Chordscales and "Invertionscales"

[Factor]

Most of you here have proabably heard of scales.

 

In order to get the full advantage of this practice/tips/trick you will need to have some patience, some knowledge of the fretboard notes and a certain grip on the construction of triads.

 

The idea consists of playing a chordscale. It is basically a harmonised scale where you play all the triads in diatonic succession. It's not very musical in it's own right, but could open some eyes to new and interesting voicings.

 

Here's the basic idea:

 

Chordscale in Cmajor:

 

This knowledge can be used to a great effect. Keeping all of the chords of a normal tune inside a 5 fret space (not including the first 5 frets) becomes possible. During the process one also developes a closer relationship with the fretboard.

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Hope the value is proportional to the amount of time I spent on this . In anycase, I learned something myself. I nearly always find my self learning alot when I am explaining something to others.
 

BTW: If you see any error whatsoever please do not hesitate to point them out 

[lazaraga]

Originally posted by Factor Hope the value is proportional to the amount of time I spent on this . In anycase, I learned something myself. I nearly always find my self learning alot when I am explaining something to others.

great post. playing all the inversions of 7th chords is one of the best practices you can do.

you spelled out all the inversions for 7th chords on the highest 4 strings. you should also practice the middle 4 and the bottom 4.
then they will call you "chord king"!!!

peace

[Factor]

Also if you lower the seventh of a m7b5 (making it a double flat seven bb7) you get a dim7 voicing, which is really easy to move around and connect chords together.

The nice thing about the dim7 chord is because of it's symmetrical nature (build up of stacked minor thirds), any note of the chord can be the root, which simplyfies it alot, you just need to have it a half step below the root of the chord you are targeting.

The dim7 chord can also be the 3 5 b7 b9 of a dom7 chord. Take for ex C#dim7: C# E G Bb. If the bassist lays down an A note here, this would a nice and common A7b9 voicing without the bass, leading to a D chord.

[guitarman-man]

I like this thread. I'm gonna try this stuff as soon as I get home! Thanks!

[Factor]

Glad you liked it!

I really helped me too. I guess this is what they call a win-win situation

[Jeff5]

Very cool! I was kind of looking for something like this. I need to improve my chord and chord inversion vocabulary and technique. Thanks!