Chords for Jazz Guitar Lessons - Inversion Excursion - C Major Chord Clusters
Tempo:
109.25 bpm
Chords used:
D
C
Em
E
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Connecting your inversions and chord clusters.
You know those little nuggety clusters that you get that
have peanuts and all different kinds of nuts and
it's all [Cm] melted together in sugar and
caramel.
It's a cluster, a bunch of different
things that make up something.
So
when you're connecting these chords I think it's key to realize you can use
any of the inversions.
You can use the major 7ths, the major 6ths, the 6th 9ths,
the major 9ths, the triads.
When you see a C chord in a piece of music
those are all your [D] options and all the inversions that we [E] went through
are your options including clusters
which are three note chords
that are within one octave, usually within a fifth.
So they're very close voiced.
For instance,
you have an E note, [C] a C note [B] and a B note.
There's a chord cluster.
You have your major 7th, your root and your third.
There's no real name for the chord.
I mean you could put a bunch of different names to it.
But three note chords, clusters.
[D] D, [E]
E and
[Em] G.
[D] E, G,
A.
[Am] [Em]
G, A,
C.
[Eb] G, B,
[C] C.
[Em] [D]
[B] On the first three strings.
Let's go home again.
[Em]
[C]
[Em]
[D] [B]
On [G] the second, third and fourth string.
G,
[Bm] B, [C] C.
[A]
A,
[Am] C, [D] D.
[Dm]
Those are those piano chords and keyboard
chords that you hear in music.
Very close voiced.
[D] There's stretches involved on the guitar.
That's why you don't hear them too often.
But they're great [Bm] inversions.
B, [C] C [E] [B]
with the C in the bass.
[Dm]
D, [E] G.
[F] [D] I mean
D, E and G.
D,
E, G [Em] and E,
[E] G, A.
[D] [B] [Dm]
[C] Cool sounding chords once again.
[F]
[B] Trying to keep my second and third fingers out of the way so you can
see the inversion.
That's why you see them [D] moving.
[Em]
[E] [D] [Em]
[A] [C]
Okay [Am] now you have a major 6th.
And you can [Em] go to a major 9.
Then [C] to a major 7th.
Then another major 9.
[Am] Then a major 6th.
[C] Major 7th.
[Em]
Major [C] 9.
Major 7th.
Point is all those chords [F] work
when you see a C chord.
When you see a couple of bars of C and they write C major 7,
C 6, C major 9 and C.
Look at
all of that in its simplest form.
C major.
And then you can choose what you want to put
into the harmony.
So let's get the jam track up
and I'll jam some comping.
We're using all the different inversions.
Triads, major 6th,
major 7th.
See if you can
pick out which is which.
[E] You can even
play some solo
You know those little nuggety clusters that you get that
have peanuts and all different kinds of nuts and
it's all [Cm] melted together in sugar and
caramel.
It's a cluster, a bunch of different
things that make up something.
So
when you're connecting these chords I think it's key to realize you can use
any of the inversions.
You can use the major 7ths, the major 6ths, the 6th 9ths,
the major 9ths, the triads.
When you see a C chord in a piece of music
those are all your [D] options and all the inversions that we [E] went through
are your options including clusters
which are three note chords
that are within one octave, usually within a fifth.
So they're very close voiced.
For instance,
you have an E note, [C] a C note [B] and a B note.
There's a chord cluster.
You have your major 7th, your root and your third.
There's no real name for the chord.
I mean you could put a bunch of different names to it.
But three note chords, clusters.
[D] D, [E]
E and
[Em] G.
[D] E, G,
A.
[Am] [Em]
G, A,
C.
[Eb] G, B,
[C] C.
[Em] [D]
[B] On the first three strings.
Let's go home again.
[Em]
[C]
[Em]
[D] [B]
On [G] the second, third and fourth string.
G,
[Bm] B, [C] C.
[A]
A,
[Am] C, [D] D.
[Dm]
Those are those piano chords and keyboard
chords that you hear in music.
Very close voiced.
[D] There's stretches involved on the guitar.
That's why you don't hear them too often.
But they're great [Bm] inversions.
B, [C] C [E] [B]
with the C in the bass.
[Dm]
D, [E] G.
[F] [D] I mean
D, E and G.
D,
E, G [Em] and E,
[E] G, A.
[D] [B] [Dm]
[C] Cool sounding chords once again.
[F]
[B] Trying to keep my second and third fingers out of the way so you can
see the inversion.
That's why you see them [D] moving.
[Em]
[E] [D] [Em]
[A] [C]
Okay [Am] now you have a major 6th.
And you can [Em] go to a major 9.
Then [C] to a major 7th.
Then another major 9.
[Am] Then a major 6th.
[C] Major 7th.
[Em]
Major [C] 9.
Major 7th.
Point is all those chords [F] work
when you see a C chord.
When you see a couple of bars of C and they write C major 7,
C 6, C major 9 and C.
Look at
all of that in its simplest form.
C major.
And then you can choose what you want to put
into the harmony.
So let's get the jam track up
and I'll jam some comping.
We're using all the different inversions.
Triads, major 6th,
major 7th.
