Amazing analysis. You are correct about 24 permutations of a 4-note chord. I once did an analysis of these and ended up with 4 voicings that I could not name, but they are what you are calling the Double Drop 2/Drop 3. In the example you gave for Cmaj7 (G-E-C-B) that voicing is what you would get if you took the third inversion of the closed voicing (B-C-E-G) and turned it upside down.
I was working on spreading out chord types further with open strings. (Emin7, EMaj7, E7, Emin/maj7 etc) Not sure what you would call them. tripple drop 2, double drop 3, ? I Will have to look at them again.
Totally - I think for me, the drop system stops at double drop 2/drop 3 because that's the widest you can go without displacing octaves. Meaning, there is never an interval wider than an octave between any two notes of the chord. Because you could easily play some notes up high and play an open E string, way below which is a totally valid sound, but it might not be worthwhile to categorize it as a drop voicing at that point. That's just me though!
@@zakkjones I agree the drop inversion systems for guitar stops there. From what I understand (for guitar) The best drop voicing systems are Drop 2, drop 3, drop 2 3, drop 2 4 and double drop 2 drop 3. There's other possibilities but they don't seem very useful or practical. Example drop 4, drop 3 4 What do you think about this?
Awesome lessons. Thanks. I noticed Noel Johnston in your feed so i had to sub. Thanks again
Amazing analysis. You are correct about 24 permutations of a 4-note chord. I once did an analysis of these and ended up with 4 voicings that I could not name, but they are what you are calling the Double Drop 2/Drop 3. In the example you gave for Cmaj7 (G-E-C-B) that voicing is what you would get if you took the third inversion of the closed voicing (B-C-E-G) and turned it upside down.
That's genius...just turn the closed position upside down and you actually get the widest spread possible voicing...thanks jeff!!!
I was working on spreading out chord types further with open strings. (Emin7, EMaj7, E7, Emin/maj7 etc) Not sure what you would call them. tripple drop 2, double drop 3, ? I Will have to look at them again.
Totally - I think for me, the drop system stops at double drop 2/drop 3 because that's the widest you can go without displacing octaves. Meaning, there is never an interval wider than an octave between any two notes of the chord. Because you could easily play some notes up high and play an open E string, way below which is a totally valid sound, but it might not be worthwhile to categorize it as a drop voicing at that point. That's just me though!
@@zakkjones I agree the drop inversion systems for guitar stops there.
From what I understand (for guitar)
The best drop voicing systems are
Drop 2, drop 3, drop 2 3, drop 2 4 and double drop 2 drop 3.
There's other possibilities but they don't seem very useful or practical.
Example drop 4, drop 3 4
What do you think about this?
No books about this topic, because you and John Stowell are the only ones playing these chords🙂
Actually there's 14 different spreads of 4 notes. All outlined in ted greenes V-system.
... and Allan Holdsworth :D
"PromoSM" 😝