Chord INVERSIONS and WHY You Should Learn Them

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  • Опубликовано: 22 окт 2024

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  • @uneedtherapy42
    @uneedtherapy42 5 лет назад +32

    15:27 this is why we love Rick... he shows the connection between all music... not just jazz not just pop. Good music is just that GOOD MUSIC

    • @shivasirons8971
      @shivasirons8971 5 лет назад +2

      Wow - talk about a great musical memory! I thought I was one of the only people left that remember The Church's Under The Milky Way!!!
      I have always loved that song, and that chord is probably one of the big reasons why!

    • @uneedtherapy42
      @uneedtherapy42 5 лет назад +1

      @@shivasirons8971 MTV 120 Minutes back in the day was my religion

  • @tacogladiator7503
    @tacogladiator7503 5 лет назад +69

    Once you practice your inversions on guitar, go to your piano and practice doing all your inversions there too. Inversions really also open up creativity.

    • @tacogladiator7503
      @tacogladiator7503 5 лет назад +2

      For why everyone should practice inversions go to Rick’s episode 57. Text book real guitar and keyboard inversions and how they were used too create a progressive rock masterpiece in Dance On A Volcano. Think of inversions as a way to thicken up your musical sauces.

    • @rome8180
      @rome8180 5 лет назад +6

      Inversions are much easier to grasp on the piano because of the way it's laid out. That's why I prefer to compose on piano.

    • @Jason75913
      @Jason75913 5 лет назад +3

      @@rome8180 perhaps why *most* prefer to compose on piano/keyboard ;)

    • @Pulse2AM
      @Pulse2AM 5 лет назад +3

      I would assume on guitar it would be harder than piano to have smooth voice leading. When playing piano I typically use inversions for smoother voice leading.

    • @Pulse2AM
      @Pulse2AM 5 лет назад +6

      @@rome8180 I think every guitarist should own a keyboard, and learn a few basics.

  • @GreasyBelcher
    @GreasyBelcher 5 лет назад +9

    I’ve been noodling with guitars for 20 years - and I’m still rubbish. A few months ago I decided to give piano a go and it’s already sounding 100 times better that guitar. However my experience learning piano has opened up avenues of learning on guitar also because everything relates. Recently I decided to download a guitar chord app (As I had done with piano). I then used graphic software to create sheets of empty chord charts and set about going through the guitar chord app marking out only the chords which were easy to play / learn. I was massively surprised to realise that in every note (including sharps / flats) there were at least 40 chords that are really easy to reach / hold / learn. I now have a spiral bound book filled with pages of easy to play and learn chords / inversions. Now whenever I am at home noodling or recording it sounds 1000 times more interesting that when I was trying to make stuff using around 20 basic chords.

    • @rome8180
      @rome8180 5 лет назад +1

      I'm better technically at guitar than piano. But I far prefer to use the piano for composition. The way it's laid is so much better for grasping scales, chords, inversions, etc. Everything is right there in a row.

  • @rayfoster4339
    @rayfoster4339 5 лет назад +1

    watching Rick has helped me be more open than i used to be about music, i want to keep going (playing 40 years now) if i dont keep learning i will get bored and quit

  • @valvenator
    @valvenator 5 лет назад

    Something I did when first learning chords was trying to find as many easy to finger chords all in one position.
    For instance in the 5th you get variations of A, Bb, B, C, D, E, F and G without having to be a finger contortionist.
    This helped me learn different chord shapes without constantly relying on charts.

  • @thechurchofmusic3665
    @thechurchofmusic3665 5 лет назад +5

    Just got the updated Beato book 3.0. Thanks Rick you rock! Looking forward to getting your ear training app.

  • @Autumn_Forest_
    @Autumn_Forest_ 5 лет назад +10

    I don’t even have a guitar (and I’m not sure what he’s talking about in this vid), but I always watch all his vids.

    • @Autumn_Forest_
      @Autumn_Forest_ 5 лет назад +1

      AJ M I have a ukulele, and it’s really fun too. :)

  • @Ohannah2191
    @Ohannah2191 5 лет назад

    Finally got your Beato book. Thanks for putting in so much hard work so that we lesser mortals can learn what wealth of knowledge you have accumulated over the years. Kudos to you!

