Blues Using Inversions

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Course: Blues Keyboard Method

Blues Using Inversions

This lesson shows two more hand positions for finding inversions of C, F and G chords close together. The basic concept is that if you go through the three positions of a C chord, i.e.: root position, first inversion and second inversion, you will find at least one F chord inversion and one G chord inversion very close to each of these chords.

This time the C chord is in first inversion, the F chord is in root position and the G chord is in second inversion. In this example the left hand simply plays the root note of each chord. This is common in Blues keyboard playing, particularly when using an organ voice.

In this final example of major chord inversions, the C chord appears in second inversion, the F chord is in first inversion and the G chord is in root position. Once again a short repeated rhythm is used in the right hand. This type of playing works especially well for accompanying a singer or other instruments.

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1- Shuffle in the Key of G 2- Using Ties 3- Improvisation 4- Chord Inversions 5- Blues Using Inversions 6- Chord Numbers 7- Broken Chords 8- Grace Notes 9- New Notes, Keys and Rhythms 10- The Key of G 11- Chords and Blues Notes 12- Broken Chords in G 13- The Blues Scale in G 14- Two Octave Blues Scale 15- Seventh Chords 16- Blues Using 7th Chords 17- Mixing Chords and Scales 18- New Orleans Rhythms 19- More New Orleans Style Blues 20- Combining Melodies and Accompaniment 21- Left Hand Chords 22- Blue Notes 23- The Blues Scale 24- 12 Bar Blues Using the Shuffle Rhythm 25- Using the Blues Scale 26- The 12 Bar Blues 27- Left Hand Accompaniment 28- Blues Scale Riffs with Accompaniment 29- The Major Chord 30- INTRODUCTION 31- Blues Rhythms, New Sounds 32- The Triplet 33- Blues Runs Using Triplets 34- Swing Rhythms 35- Enharmonic Notes 36- The 7th in the Left Hand Part 37- New Orleans Rhythm in G 38- G7 Chord Inversions 39- Riffs 40- Section 1 Summary 41- The Turnaround 42- The Shuffle 43- The C7 Chord 44- The D7 Chord 45- The F7 Chord

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Blues Using Inversions