Drop 2 Voicings & Inversions

Emanuel Hedberg
Standard tuning
= 90
Bb major scale: root position

The chords always appear in the same order in all bars: Bbmaj7, Cm7, Dm7, Ebmaj7, F7, Gm7, Am7(b5) & Bbmaj7
1
10 11 1 3 5 6 8 10
10 11 1 3 4 6 8 10
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10 12 2 3 5 7 8 10
8 10 0 1 3 5 7 8

1st inversion
2
13 3 5 6 8 10 11 13
11 1 3 4 6 8 10 11
14 3 5 7 8 10 12 14
12 1 3 5 7 8 10 12

2nd inversion
3
5 6 8 10 11 13 15 17
3 4 6 8 10 11 13 15
3 5 7 8 10 12 14 15
3 5 7 8 10 12 13 15

3rd inversion
4
6 8 10 11 1 3 5 6
6 8 10 11 1 3 4 6
7 8 10 12 2 3 5 7
7 8 10 12 1 3 5 7

Bb major scale: root position

5
3 4 6 8 10 11 13 15
2 3 5 7 8 10 12 14
3 5 7 8 10 12 13 15
1 3 5 6 8 10 12 13

1st inversion
6
6 8 10 11 13 3 4 6
3 5 7 8 10 0 2 3
7 8 10 12 13 3 5 7
5 6 8 10 12 1 3 5

2nd inversion
7
10 11 13 3 4 6 8 10
7 8 10 0 2 3 5 7
8 10 12 1 3 5 7 8
8 10 12 1 3 5 6 8

3rd inversion
8
11 1 3 4 6 8 10 11
10 0 2 3 5 7 8 10
12 1 3 5 7 8 10 12
12 1 3 5 6 8 10 12

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 Bb major scale: root position
9

7 8 10 12 2 3 5 7
7 8 10 12 1 3 5 7
8 10 12 13 3 5 6 8
6 8 10 11 1 3 5 6

1st inversion
10

10 12 14 15 5 7 8 10
8 10 12 13 3 5 7 8
12 13 15 17 6 8 10 12
10 11 13 15 5 6 8 10

2nd inversion
11

2 3 5 7 8 10 12 14
0 1 3 5 7 8 10 12
1 3 5 6 8 10 12 13
1 3 5 6 8 10 11 13

3rd inversion
12

3 5 7 8 10 12 14 15
3 5 7 8 10 12 13 15
5 6 8 10 12 13 15 17
5 6 8 10 11 13 15 17

Here are the basic chords for Autumn Leaves in Root Position

B  maj7 E  maj7
Some of these chords are played with drop 3 voicings, which I have not yet covered in this course Gm6 = Em7b5
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Cm7 F7 A D7 Gm6
13 14
8 6 6 8 4 3 3
8 8 7 7 5 5 3
8 7 7 8 5 4 2
8 6 5
8 6 5 3

First eight bars of Autumn Leaves with root position, first, second and third inversion - on all strings (ONLY DROP 2 VOICINGS).
15 16
18 17 17 15 15 14 12
16 16 15 15 13 13 11
17 17 15 15 14 14 12
17 15 15 13 13 12 12

17 18
15 13 13 11 11 10 10
13 13 11 11 10 10 8
15 14 14 12 12 11 9
13 13 12 12 10 10 8

19 20
11 11 10 10 8 8 6
11 10 10 8 8 7 5
12 10 10 8 8 7 7
10 10 8 8 7 7 5

21 22
8 8 6 6 5 5 3
8 6 6 4 4 3 3
8 8 7 7 5 5 3
8 7 7 5 5 4 2

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23 24
16 16 15 15 13 13 11
15 14 14 12 12 11 9
17 15 15 13 13 12 12
15 15 13 13 12 12 10

25 26
13 13 11 11 10 10 8
12 10 10 8 8 7 7
13 13 12 12 10 10 8
13 12 12 10 10 9 7

27 28
11 10 10 8 8 7 5
8 8 7 7 5 5 3
10 10 8 8 7 7 5
10 8 8 6 6 5 5

29 30
8 6 6 4 4 3 3
5 5 3 3 2 2 0
8 7 7 5 5 4 2
6 6 5 5 3 3 1

31 32

15 14 14 12 12 11 9
13 13 12 12 10 10 8
15 15 13 13 12 12 10
15 13 13 11 11 10 10

33 34

12 10 10 8 8 7 7
10 10 8 8 7 7 5
13 12 12 10 10 9 7
11 11 10 10 8 8 6

35 36

8 8 7 7 5 5 3
8 7 7 5 5 4 2
10 8 8 6 6 5 5
8 8 6 6 5 5 3

37 38

5 5 3 3 2 2 0
5 3 3 1 1 0 0
6 6 5 5 3 3 1
6 5 5 3 3 2 0

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