  • @ryanstark2350
    @ryanstark2350 5 лет назад +1

    The best way to remember things is to discover them yourself. This is why I mentioned before about learning all the standard chord positions all over the neck i.e. E, A and D shapes for example. Then you will start seeing inversions or substitutions. If you try to learn by aping exactly what other people do i.e. learning lots of riffs or chords, your progress will be slower than learning fundamentals and discovering things within this yourself.

  • @patbreacadh
    @patbreacadh 5 лет назад +4

    Wow, you started the video with the first chord of Blue in Green! Love it!

  • @petebrown3715
    @petebrown3715 5 лет назад

    Hey Rick,
    Sorry I missed this today but I was working . Man these chords and scales you've been playing lately are kicking me in and inspiring myself to start pushing again. Thank you for all you do.

  • @ohgeez6041
    @ohgeez6041 5 лет назад +3

    Inversions on the guitar are tricky. You start out with a true triad chord and then begin thinking: "Well, adding that extra bass layer on the E String and that fifth on the A String makes it so much fuller" aaaand there you have your common boring Barre Chords again. Thats why I set the rule for myself to avoid Barres and Powerchords at all costs in my own music. It´s hard and I usually don´t like snobbish rules like that but it pays off I think.

    • @justgivemethetruth
      @justgivemethetruth 5 лет назад +2

      OK, so we know what you don't do ... what do you do?

  • @davidbridgham3680
    @davidbridgham3680 5 лет назад

    Man, I just jammed over that AM7b5 chord for a half hour. I also had never heard of a harmonic Major scale. I have the minor scales, including the harmonic minor scale under my fingers in 3rds and 4ths on my sax, but that harmonic Major scale just seriously twisted my brain. Great stuff Rick!

  • @32riffs
    @32riffs 5 лет назад

    Love the new book, I had the 2.0 and though I can almost sight read (takes energy and time) tabs are just easier and it makes my life less of a struggle. Thanks a lot Rick, keep them coming

  • @joemkoenen
    @joemkoenen 5 лет назад +4

    Learned a lot from Mickey Baker...this adds to the voicing possibilities... thanks RICK

  • @Des_Armoni
    @Des_Armoni 5 лет назад +1

    I wish the book had more diagrams for guitar chords & scales than staff notations. Love the book though and love this channel! Rick is insanely informative & his video quality is just remarkable! 🙏🏽🙌🏽🔥❤️

  • @johnd.4536
    @johnd.4536 5 лет назад +2

    That minor 6/9 chord (half dim with added 4th) is the most useful chord in Jazz.

  • @tronmaxx9059
    @tronmaxx9059 5 лет назад

    Im just glad to be able to listen and watch you dude Ive learned much and created some amazing shyt from gaining a little understanding and applying that what I understood.When I do get enough $ to afford to support this channel I def will.

  • @mowensong1
    @mowensong1 5 лет назад

    Great stuff! These chords are difficult to grab on the gig but give you amazing lines (road maps) when you need to solo over 'expensive chords'. Thanks, Rick!

  • @chrisweiss5170
    @chrisweiss5170 5 лет назад

    Thanks again for the fantastic content and personality Rick. Just got my BeatoBook 3.0 and looking forward to diving into it at work tonight!

  • @iambecomedeafdestroyerofwords
    @iambecomedeafdestroyerofwords 5 лет назад +10

    Was getting some serious Jeff Buckley vibes here. Thanks for the great content . I just moved next to a guitar center in your honor I'm going to play the first few chords of Stairway.

  • @bucyruserie1211
    @bucyruserie1211 5 лет назад

    Just Wow!!! I have to get that book and practice.. those chords really do sound beautiful against one another.. Wow Rick

  • @ryanstark2350
    @ryanstark2350 5 лет назад

    Probably the best way to start getting you head around inversions would be to master all the different standard chord shapes up and down the neck then you can start joining the dots to be able to more easily flow into different inversions,

  • @Khaywolf
    @Khaywolf 5 лет назад +4

    I used to love tuning by ear: start from one player's instrument and tune the rest of the band to that by ear. Now we all seem to be obsessed with our Snarks

  • @quailstudios
    @quailstudios 5 лет назад

    You have amazing ears Rick. I'm always amazed.

