im trying my hardest to understand chord progression,and i cant seem to figure it out,could someone please help,i do have an example
in the key of c
1 c maj c e g or e g c or g c e
4 f maj f a c or a c f or c f a
IS THIS THE RIGHT IDEA?USING ANY INVERSION OF THE CHORD
7 b dim
3 e min
6 a min
2 g maj
1 c maj
can i use any inverson of these chords ? when i do play them they doesnt sound like much,could someone please tell me or point me out to how a chord progression is suppose to sound like,I WOULD PREFER TP SEE SOMEONE PLAY ONE,BUT ILL TAKE WHATEVER I CAN GET
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ALL THE HELP AND SUPPORT
MONALISA
Hi Monalisa,
You seem to have the understanding of how to form your inversions of the different chords which is good.
Now to make them sound smother and flow better you must learn to use the inversion that is closest to the chord you are traveling from.
I teach my students to start off by looking at the chord you start with it doen't matter which inversion you're using, next you decide which two notes to move to form the chord you want to go to.
So you only move the nessasary notes then you will start to see the conection between and within the chords you are playing and why the progression works (they are all tied together by some common denominator).
ex.
in the root position the chords seem disconected so this is where the inversions come in.
If you want to play a 7 3 6 progression in the key of Cmaj.
you wrote
B dim
E min
A min
If played in the root postition it sound uhggg!
so if we use the inversions and only move the ness note almost always leaveing one note still we get:
B/BDF
E/BEG
A/CEATry to see the conection where the B stays put from the first chord to the second and the E stays put from the Second to the third .
The conection for the bass is ofcourse the circle of fiths.
Now you wanted to continue on with 2 and then 1
B/BDF
E/BEG
A/CEAYou made a slight mistake the two is a D and not the G which is the 5.
So I'm not sure if you wanted to go 736 251 or just 21 eaither way will work depending on the sound you're trying to acheive.
so if it's just 2 1 then we continue on where we left off.
D min and Cadd2
D/DFA
C/DEGonce again notice that I left the D (the 2 of C) in place to connect better to the C chord it adds a nice feel to the sound .
Now if you ment to do 251 then I would end with the C on top following the 5 chord a G.
D/DFA
G/DGB
C/EGCI know this seems like a lot but take the time to go over it and let it settle in and you will start to see the progression easily.
Now I want you to play the same progression with some added notes by using minor seventh chords and major seventh chords
In the minor seventh chord we will use the dominant seventh of in the case of the first chord Bdim we will use a Bm7, the dom 7th of B is A
the chord will be
B/ADGb (notice it's just a D chord in second inversion with a B bass)next chord Em7 (G chord 1st invers with an E bass)
E/BDGnext chord Am7 (C chord root posit with an A bass)
A/CEGnext chord Dm7 ( F chord 2nd invers D bass)
D/CFANow from here you can drop right to the 1 Cadd2 or add in the 5 G7
the one Cadd2
C/DEGthe five one G7, Cadd2G/DFB
C/DGCLastly try this as and alternate for the last chord.
You will stack one chord over the other the chords will be the I and the V
1 and 5 maj chords played in left hand root position right hand 2nd inversion.
The basic chor will be a Cmaj7
so
LH/RH
CEG/DGB
This will give a nice smooth ending to the sound.
I will post a link for a video later when I get a chance hope this helps for now.
Be Blessed