Chord Inversions

[MIDNIGHT]

can anybody please give me the general concept on how to make up the notes to chord inversions please?

[ReverendJWblues]

Midnite brother, just spend a little more time just playing developing technique all this theory stuff can really get in the way of just playing.
your worrying alot about things you dont need to right now.

[lp59aholicDon]

Jason , I couldnt agree again more with the ole Rev Slow down, Work on the tools and fundamentals of playing an electric , over an acoustic

[Blues Power]

and inversion is just reworking the chords so they dont fall in the root note sequence

take a regular 1st poistion C Chord the notes would be CEG and inversion would be
GCEG or ECEG. tabs show them as slash chords G/C or E/C

so your just taking the 3rd or 5th of the chord and using it as the lead or bass note instead of the C regular root

listen to into to Jimi's... Wind cries mary. that whole sequence of the 6chords intro are inversions

[Big John]

I use inverted suspended chords (2nd's & 4th's) all the time, and it really makes things sound interesting. Good stuff to use, especially if you're the only guitarist in the band (power-trio or guitar-keyboards), so the voicings won't be lost in the mix.

[Markster]

Heres a cool site that can help you find different chord inversions for any type of chord. chord house ::: guitar room (advanced) -- online guitar chords and scales

Peace

[MIDNIGHT]

Rev & Don - but that's what i've been lacking all these years! the theory! i've been playing for 5 years already IMO: learnin' songs, playin' em, then forgetting' 'em.. i feel like i've wasted so much precious time.. i feel like i could have been so much better a player.. i feel that i'm taking it to the next level by learning theory.. and please don't think that it's hindering the playing.. i believe it's equipping me even better so that once i get a gig, i'll have more artillery to my command..

[MIDNIGHT]

Originally Posted by Blues Power

and inversion is just reworking the chords so they dont fall in the root note sequence

take a regular 1st poistion C Chord the notes would be CEG and inversion would be
GCEG or ECEG. tabs show them as slash chords G/C or E/C

so your just taking the 3rd or 5th of the chord and using it as the lead or bass note instead of the C regular root

listen to into to Jimi's... Wind cries mary. that whole sequence of the 6chords intro are inversions

now THAT's what i wanted to hear

thanks

i figured that's what it was.. just sorta wanted confirmation i guess?

[MIDNIGHT]

Originally Posted by Markster

Heres a cool site that can help you find different chord inversions for any type of chord. chord house ::: guitar room (advanced) -- online guitar chords and scales

Peace

thanks Mark!

[MIDNIGHT]

Originally Posted by Big John

I use inverted suspended chords (2nd's & 4th's) all the time, and it really makes things sound interesting. Good stuff to use, especially if you're the only guitarist in the band (power-trio or guitar-keyboards), so the voicings won't be lost in the mix.

yup! that's the thing right there.. if you're the only guitarist, you can fill in the highs while the keyboardist fills in the mids and the bassist fills in the lows (or if there was 2 guitarists and no keyboardist, they could alternate between filling in the mids and the highs and the bassist still fills the lows )

[lp59aholicDon]

Originally Posted by MIDNIGHT

Rev & Don - but that's what i've been lacking all these years! the theory! i've been playing for 5 years already IMO: learnin' songs, playin' em, then forgetting' 'em.. i feel like i've wasted so much precious time.. i feel like i could have been so much better a player.. i feel that i'm taking it to the next level by learning theory.. and please don't think that it's hindering the playing.. i believe it's equipping me even better so that once i get a gig, i'll have more artillery to my command..

Nothin wrong with adding to your chord vocabulary, but again working the maximum with minium, This is what the better guitarists do, Work with picking dynamics as well as strum dynamics and the tone controls on your LP, Have your amp yet?

[ReverendJWblues]

Originally Posted by MIDNIGHT

Rev & Don - but that's what i've been lacking all these years! the theory! i've been playing for 5 years already IMO: learnin' songs, playin' em, then forgetting' 'em.. i feel like i've wasted so much precious time.. i feel like i could have been so much better a player.. i feel that i'm taking it to the next level by learning theory.. and please don't think that it's hindering the playing.. i believe it's equipping me even better so that once i get a gig, i'll have more artillery to my command..

Nuthin wrong with that midnte, all Im saying is dont get so wrapped up in it that you forget what your trying to do and that is play. And what good is theory if ya cant play. And you cant learn it all in a short period of time. Learn in stages. LOL you'll forget the theory just as fast as you forget the songs you learn believe me

[MIDNIGHT]

Originally Posted by ReverendJWblues

Nuthin wrong with that midnte, all Im saying is dont get so wrapped up in it that you forget what your trying to do and that is play. And what good is theory if ya cant play. And you cant learn it all in a short period of time. Learn in stages. LOL you'll forget the theory just as fast as you forget the songs you learn believe me

ok agree

[lp59aholicDon]

Originally Posted by MIDNIGHT

ok agree

We are both just sayin , Slow it down there Jason, Work with ALL you have, absorb it into and within your present chops, blend it till its seemless within your playing, thats how you make it yours , This is a slow walk up the staircase, There is no express elevator to the penthouse suite

[MIDNIGHT]