  • @DustInTheWindAZ
    @DustInTheWindAZ 5 лет назад +1

    "Inversion" sounds like a fancy word for playing a chord in a different position, whether or not the root is the "bass" note. Simply: a "C" chord (C/E/G) could be played E/G/C or G/C/E anywhere on the neck (or keyboard). If you know your scales, you could pick out I/III/IV from anywhere in the scale (for a major chord scale, of course). This theory applies to all chords in all scales. It's a "mathematically applied science".

    • @natw42
      @natw42 5 лет назад

      Mark Kurzava it's not a fancy word. Inversions are taught early on when learning piano, pretty basic concept to music

  • @AmandaKaymusic
    @AmandaKaymusic 5 лет назад

    Thanks Rick. Some sweet new inversion voicings and clear explanations are appreciated.

  • @kennethgerber8363
    @kennethgerber8363 5 лет назад

    I’m surprised you didn’t mention Wes as being the octave player of all time . I saw him at a club in Rochester a couple of times at a small venue called the Pythodd Club in the early - mid sixties . Never a problem, and the few greats I met there were always encouraging. I was seventeen years old first I went there .

  • @claslundkvist8962
    @claslundkvist8962 5 лет назад +3

    Rick Beato, you should do a video on the verse chords on Mike McDonald's Taking It To Streets. They are beautiful.

  • @carlerikhedlv8023
    @carlerikhedlv8023 5 лет назад

    Great.....and it can be all the notes in A melodic minorscale....and so many chords from that too. Great side as always from Beato

  • @rome8180
    @rome8180 5 лет назад

    I am glad you mentioned the new Beato book in this video. I never would have seen the email. Found it in my spam. Thanks!

  • @MichaelLloyd
    @MichaelLloyd 5 лет назад

    I bought the 2nd book earlier this year or late last year. I never got an email about the "pay what you want" thing so I did what I would've done anyway and paid full price :)

  • @tylervandenbosch563
    @tylervandenbosch563 5 лет назад

    Freeze pedal! Total gem, thanks Rick!

  • @ErwinS81
    @ErwinS81 5 лет назад +2

    missed the live stream (The Netherlands here) , but the RB25 discount-code still worked. thanks alot Rick!

  • @kentuttle6839
    @kentuttle6839 5 лет назад +1

    Would love to see a "what makes this song great" about 'Son of a preacher man' Dusty Springfield! Please. The bass line is masterful.

  • @Dirge4july
    @Dirge4july 5 лет назад

    Tabs will def get me to buy the book.

  • @LarryHovis
    @LarryHovis 5 лет назад +2

    I bought 2.0 a couple of months ago. I'll do $35 for 3.0; not because I need it, but because that's how I'll help the cause.

  • @Gnurklesquimp
    @Gnurklesquimp 5 лет назад

    I'm always sort of ''scared'' to change the emphasized bass notes (and to take out the thirds and fifths), but it usually happens when I just pick notes that form a cool harmony and write more on feeling than thinking everything through. I especially find myself stumbling upon cool uses for these when breaking up my chords into cool grooves, it just writes itself at that point.

  • @conrad98gtp
    @conrad98gtp 5 лет назад

    Hi Rick! SO LOVE your channel!! Your teachings and your musical insight is fantastic. Sort of off-topic, but not...talking of a lot of the chord voicings that your discussing in this video, I thought that it would be REALLY COOL for you to do a, "What makes this song great" video of Triumph's "Suitcase Blues" A hidden gem of really cool jazz coming from a rock music genre.

  • @Erocapi
    @Erocapi 5 лет назад +1

    Omg dude, I love that beautiful sound, nice guitar

  • @Kwaark
    @Kwaark 5 лет назад

    I just bought the beato book ! thx for all the work !

  • @rayfoster4339
    @rayfoster4339 5 лет назад

    Angus Young wears his guitar ultra-high ...i like to wear guitar low for rhythm, but high for soloing, so middle-ground works best i think ...basically i wear the guitar where it sits naturally when sitting, for consistency sake, so when i stand up, its the same, because its best while working in studio, because im frequently moving from amps to mix-chair, but i drop it for vanity's sake live :P

  • @patbreacadh
    @patbreacadh 5 лет назад +1

    This is, once more, a great lesson!

