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Chord Voicings and Inversions
Play any chord many ways: inversions, triads on every string group, open chords, barre chords, and how the shapes connect.
By the end you'll be able to:
- Identify the bass note and inversion of any voicing
- Build major and minor triads on every string group
- Use moveable E- and A-shape barre chords in any key
Chord Voicings and Inversions
Voicings, doubling, inversions, string groups, open and barre chords, and connecting shapes.
- What Is a Voicing?One chord, many ways to play it. The notes decide the chord, the shape decides the sound.8 min · 3 exercises
- Doubling Chord TonesSix strings, three notes: some chord tones get played more than once.8 min · 4 exercises
- Inversions and the Bass NoteThe lowest note gives a voicing its foundation, and its name.10 min · 4 exercises
- Triads on Every String GroupThree strings at a time, three inversions each: compact triads all over the neck.12 min · 3 exercises
- The Open Chord FamilyThe first chords most guitarists learn, seen as voicings: which notes, which doubles, which bass.11 min · 4 exercises
- Moveable Shapes and Barre ChordsSlide an open shape up the neck, barre where the nut was, and one shape plays twelve chords.12 min · 6 exercises
- How Chord Shapes ConnectFollow the roots and one chord's shapes link together all the way up the neck.10 min · 3 exercises
- Checkpoint: Voicings and InversionsCheckpointRecognise, name and build voicings and inversions across the neck.12 min · 8 exercises