full backing lines with the song builder. Browse all practice tools.

Then drill with the guided Bass VI practice routines — timed low-chord drills with daily streaks and badges.