Chord learning

[chrisp]

Hi,

Just a quick question on drop chords and the process of learning chords.
I've gone through and learned a load of drop voicing in all inversions and memorized the chord degree's (1 3 5 7) and with each new major scale I'm learning I'm memorizing the locations of these voicing based off the sky-highest note being the root/third/fifth etc.

My question is should I learn the note names within every voicing as well so rather than just knowing pinky is on 5th, i also know its on say Gb?

It seems like a large task that has a heap of advantages in the long run but is it an waste of time that could be better spent?

Thanks

[derek]

Absolutely time well spent. The way I learned was by quoting each note in every key around the key circle for all 12 keys. So, by having that knowlege, it was easy to apply to chords. I don't think it matters how you get them, but it is important to get them. Good luck with the process.

[chrisp]

Thank you very much derek,

Would you mind elaborating on your method I'd love to get some other approaches to what seems like a monumental task! My current one is to take flashcards of the chords within the scale I'm learning, and just run through them repeatedly until it becomes second nature.

Thanks

[saponsky]

I think that what derek mean is that he learned the notes that formed each chord of a scale (for example in C Major) meaning Cmaj7 = C,E,G,B etc... and then did the same for all twelve keys.