Lesson #5

Understanding Inversions
John March
A6add9 F 7( 5) Bm7sus E7( 9) Dsus2( 11) C m( 5)
6 1 5 1 7 1
1 2 1 1 1 2 3
3 4 2 4 3 3 2 3
1 1 1 4
2 3 4

C m11 C7( 5) Bm11 B 7( 5) Am

7 1 7 1 5 1 6 1 5 1 1 1
2 3 2 3
2 3 4 4 2 3 4 4 3 4

Am9 Am11 Am7add9 Ammaj7 Cmaj13

5 1 3 1 7 1 7 1 1 1 1
2 3
2 2 3 1 2 3
3 4
4 4 3 4

Standard tuning

01:42 "Hearing chord voicings in sequences"

I Vi7 ii V7 I IV
A6add9 F 7( 5) Bm7sus E7( 9) A6add9 Dsus2( 11)
1
Elec Gtr

5 3 3 8 5 9
4 3 2 7 4 9 9
4 2 2 6 4 7
2 7 5
5 5 2 2 0 0 5 5

iii bIII7 ii7 bii7 I

C m( 5) C m11 C7( 5) Bm11 B 7( 5) A6add9
4

10 7 6 7 5 5 5
9 9 9 9 7 7 7 4
7 9 8 7 6 4
9 9 9 9 8 7 6 5

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 02:48 "C major scale (Ionian) Dminor scale (Dorian)
7

3
2 4 5 2 4 5
2 3 5 2 3 5
3 5 5

03:40 "Basic Am type chord voicings

Am Am9 Am11
11

5 7
5 8 3
5 5 5
7 9 5
7 7 0
5

Am7add9 Ammaj7
14

3 4
0 1 5
5 4 5
5 5 7
0
5

Ammaj7
17

7
5 10 9
5 9 9
6 10 10
11 0
5

05:39 "A triad inversions" 05:56 "Moving the middle note down one octave" 06:29
A
20

5 10 14 5 5 10 10
6 9 14 6 9
7 11 14 7 7 11 11
4
12

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 06:55 "...you get this great color!"

23

5 5 7 7 9 9 10 10 9 7 5 2 5 0
2 2
7 7 7 7 9 9 11 11 9 7 7 7 2 2 2 2
4 4 5 5 7 7 9 9 7 5 4 0
2 4 2

07:25 "Dropping the middle note, A one octave" 09:36

A D E D
26

14 14 5 7 9 7
14 6 7 9 7
14 14 7 7 7 7 9 9 7 7
17

A A D E D A
29

5 5 7 9 7 5
6
7 7 7 7 7 9 9 7 7 7
4 5 7 5 4

10:29 "Sweeping across an octave above"

Cmaj13

33

A.H.
7 7
8 8
7 7
7 7
7 7
8 8

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