Learning chord inversions, good way/best way

[jontah]

Hi!

I'm REALLY struggling with the chord inversions. I don't know HOW I should get them into my head. I know about how to do them etc, it's just a matter of memorizing them so they come fluently. The problem I have is that I press the wrong notes when I try to do them in a progression, or have to stop and think "hmm there's the root the position, I move the root note down to there" for example.

What would you suggest? How should I practice this?

I'm also using the circle of fifths to do this, going from one chord to another using the shortest possible way. But.. it always comes to my mind that this isn't the right way to practice it, because it doesn't involve all of the inversions. What about if I started in second inversion instead of root position for the first chord? then the rest would be inversed aswell. This is making me so confused (don't get me wrong, I get and know all the theory etc about it, but I just cannot get my fingers to play it and my brain to memorize it). I'm looking for a good way to memorize and learn all those inversions.

I've tried to play them over the whole keyboard range aswell (I'm using a 76 hammer weight keyboard). I've tried to just jump from each chord in different octaves, sure I'm getting it at that point, since I've done it 2 times, the rest just comes naturally, but when I switch chord and then switch back to it later the same day, I've forgotten how to put that chord again. This is really driving me nuts.

My question is, HOW do I practice chord inversions in the best possible way? I want to learn them all and I want to become a pianist so bad, this is really holding me back. I'm stuck.

[starstruck5]

Why not make up your own exercises.  Write them out, as well as play them. You could write some interesting music doing this also -with practise it will become second nature to you.

Edit -

If you think about C for example -it is the root of C -E- G  what else? 1st INV 6/3 A minor -C -E-A

2nd INV 6/4 F Maj -C F A
 More if you include 7th chords obviously -but if you do this with each note -then you will soon build up confidence in placing inversions -