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Ten chords sound great on the bass:

C major chord- 8th fret on the E string and 9th fret on the G string.

(add the 9th fret on the D string to make it a Cmaj7 chord) or

(add the 8th fret on the D string to make it a C7chord)

C minor chord- 8th fret on the E string and 8th fret on the G string.

(add the 8th fret on the D string to make it a Cm7chord)

Also playing in fifths sound good as well:

E5 chord- 7th fret on the A string and 9th fret on the D string.

Remember, you can move these chords anywhere on the instrument.

The trick to playing chords on the bass is to keep the notes further apart. Lower notes played closer together become muddy sounding.

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