{"id":999,"date":"2015-01-16T13:48:25","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T18:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/?p=999"},"modified":"2015-01-16T13:49:08","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T18:49:08","slug":"easy-rut-buster-inversions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/?p=999","title":{"rendered":"EASY RUT BUSTER – Inversions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Do you find yourself using certain chords in just one position\u2014no matter when you use that chord? I have found that to be a very common occurrence when working with students who already play.\u00a0\u00a0 I hear all the time \u201coh\u2014I only can play that chord like this!\u201d<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> <\/strong>Quite honestly that can hinder the smoothness of how you play and how you move from chord to chord\u2014BUT IT CAN BE FIXED!<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s up to you to do it!!!<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to go to the HELPS page and download\u00a0and print out the MAJOR and MINOR \u00a0PDF chord files.\u00a0\u00a0Take just 10-15 minutes EVERY DAY to play through several triads\u2014ROOT position<\/span>, First Inversion<\/span> and Second Inversion<\/span>\u2014UP and DOWN the keyboard.<\/em> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s an easy order in which to learn them….<\/p>\n

C\u00a0 – G – F<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gm – Fm – Cm<\/strong><\/p>\n

D – Bb\u00a0 – E<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dm – Am – Em<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bb – Eb – Ab<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bbm – Ebm – Abm<\/strong><\/p>\n

B – C#(Db) – F#(Gb)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bm – C#m – F#m<\/strong><\/p>\n

Remember you don\u2019t have to practice every triad in one day\u2014this is a PROCESS. Don\u2019t think of this as regression\u2014it\u2019s just \u201cshoring up your music foundation!\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

When you can play EVERY triad UP and DOWN the keyboard with speed with your eyes closed\u2014you are thoroughly familiar with that triad! Try it\u2014I PROMISE this works!!!!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you find yourself using certain chords in just one position\u2014no matter when you use that chord? I have found that to be a very common occurrence when working with students who already play.\u00a0\u00a0 I hear all the time \u201coh\u2014I only can play that chord like this!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Quite honestly that can hinder the smoothness of … Continue reading EASY RUT BUSTER – Inversions<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-instructional","category-motivational"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=999"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1017,"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999\/revisions\/1017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}