  • @palmeiras958
    @palmeiras958 5 лет назад

    Great vid, Sir, really! Cant stop watching it! Your THE BEST i've ever seen surely!

  • @meadish
    @meadish 5 лет назад

    This past year I think I've heard enough jazz chords to actually start appreciating how they sound. It's a pretty big twist of perception. Rick is definitely one of the people who I am thankful to for that. (Yes pedants, I know 'to whom I am thankful', but although technically correct, it sounds naff.)

  • @unenslaver1333
    @unenslaver1333 5 лет назад +4

    9:15 "just playing these chords in single notes"
    KEY!

  • @krushgroovin7513
    @krushgroovin7513 5 лет назад

    Glad to become a recent subber & my friend who is a long time Jazz guitarist will now see why I recommended your channel! Tom Morello’s strap?? lol
    Thanks Rick

  • @spoonnoise8332
    @spoonnoise8332 5 лет назад +1

    I’ve heard Julian Casablancas talk about this, but didn’t know what it was. Thank you

  • @TheDudleyReport
    @TheDudleyReport 5 лет назад +1

    The first b5 chord at 2:41 immediately reminded me of Zoot Allures by Frank Zappa. Same key too, I think!

  • @AnomieTrain
    @AnomieTrain 5 лет назад

    The pay what you want email was really nice. I had bought the book 2.0 just in August and my first thought was, "Oh, no, now there's a new edition!" So I was trying to figure out what was a fair price to upgrade--I didn't think it should be zero, but I didn't think it should be full price either since I just bought it, so I plunked down 10 bucks.

  • @jamesrobinson529
    @jamesrobinson529 5 лет назад

    I could definitely use help with my chord inversions. I need your book asap!

  • @ADURG1
    @ADURG1 5 лет назад

    thanX fer gittin' my mental gears-a-spinnin' sir Rick B.! lovely soundz here, too!

  • @CareerDropout.
    @CareerDropout. 5 лет назад

    Thanks for always teaching something worth learning

  • @jdlstrm985
    @jdlstrm985 5 лет назад

    I used tons of inversions while developing my album.
    I always try to center my chords around the key center.

  • @lonniezamarripa959
    @lonniezamarripa959 5 лет назад

    That shuffle groove video was superb!

  • @bertgetner9397
    @bertgetner9397 5 лет назад

    Great lesson. Thanks! Love the Marcus video. Awesome techniques. Room sounds Awesome!

  • @PianoHooks
    @PianoHooks 5 лет назад

    Love your videos Rick! Excellent, quality content!

  • @aaronmatthews988
    @aaronmatthews988 5 лет назад

    Just purchased the beato book can't wait to sink my teeth into it :)

  • @Aqualong53
    @Aqualong53 5 лет назад +8

    That first chord of yours is exactly the same chord as Zappa's Zoot Allures :)

    • @Aqualong53
      @Aqualong53 5 лет назад +1

      @Filipe Bastos. But it's very similar, so "Zoot Allures" was the first thing that ran through my head. It's in the same key also.

    • @Cr8Tron
      @Cr8Tron 5 лет назад +1

      This is what I love about music theory debates: People will argue that a different set of notes is close enough to being more or less the same chord, but then I still find myself arguing with this random stuck-up violin instructor I meet at a bar, who insists chords with a 2nd can't be considered the same chord if we changed the 2nd to the 9th. Really?

    • @yeahdancetomyrecord
      @yeahdancetomyrecord 5 лет назад

      @@Aqualong53 I heard it for sure, turned my head.

  • @nmills5367
    @nmills5367 5 лет назад +7

    Hey Rick, have you thought about making sexy music theory references posters to add to your merch store?

  • @garethchristian6257
    @garethchristian6257 5 лет назад

    Sax player here ....Love your stuff...

  • @chrisd6736
    @chrisd6736 5 лет назад +1

    Hey thanks for all the great info. I have a request for what makes this song great: The Smiths, “headmaster ritual.” Really cool song with a lot of interesting guitar work.

