Hey guys, welcome to another lesson. Today, I am going to talk to you about how to make chords sound more emotional and dark by playing them on the lower end of the guitar.

I learned these types of chords a long time ago when I was playing with a singer. She didn’t want me to play chords that sounded too “tiny” and high pitched. It made total sense. It can be confusing for a singer to sing over chords that have the same voicing range as the singing part.

I had to find a way to lower the chord range so that my chord voicing wouldn’t clash with the singing part. I stumbled upon the inverted triads that I am about to show you in this video, and I have been using them since then.

In this video, I am going to break down each triad so that you can learn the chord shape but also which notes I am playing.

For some of the chords, the root note isn’t necessarily played on the bass. Some of the chords are played with the 3rd or 5th on the bass.

Take things step-by-step and learn one chord at a time.

Good luck!