Originally Posted by lp59aholicDon

We are both just sayin , Slow it down there Jason, Work with ALL you have, absorb it into and within your present chops, blend it till its seemless within your playing, thats how you make it yours , This is a slow walk up the staircase, There is no express elevator to the penthouse suite

good deal Don i agree too

[lp59aholicDon]

Originally Posted by MIDNIGHT

good deal Don i agree too

Jason, again just dont push it too much or too hard , the instrument and styles can be hard enough to work at times, over complicating or adding too much too soon will just fustrate, confuse , and hinder you more than help

[MIDNIGHT]

Originally Posted by lp59aholicDon

Jason, again just dont push it too much or too hard , the instrument and styles can be hard enough to work at times, over complicating or adding too much too soon will just fustrate, confuse , and hinder you more than help

don't worry

without learning simple stuff like this, i'd hardly even be pushing at all

[tiedstick]

^I agree with what everyone said so far (information and advice). But just my 2 cents: the EAR will always be your most important tool when it comes to music. You can forget theory, how to read music, etc,...but if you forget how to use your ears correctly....

Train them ears!!! Especially for an instrument like guitar, I'd say its the best tool.

[SG_Man]

gotta crawl before you walk

[Weldaar]

you'll forget the theory just as fast as you forget the songs you learn believe me

How true Rev, how true.

[MIDNIGHT]

Originally Posted by slash

^I agree with what everyone said so far (information and advice). But just my 2 cents: the EAR will always be your most important tool when it comes to music. You can forget theory, how to read music, etc,...but if you forget how to use your ears correctly....

Train them ears!!! Especially for an instrument like guitar, I'd say its the best tool.

ok already guys geez

yes i know that thanks

still i'd honestly say i play more by ear than anything else.. geez, all i asked was about chord inversions and modes and i end up getting sermon'd i'm not all theory.. DEFINITELY NOT! that's why i feel just a little won't hurt

thanks though everybody

[MIDNIGHT]

Originally Posted by SG_Man

gotta crawl before you walk

i've been crawlin' for 5 years.. my knees hurt

[lp59aholicDon]

Originally Posted by MIDNIGHT

i've been crawlin' for 5 years.. my knees hurt

Nooooo pain, no gain Jason Yer fingers better be hurtin some too,
you never answered as to if you have your amp yet, once you do, when you do, just start getting used to working the tones of the guitar thru the amp with chords and scales in both clean and over driven tones

[MIDNIGHT]

Originally Posted by lp59aholicDon

Nooooo pain, no gain Jason Yer fingers better be hurtin some too,
you never answered as to if you have your amp yet, once you do, when you do, just start getting used to working the tones of the guitar thru the amp with chords and scales in both clean and over driven tones

yeah that's defniitely gonna be another assignment of mine too.. figuring out how to achieve all the different tones, discovering my personal settings -- in a nutshell: getting my degree in knob-ology

[Blues Power]

I agree 100% with Slash. you need your ears as a third hand. try tabbing by ear by just playing what you hear. youll automatically learn all this stuff and technics without having to think about it. then once you have a certain technic down like a double stop or weird chord fingerings, then you can ask what is that.

The song that taught me the most about lil chords, double stops and stuff was SRV version of little wing. that darn song gave me so many lil fingerings that I didnt know existed.

and belive it or not I only learned that song about 8 years ago. The other 25 years I didnt have a clue to that style

now I fit all those little technics into other songs lile I shot the Sheriff and it sounds so much fuller between the changes use I incorporate that flavor into it.

[lp59aholicDon]

Originally Posted by MIDNIGHT

yeah that's defniitely gonna be another assignment of mine too.. figuring out how to achieve all the different tones, discovering my personal settings -- in a nutshell: getting my degree in knob-ology

Get a lil note book write down good settings and keep em close with the amp so you dont have to go back to it laters tryin to remember how you copped a good tone

[ReverendJWblues]

Originally Posted by lp59aholicDon

Get a lil note book write down good settings and keep em close with the amp so you dont have to go back to it laters tryin to remember how you copped a good tone

Hell I just turn all the knobs as far as they will go.

[MIDNIGHT]

Originally Posted by lp59aholicDon

Get a lil note book write down good settings and keep em close with the amp so you dont have to go back to it laters tryin to remember how you copped a good tone

good idea Don

[MIDNIGHT]

Originally Posted by Blues Power

I agree 100% with Slash. you need your ears as a third hand. try tabbing by ear by just playing what you hear. youll automatically learn all this stuff and technics without having to think about it. then once you have a certain technic down like a double stop or weird chord fingerings, then you can ask what is that.

The song that taught me the most about lil chords, double stops and stuff was SRV version of little wing. that darn song gave me so many lil fingerings that I didnt know existed.

and belive it or not I only learned that song about 8 years ago. The other 25 years I didnt have a clue to that style

now I fit all those little technics into other songs lile I shot the Sheriff and it sounds so much fuller between the changes use I incorporate that flavor into it.

yeah i'm a very by-ear person most of the stuff i learn is mostly by ear.. i've made up countless stand-alone-solo-guitarish-chord-style type stuff off of a bunch of songs.. not too big a fan of tabs, and i don't read sheet music either -- but i get by just fine

[lp59aholicDon]

Originally Posted by ReverendJWblues

Hell I just turn all the knobs as far as they will go.

Hell Brother, What ever works for ya man!