  • @Z7y631
    @Z7y631 5 лет назад

    damn, when you were playing those scales in the beginning, i almost fell asleep and entered a state of ecstasy until you starting talking about your book again, i would love to know a genre of music that could give me similar vibes, I don't listen to a lot of music outside of classical and extreme metal..

  • @Davebass7783
    @Davebass7783 5 лет назад

    And why does Bb work as a dom7 chord taking you back to A Maj - ie, as in the ending of Oh Darling - Beatles? Listen to it. Well, the answer is that the 3rd and 7th of each chord mark out the sound of the chord - the common notes to Bb and E7 are G# or Ab and a D nat - it works...Dave from Sydney, Australia....

  • @gordonmckiernan4725
    @gordonmckiernan4725 5 лет назад

    This was a really great video Rick. Thank you!

  • @aquilarossa5191
    @aquilarossa5191 5 лет назад

    Watching trying to get inspired to play. Not played in over a month. I usually play a few times a day. Aches and pains have a bit to do with it, but also I am not enjoying what i play. Same old same old. Maybe some inversions might invert that. Edit: Nah. Head spinning from the theory. Not awake enough for all that. I'll be back after a couple more coffees kick in :-D

  • @murrayrowley2900
    @murrayrowley2900 5 лет назад

    Nice those Maj7b5 chords are pretty sad and sweet-sounding at the same time....

  • @charliethetyrton3209
    @charliethetyrton3209 5 лет назад +1

    Congratulations on your million Subs. Love your channel.

  • @Davebass7783
    @Davebass7783 5 лет назад +3

    Rick - can you show everybody how to play all 12 diminished chords in just 3 positions - just a fret up - and their relationship to Dom 7 chords....eg, G# dom gets you back to all sorts of places -

    • @plopzoppers3921
      @plopzoppers3921 5 лет назад

      I want to say he's done something similar in his old videos.

  • @martinrhodes1619
    @martinrhodes1619 5 лет назад

    Thanks for the tab in Beato 3! Much appreciated!

  • @calebrose4607
    @calebrose4607 5 лет назад +1

    hey rick, you should do another top 20 best drum intros of all time, keyboard intros, and you should also do a top 20 best bass intros of all time(in the keyboard intros video you left out in the end by linkin park)

  • @user-ii8od4wu5p
    @user-ii8od4wu5p 5 лет назад +2

    The book's webpage is 404ing for me, Rick!

  • @danielward9043
    @danielward9043 5 лет назад

    Some of those chords made "Suitcase Blues" by Triumph pop in my head somehow.

  • @stevemcnamara2584
    @stevemcnamara2584 5 лет назад

    Great video. Quick note/question about the new 3.0 -- on your site I clicked on the Table of Contents and the PDF title in the brower tab says it's version 2.0, which is not my comment -- instead, if this is the operative Table either I've never heard of "Stackes" in melody or a quick update to the PDF can be made. Keep up the great work.

  • @bootleggerrosey
    @bootleggerrosey 5 лет назад

    Thanks for validating the way you like to tune! I've been doing that for years -- getting it "in tune", then tweaking it with an open full G chord, some open D sus chords and stuff -- often times people don't understand why I start turning keys after getting supposedly "in tune". Wondering if this relates to the guitar's intonation or if it has more to do with the way the G to B string major third doesn't have the right consonance? Thoughts? Video on tuning? Video on alt tunings? Video on David Crosby? Sorry, lol, getting carried away here.

  • @LittleJohnaton
    @LittleJohnaton 5 лет назад

    Love that you know The Church!

  • @hussainalfardan9759
    @hussainalfardan9759 5 лет назад

    Thank you so much for your kindness your student from bahrain 🇧🇭

  • @codyreadinger6065
    @codyreadinger6065 5 лет назад +1

    Hey Rick, I’m excited for the book! Just purchased it but didn’t get a link or some type of PDF attachment.

  • @timothyissler3815
    @timothyissler3815 5 лет назад

    I wear my guitar at nerd-height because I played classical guitar first, and so it was almost always up on my diaphragm, and when I got an electric I just set the strap to where I felt my classical was, which was rather high. I haven't figured out how to play the guitar when it's so low you hit your legs with it.

