the third, on the bottom in the first inversion, moves to the top to give us a second inversion maj7 chord. This puts the fifth on the bottom, which moves to the top to give us a third inversion chord.
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The employment of simplechord inversionsare the key to getting creative in this beautiful, skeletal and spaciousguitar style, along with thecompositional process. First we will create a short piece of music to then elaborate on: Let’s begin with a simpleC rootposition chord that then moves up ...
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