____ ______ ______ __________________ ________________________ ________________ _____________________________ ____________ ____ HOME|SCALES|CHORDS|CHORD PROGRESSIONS|MUSICAL TERMS DICTIONARY|CIRCLE OF FIFTHS|CHORDTONES + WHOLETONES GUIDE| |v1.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE CREATOR | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOICINGS here's a page of voicings and also on chord substitutions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBSTITUTIONS FOR MINOR CHORDS ok so you have a 2-5-1 and for the Minor 2 you want alternate chords to use here is some stuff you can use instead Minor7th Block Chord: R-M3-5-6 Minor9th Chord: R-3-5-7-9 (sometimes the root is omitted in a lefthand 2-5-1) Minor7th Flat5th: R-M3-M5-M7 SUBSTITUTIONS FOR DOMINANT CHORDS ok so you have a 2-5-1 and for the Dominant 5 you want alternate chords to use some stuff you can use instead Dominant7th Flat5th: R-3-M5-M7 Dominant7th#5t: R-3-M6-M7 Dominant7thSus4th: R-4-5-7 Dominant9th: R-3-5-M7-9 Dominant11th: R-3-5-M7-9-11 Dominant13th: R-3-5-M7-9-11-13 SUBSTITUTIONS FOR MAJOR CHORDS ok so you have a 2-5-1 and for the Major 1 you want alternate chords to use some stuff you can use instead Major7th Block Chord: R-3-5-6 Major9th Chord: R-3-5-7-9 (sometimes the root is omitted in a lefthand 2-5-1) Major11th Chord: R-3-5-7-9-11 Major13th Chord: R-3-5-7-9-11-13 Major6/9 Chord: R-3-5-6-9 Major Lydian Chord: R-3-5-M7-(9)-#11-(13) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DIFFERENT INVERSIONS OF VOICINGS U DISCOVERED Shell Voicings - chords made up of the 3rd & 7th only there sparse Example of a CMaj shell voicing ___________________________________________________________________ |▓▓| | | |▓▓| | |▓| | | |▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓| | | |▓▓| | |▓| | | |▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓| | | |▓▓| | |▓| | | |▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓|_| |_|▓▓| |_|▓|_| |_|▓▓| |_| |_| | |_| |_| |_| | |_| |_| | |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ___________________________________________________________________ | | | | |▓▓| | | | | | |▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓| | | | | | |▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓| | | | | | |▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_| |_|▓▓| |_| |_| |_|▓▓| |_| |_| | |_| |_| |_| | |_| |_| | | | |▓▓▓| | | |▓▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓▓| | | |▓▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓▓| | | |▓▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` B inversion - ok so to do a B inversion you get the bottom 2 notes and and invert them up or down to create a B inversion Example of a B inversion ___________________________________________________________________ |▓▓| | |▓| | | |▓| | |▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓| | |▓| | | |▓| | |▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓| | |▓| | | |▓| | |▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓|_| |▓| | |_|▓|_| |▓| | |_| |_| | |_| |_| |_| | |_| |_| | |▓▓▓| | | |▓▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓▓| | | |▓▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓▓| | | |▓▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ___________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | |▓| | |▓| |▓▓| | |▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓| | |▓| |▓▓| | |▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓| | |▓| |▓▓| | |▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_| |_| | |_|▓|_| |▓| |▓▓|_| |▓| | |_| |_| |_| | |_| |_| | | | | | |▓▓▓| | |▓▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓▓| | |▓▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓▓| | |▓▓▓| | | | | | | | | | ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` Unnamed 11th Inversion 1 - ok so play a chord and physiologically split it the first 3 notes a minor chord and the the next 3 a major chord now invert both those chords to any amount and play them together to get a nice chord Example of a C Min11th 3rd inversion using this method ▓ = CMin ░ = BMaj ___________________________________________________________________ |▓▓| | |▓| | | |▓| | |░| | | |░| | |░░| | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓| | |▓| | | |▓| | |░| | | |░| | |░░| | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓| | |▓| | | |▓| | |░| | | |░| | |░░| | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓|_| |▓| | |_|▓|_| |░| | |_|░|_| |░░|_| |_| |_| | |_| |_| | |▓▓▓| | | |▓▓▓| | | |░░░| |░░░| | | | | | | |▓▓▓| | | |▓▓▓| | | |░░░| |░░░| | | | | | | |▓▓▓| | | |▓▓▓| | | |░░░| |░░░| | | | | | | ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ___________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | |▓| | | | |▓▓| | |▓| |░░| | | | |░| | | |░| | | | | | | | | | |▓| | | | |▓▓| | |▓| |░░| | | | |░| | | |░| | | | | | | | | | |▓| | | | |▓▓| | |▓| |░░| | | | |░| | | |░| | | | |_| |_| | |_|▓|_| |_| |▓▓|_| |▓| |░░|_| |_| |░| | |_|░|_| | | | | | |▓▓▓| | |▓▓▓| | |░░░| | | | |░░░| | | | | | |▓▓▓| | |▓▓▓| | |░░░| | | | |░░░| | | | | | |▓▓▓| | |▓▓▓| | |░░░| | | | |░░░| | ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` Min4/7 - its a inversion of a Min11th ive made up look at the example above now cut out the top note and the bottom note now u have a Min4/7 Example of CMin4/7 ___________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓| | |▓| |▓▓| | | | |▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓| | |▓| |▓▓| | | | |▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓| | |▓| |▓▓| | | | |▓| | | | | | | | |_| |_| | |_| |_| |_| |▓▓|_| |▓| |▓▓|_| |_| |▓| | |_| |_| | | | | | | | | |▓▓▓| | |▓▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓▓| | |▓▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓▓| | |▓▓▓| | | | | | | ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` Drop 5 Inversion - it's when u get a chord and drop the 5th down a octave Example of a drop 5 inversion of a CMaj7th ___________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓| | | |▓▓| | |▓| | | |▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓| | | |▓▓| | |▓| | | |▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓| | | |▓▓| | |▓| | | |▓▓| | | | | | | |_| |_| | |_| |_| |_| |▓▓|_| |_|▓▓| |_|▓|_| |_|▓▓| |_| |_| | | | | | | | | |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| | | | ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ___________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | |▓| | | | |▓▓| | | |▓▓| | | | | | |▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓| | | | |▓▓| | | |▓▓| | | | | | |▓▓| | | | | | | | | | | | | |▓| | | | |▓▓| | | |▓▓| | | | | | |▓▓| | | | | | | |_| |_| | |_|▓|_| |_| |▓▓|_| |_|▓▓| |_| |_| |_|▓▓| |_| |_| | | | | | |▓▓▓| | |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| | | |▓▓▓| | | | | | | | |▓▓▓| | |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| | | |▓▓▓| | | | | | | | |▓▓▓| | |▓▓▓| |▓▓▓| | | |▓▓▓| | | | ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` ``` Ghibli 9th inversion - 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