    • @valvenator
      @valvenator 5 лет назад +1

      That low slung style can be a pain on the fingering hand wrist when trying to reach the low strings.

    • @timothyissler3815
      @timothyissler3815 5 лет назад

      @@valvenator Exactly.

  • @edelcorrallira
    @edelcorrallira 5 лет назад +1

    I think TAB is very nice, having a few fingering suggestions is quite valuable.
    Must save for a while because I think it's certainly worth it (and it keeps this incredible musical ecosystem going) and I got v1.0 on discount and ... Honestly feel guilty

  • @cooperdellane9363
    @cooperdellane9363 5 лет назад

    You should try a Queen What Makes this Song Great but maybe not a so mainstream one like Bohemian Rhapsody. Or you could either way I’d be happy.

  • @realcygnus
    @realcygnus 5 лет назад +3

    NOBODY is as entertaining with just an acoustic guitar than Tommy Emmanuel. A Next Level World Class Act.

  • @lesliethomas2081
    @lesliethomas2081 5 лет назад

    Hi Rick how s life maan hope all is well ect , interestingly those subs really give a Jobim flavor to the whole thing it definitely makes a difference sound wise

  • @RonFrappier
    @RonFrappier 5 лет назад

    My first purchase here! 3.0

  • @splashesin8
    @splashesin8 5 лет назад

    Thank you Rick! 😃💛

  • @NielsiePielsie2.0
    @NielsiePielsie2.0 5 лет назад

    Updated Version + Discount persuaded me to Buy This Book!
    Thanks for the videos!

  • @buzzcrumhunger7114
    @buzzcrumhunger7114 5 лет назад

    Question and comment. So, why Maj7b5 instead of Maj7#4? Same note, same dissonance against root, but it does give that Lydian flavor. And, as soon as you said 'tritone substitution' I thought, oh crap, where's my old theory text...

  • @Ed31003
    @Ed31003 5 лет назад

    ever watch Steve Lukather playing live he has the ear piece in and while he talks to the crowd he strums to make sure when his guitar is live it is in tune

  • @breadenthusiast
    @breadenthusiast 5 лет назад

    You're awesome Rick! Thank you for this.

  • @draziwthewizard
    @draziwthewizard 5 лет назад +3

    I can't believe how similarly we interpret chord shapes and soloing

  • @brandonc2859
    @brandonc2859 5 лет назад +1

    Beato Book the world!!

  • @joshuafreedman7703
    @joshuafreedman7703 5 лет назад +1

    You also need to interview June Millington!

  • @ryan__dcosta
    @ryan__dcosta 5 лет назад +1

    U were gonna make a video on ear training right ??

  • @sirmadrigal6427
    @sirmadrigal6427 4 года назад

    I actually prefer notes for guitar because I learned how to read sheet music before tablature. Sometimes tablature hurts my head😁

  • @casenowie
    @casenowie 5 лет назад

    Hey Rick,
    Could you do a video on the intro of Metal Fatigue by Allan Holdsworth?
    There are some yt videos of people explaning the solo and the chords in the verses but no one seems to know what's going on in the intro.
    Thanks in advance!

  • @jroskott
    @jroskott 5 лет назад

    Hi Rick, could you do a "what makes this song great episode on David Sylvian's WAVE (with Robert Fripp) or Elephant Talk by King Crimson or Tinseltown is in the Rain - The Blue Nile?

  • @dominicmauricio2474
    @dominicmauricio2474 5 лет назад +1

    I want that guitar

  • @robhendriks4554
    @robhendriks4554 5 лет назад

    Could it be right that i have the oldest version of the beato book? Chapter 2 page 86.... about drop voicings and inversions.... love yor stuff Rick. :)

  • @mosesramirez6330
    @mosesramirez6330 5 лет назад

    LOL, I never thought of that being a green screen, but now that he mentions it, it *does* look like it.

  • @kmorgan631
    @kmorgan631 5 лет назад

    Hey Rick, I bought your Beago book in June for full price, $49. I don't see an email with special upgrade price for the new one...