Q: how am i supposed to know what inversion of a chord to play when i'm figuring out the chords by ear, i can get the notes/chord name down but i feel like it kind of goes all over the place and i can't figure out which one is correct or sounds better
A: i'm confused ... are you trying to figure out what someone else did, or what you're going to do? if you're deciding what you're going to do then you get to decide which you like better. if you're trying to figure out what someone else did then keep unpausing and pausing that damn tape until you find all the notes you hear. and if the octaves blend and you can't tell, then that means it wouldn't matter