Open Inverted Chords on a Keyboard for a Church Band

Video Transcript

"TOM SMITH: Hi. My name is Tom, this is for ExpertVillage.com. We're talking about how to play keyboards in a worship band at a church. Different approaches to playing the choruses. We've talked about block chords, arpeggios, open inverted like 3 and 5 is another thing that I use that fits nicely for particular songs. When I say open inverted 3rd and 5th--let's see. Okay, for example, if I look at a G chord, I might play a B and a G on top, and then a G in the bass or nothing on the bass for that matter. So that's what I mean by like by like an inverted 3rd or 5th. And then what you can do is as you're moving from chord to chord, I'm moving in the same distance between those two notes. I'm just taking that inversion and playing it up and down the keyboards as I transition from note to note. So, for instance, if I look at the song enough, it goes from G to a C, so maybe I go. Then it goes to a D, so. And then back into a C, and I'm just holding that same relative position between those two notes, and then going up and down. So this open inverted 3rd or 5th is another approach to playing choruses in a band."