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inversion studies
read rows from left to right: move up the neck by chord tones
read rows top to bottm: move through chord types in one position
1 2 3 4
Major
R 3 5 R R 5 R 3 5 R 3 R
3 R R 5
Major 7
7 3 5 R R 5 7 3 3 7 R 5 5 R 3 7
Dominant 7
7 3 5 R R 5 7 3 3 7 R 5 5 R 3 7
Minor 7
7 3 5 R R 5 7 3 3 7 R 5 5 R 3 7
Major 6
6 3 5 R R 5 63 3 6 R 5 5 R 3 6
Minor 6:
6 3 5 R R 5 63 3 6 R 5 5 R 3 6
Minor 7b5:
R b5 7 3 3 7 R b5 b5 R 3 7
7 3 b5 R
maj maj 7 7 6
Diminished 7th (1,b3,b5,bb7) chords. Each chord tone is root. Chords repeat three
frets higher or lower.
dim7