The Other Inversions?

bobsguitars09 · #1 10-05-2011, 10:09 PM

ok

Major 7 Chord 1 3 5 7

First Inversion 3 5 7 1

Second Inversion 5 7 1 3

Third Inversion 7 1 3 5

If these are all the Inversions for a Major 7th chord. what do you call the other options?

1 5 7 3 or 3 1 7 5 and so on?

monk · #2 10-05-2011, 10:30 PM

The first group you listed are all close voiced inversions. The second group would be open voiced inversions.

The descriptive term which most people currently use to describe open voicings are drop 2, drop 3, et cetera.

hed_b94 · #3 10-06-2011, 01:36 AM

The inversion of the chords is determined ONLY by the bass note (and it's relation to the root, 3rd in bass means first inversion for every voicing you can think of ,etc)

timscarey · #4 10-06-2011, 01:15 PM

Yep, as stated above.

The first list is of different inversions (determined by the lowest pitch) all in closed position

The other word you are looking for is "voicing" which refers to how the notes are spaced, omitted, doubled, etc... Over the range of the music. IMO voicing is more important to consider most of the time for a guitar, because the bassplayer really has control over the inversion.

However, in a solo situation, different voicings will by default yield certain inversions. So in a way, inversion is sort of a result of voicing, which in a lot of cases is the result of voice leading, texture, instrumentation, taste, etc....

JonnyPac · #5 10-06-2011, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by timscarey

Yep, as stated above.

The first list is of different inversions (determined by the lowest pitch) all in closed position

The other word you are looking for is "voicing" which refers to how the notes are spaced, omitted, doubled, etc... Over the range of the music. IMO voicing is more important to consider most of the time for a guitar, because the bassplayer really has control over the inversion.

However, in a solo situation, different voicings will by default yield certain inversions. So in a way, inversion is sort of a result of voicing, which in a lot of cases is the result of voice leading, texture, instrumentation, taste, etc....

That's it. Great post.

bobsguitars09 · #6 10-08-2011, 11:26 AM

Amazing! thanks!