{"id":1560,"date":"2011-03-14T20:05:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T04:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/?p=1560"},"modified":"2014-07-10T07:03:10","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T15:03:10","slug":"heres-a-quick-way-to-open-all-your-major-chords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hearplaymain.wpenginepowered.com\/heres-a-quick-way-to-open-all-your-major-chords\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s A Quick Way To “Open” All Your Major Chords"},"content":{"rendered":"

This lesson will be short and sweet.<\/p>\n

There are many ways to play chords.<\/p>\n

You can play them exactly as written in root position, first, and second inversion (e.g. – C major in root [C + E + G], in first inversion [E + G + C], in second inversion [G + C + E], etc.). <\/p>\n

Or you can choose to be more “stylish” with your voicings. One of the ways you can switch things up is by understanding open voicings.<\/p>\n

This is when you spread out the notes of a chord.<\/p>\n

For example, instead of playing C major<\/a>