Hi,
A number of years ago I learned a little about the keyboard and covered chord inversions so really just asking are there chord inversions for acoustic guitar?
Yes. All instruments that can play chords, can play inversions of chords.
Yes. All instruments that can play chords, can play inversions of chords.
OK,
It's not applicable just yet but it will be soon. Is there a book for this? - The only analogy I can draw on is the keyboard where you have a G chord which is root note first, G-B-D. Next is the first inversion, B-D-G and finally there is the D-G-B, which is the second inversion. The only reason I ask is because as far as songwriting is concerned inversions are very important (well I think they are) so if there is a book / chord sheet that I could get it will help me out in the months ahead. Obviously as a newbie I'm just concentrating on the chords in the major scales to start off with.
Inversions for all of the really important chords (including things like dominant 7ths chords and the like) are covered very well in one of my favorite books: The Complete Johnny Smith Approach to Guitar
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Actually, it's only the bass note that determines the inversion of a chord. What you're describing is 'closed position inversions' where the notes have to be as close as possible.
Apart from that special case, the first inversion of G major, for example, can be B D G or B G D, with as many doubled notes, spread over as many octaves as the instrument allows.
A common G major first inversion is B G B D G B, played over six strings on frets 7 10 9 7 8 7
Any book that shows chords can also be used to work out the inversions easily, as it's only the bass note that matters.
