7th Chord Inversions: Drop 2 Voicings

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Hello again! In this tutorial you will be learning the four drop 2 voicings for strings 5-4-3-2 (a-d-g-b). For those of you unfamiliar with the term "drop 2", it describes the theoretical action that takes place in creating these voicings. Imagine a piano; on piano if we were to play a Cmaj7 chord, root inversion, we'd have C-E-G-B or 1-3-5-7. This is a ...

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Here we go. Major 7 Inversions:   Root Inversion C-G-B-E or 1-5-7-3 1st Inversion E-B-C-G or 3-7-1-5 2nd Inversion  G-C-E-B or 5-1-3-7 3rd Inversion B-E-G-C or 7-3-5-1

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Dominant 7 Voicings:   Root Inversion C-G-Bb-E or 1-5-b7-3 1st Inversion E-Bb-C-G or 3-b7-1-5 2nd Inversion  G-C-E-Bb or 5-1-3-7b 3rd Inversion Bb-E-G-C or 7b-3-5-1

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Minor 7 Voicings:   Root Inversion C-G-Bb-Eb or 1-5-b7-b3 1st Inversion Eb-Bb-C-G or b3-b7-1-5 2nd Inversion  G-C-Eb-Bb or 5-1-b3-b7 3rd Inversion Bb-Eb-G-C or b7-b3-5-1

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