Anyway, I thought I'd go into chord inversions a bit for you guys. There are pictures to help for anybody who falls asleep at the mere thought of music theory.
I'm going to be working in the scale of C major.
So, that's C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C
The first picture here (below), is every chord contained in the scale of C major. The green chords are what are considered to be their strongest voicings and is their natural form.
In order the green chords are C major, D minor, E minor, F Major, G Major, A Minor, B Diminished.
The blue chords are the same chords in their first inversion, their 2nd strongest voicing. In order they are C major (1st inversion), D minor (1st inversion), E minor (1st inversion), F Major (1st inversion), G Major (1st inversion), A Minor (1st inversion), B Diminished (1st inversion).
The pink chords are the same chords again in their third inversion, their weakest voicing of the three possible inversions we're looking at here. In order they are C major (2nd inversion), D minor(2nd inversion), E minor(2nd inversion), F Major(2nd inversion), G Major(2nd inversion), A Minor(2nd inversion), B Diminished(2nd inversion).
So why look at chord inversions?
Well, for a start they open up a whole new world of possibilities in terms of the sounds you can create and the harmonic textures you can work with.
Let's take the standard chord progression I-IV-iii. When you play this chord progression (C Major-G Major- E Minor) using the green chords it sounds ok, but it can feel a little clunky, or maybe while it sounds nice it's just not the atmosphere you're going for.
Here's I-IV-iii using the green chords:
Enter chord inversions.
Here's another chord sequence, this time it's I-V-IV using chord inversions. Here I've voiced I-V-IV using chord inversions, so my chord progression here is C Major - G major 2nd inversion - F Major 2nd inversion) Here we get a completely different sound that you can't really get without using inversions. There's very little movement but a really massively different texture is achieved:
Anyway, this is just a simple example of a use for some simple chord inversions. They're very fun to play with and you can get some great atmospheres going that you just can't achieve using regular chords.
Sorry again if I've babbled incoherent jibbrish and this is too confusing to take anything away from. I've tried to simplify it, hopefully I've succeeded. If not, I apologize.
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