See if you can
pick out which is which.
[E] You can even
play some solo
Key:
D
C
Em
E
B
D
C
Em
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Connecting your inversions and chord clusters.
_ You know those little nuggety clusters that you get that
have peanuts and all different kinds of nuts and
it's all [Cm] melted together in sugar and
caramel.
It's a cluster, a bunch of different
things that make up something.
So
when you're connecting these chords I think it's key to realize you can use
any of the inversions.
You can use the major 7ths, the major 6ths, the 6th 9ths,
the major 9ths, the triads.
When you see a C chord in a piece of music
those are all your [D] options and all the inversions that we [E] went through
are your options _ including clusters
which are three note chords
that are within one octave, usually within a fifth.
_ So they're very close voiced.
For instance,
_ you have an E note, [C] a C note [B] and a B note. _ _ _ _ _
There's a chord cluster.
You have your major 7th, your root and your third.
_ _ _ There's no real name for the chord.
I mean you could put a bunch of different names to it.
But three note chords, clusters.
[D] _ _ D, [E]
E and
[Em] G. _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ E, _ G,
A.
[Am] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
G, _ A,
C. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] G, B,
_ [C] C. _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ On the first three strings.
Let's go home again. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
On [G] the second, third and fourth string.
G,
[Bm] B, _ _ [C] C. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
A,
[Am] C, _ [D] D.
_ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Those are those piano chords and keyboard
chords that you hear in music.
Very close voiced.
[D] There's stretches involved on the guitar.
That's why you don't hear them too often.
But they're great [Bm] inversions.
B, _ [C] C _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ with the C in the bass.
_ _ [Dm]
D, _ [E] G.
[F] _ [D] I mean
D, E and G.
D,
E, G _ _ _ _ [Em] and E, _
_ [E] G, A. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ Cool sounding chords once again.
_ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ Trying to keep my second and third fingers out of the way so you can
see the inversion.
That's why you see them [D] moving.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ Okay [Am] now you have a major 6th.
_ And you can [Em] go to a major 9. _
Then [C] to a major 7th.
_ Then another major 9.
[Am] Then a major 6th.
[C] Major 7th.
[Em] _
Major [C] 9.
Major 7th.
Point is all those chords [F] work
when you see a C chord.
When you see a couple of bars of C and they write C major 7,
C 6, C major 9 and C.
Look at
all of that in its simplest form.
C major.
_ And then you can choose what you want to put
into the harmony.
So let's get the jam track up
and I'll jam some comping. _ _
We're using all the different inversions.
Triads, major 6th,
major 7th.
See if you can
pick out which is which.
[E] You can even
play some solo
Connecting your inversions and chord clusters.
_ You know those little nuggety clusters that you get that
have peanuts and all different kinds of nuts and
it's all [Cm] melted together in sugar and
caramel.
It's a cluster, a bunch of different
things that make up something.
So
when you're connecting these chords I think it's key to realize you can use
any of the inversions.
You can use the major 7ths, the major 6ths, the 6th 9ths,
the major 9ths, the triads.
When you see a C chord in a piece of music
those are all your [D] options and all the inversions that we [E] went through
are your options _ including clusters
which are three note chords
that are within one octave, usually within a fifth.
_ So they're very close voiced.
For instance,
_ you have an E note, [C] a C note [B] and a B note. _ _ _ _ _
There's a chord cluster.
You have your major 7th, your root and your third.
_ _ _ There's no real name for the chord.
I mean you could put a bunch of different names to it.
But three note chords, clusters.
[D] _ _ D, [E]
E and
[Em] G. _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ E, _ G,
A.
[Am] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
G, _ A,
C. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] G, B,
_ [C] C. _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ On the first three strings.
Let's go home again. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
On [G] the second, third and fourth string.
G,
[Bm] B, _ _ [C] C. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
A,
[Am] C, _ [D] D.
_ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Those are those piano chords and keyboard
chords that you hear in music.
Very close voiced.
[D] There's stretches involved on the guitar.
That's why you don't hear them too often.
But they're great [Bm] inversions.
B, _ [C] C _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ with the C in the bass.
_ _ [Dm]
D, _ [E] G.
[F] _ [D] I mean
D, E and G.
D,
E, G _ _ _ _ [Em] and E, _
_ [E] G, A. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ Cool sounding chords once again.
_ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ Trying to keep my second and third fingers out of the way so you can
see the inversion.
That's why you see them [D] moving.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ Okay [Am] now you have a major 6th.
_ And you can [Em] go to a major 9. _
Then [C] to a major 7th.
_ Then another major 9.
[Am] Then a major 6th.
[C] Major 7th.
[Em] _
Major [C] 9.
Major 7th.
Point is all those chords [F] work
when you see a C chord.
When you see a couple of bars of C and they write C major 7,
C 6, C major 9 and C.
Look at
all of that in its simplest form.
C major.
_ And then you can choose what you want to put
into the harmony.
So let's get the jam track up
and I'll jam some comping. _ _
We're using all the different inversions.
Triads, major 6th,
major 7th.
See if you can
pick out which is which.
[E] You can even
play some solo