Chord Inversions Lesson

- Andrew Cockburn22nd July 2007
  Ahhhh - I love major 7ths and that last chord - A6+9 I think it was?
- mattacuk22nd July 2007
  I so totally needed this lesson, VERY usefull David and sounds beautiful !
- Victafor22nd July 2007
  nice! sounds great, helps my chord knowledge thanx a lot
- Stratman5822nd July 2007
  Another tool for the tool chest
  Thanks!
- David OToole22nd July 2007
  Thanx guys - yeh Andrew t'was indeed a good oul A6+9 - a real late nighter .
- Andrew Cockburn22nd July 2007
  Thought so, pure class
- Eat-Sleep-andJam22nd July 2007
  Very Elegant playing. Some parts remind me a little of tender surrender by steve vai
  
  Bravo- One of your best- John
- Muris Varajic22nd July 2007
  Very soft and nice David,well done again!!!
- mattacuk22nd July 2007
  GMC has definatly been long due some awsome chord lessons, and David is definatly the man!
- Eat-Sleep-andJam22nd July 2007
  ^ Couldnt agree with Mattacuk more. You know this is really great I think a the ideal lesson here at Gmc would be some creative chord progressions like this with a hint of lead mixed in .
  
  David you really hit the nail on the head with this one
  
  -John
- Kristofer Dahl22nd July 2007
  Awesome lesson!
  
  I agree with Eat-Sleep-Jam that a lesson with a chordal progression as well as lead notes would be awesome!
- spdalton22nd July 2007
  just what I was wanting! great lesson thanks!
- Marcus Lavendell22nd July 2007
  Just brilliant, David! Very nice feel.
- David OToole22nd July 2007
  Well thanks again guys!
  
  re: mattacuk
  Me and Kris have a little project planned to address that chords issue you mentioned, and it's in motion as we speak ... .
  
  re:
  Eat-Sleep-andJam "the ideal lesson here at Gmc would be some creative chord progressions like this with a hint of lead mixed in ..."
  
  Please watch this space .
  
  D
- mattacuk22nd July 2007
  I cant wait, I LOVE chords but i know only the basic bar shapes etc!
- shredmandan22nd July 2007
  Good job David!!You have your own thing going on here and i think everyone likes it.Keep it up
- The Uncreator23rd July 2007
  I love the phrasing in this lesson, sound otherworldy, great and beautiful lesson.
- Eat-Sleep-andJam23rd July 2007
  Quote from David " Please watch this space "
  
  I dont follow ?
  
  - John
- LanceB23rd July 2007
  This is awesome, a completely different turn from what I have been practicing lately, thanks David.
- KGZ23rd July 2007
  That's great stuff... I love how you fit those arpeggios in there. An arpeggio lesson would be awesome.
- mattacuk23rd July 2007
  The Uncreator; agreed, i really like the last bit, its got a beauiful "something" to it !
- Kristofer Dahl23rd July 2007
  Eat-Sleep-Jam: I have just learnt from Andrew that "Watch this space" means "stay tuned"
- Kai Muehlenbruch23rd July 2007
  YEAH! that one surely is usefull the sound is also cool and it could expand ones ideas about music a lot...I like it a lot
  
  Well done!
  
  cheers,
  Kai
- Eat-Sleep-andJam23rd July 2007
  Kris-Oh , must be an irish thing ?
  
  - John
- rrhoadstributeplayer24th July 2007
  very helpful lesson david i loved it we need more lessons like this where we can expirement with different chords in exercises..learned alot just in this lesson keep them coming
- David OToole24th July 2007
  Great glad you found it useful. Just to mention I'm a big Randy Rhoads fan too btw . And in one of the chord lessons coming up I couldn't help but think of him.
  
  D
  
  QUOTE (rrhoadstributeplayer @ Jul 24 2007, 05:49 AM)
  very helpful lesson david i loved it we need more lessons like this where we can expirement with different chords in exercises..learned alot just in this lesson keep them coming
- David OToole24th July 2007
  Ah I just noticed that quote string above Kris, I read about that yesterday but didn't cop it completely.
  
  Ok no more quotes without edits gotcha.
  
  D
- Eat-Sleep-andJam24th July 2007
  Randy Rhoads lesson Aye ? Sounds exciting
  
  - John
- David OToole25th July 2007
  QUOTE (Eat-Sleep-andJam @ Jul 24 2007, 08:08 PM)
  Randy Rhoads lesson Aye ? Sounds exciting
  - John
  
  Well I have to say an RR lesson has been on my mind a while now great minds think alike eh ... love his stuff. What a shame what happened, happened. I really do wonder what he would be playing now, a terrible shame to lose him like that .
  
  Anyways I reckon I'll do one on Randy alright, would be a real pleasure - I'm a bit stuck for time at the moment as I have other lessons and work on the boil at the moment (including the one that reminds me of him, it's just a chord progression one mind you, and not a specific Rhoads lesson). And I'm also moving to Ireland in a couple of weeks which is looming .
  
  But I will make one asap if all goes well, and it'll be a specific Rhoad's lead one. Someone might get there before me, but there's plenty of his work to do a whole series on that fella I'm sure.
  
  Cheerz
  
  D
- fire2nd August 2007
  awesome oO
- rrhoadstributeplayer14th August 2007
  yes it does.it sounds great..but ya iam in jazz band and i need more chord inversion lessons..this really helped me out. and the Chord Lessons hes been making also really have helped..plz keep them coming dave ur really making me come a better guitarist with these lessons
- Carlos Carrillo21st February 2008
  david! i love yuor lesson!!thanks

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- Tags: Chord inversions, Jazz, Major 7
Hi all GMCers! In this lesson we're looking at a cool way to play a chord right over the whole neck. This is referred to as "Chord Inversions".

Not only is the chord played in a different position, but the note order is changed around. This results in different sounds from the chords as different notes are emphasized. It's also used in soloing, but that's at a later stage and is somewhat 'Jazzy' in approach.

But first you need to learn the chord inversions and worry about the soloing later :).

Hope you enjoy the lesson, pick up some useful tips along the way, and of course increase your understanding and playing skills on our 6 string friend!

Drop me a line on the forums if you have any questions on it and hope you enjoy the lesson and pickup something useful - cheerz!

David

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