First inversion
The first inversion of a chord is the voicing of a triad, seventh chord, or ninth chord with the third of the chord in the bass and the root a sixth above it.[1] In the first inversion of a C-major triad
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Root position, first inversion, and second inversion C major chords ![](../I/m/Loudspeaker.svg.png)
Play root position C major chord , ![](../I/m/Loudspeaker.svg.png)
Play first inversion C major chord , or ![](../I/m/Loudspeaker.svg.png)
Play second inversion C major chord . Chord roots (all the same) in red.
![](../I/m/Loudspeaker.svg.png)
![](../I/m/Loudspeaker.svg.png)
![](../I/m/Loudspeaker.svg.png)
See also
References
- ↑ Walter Piston, Harmony, fifth edition, revised and expanded by Mark DeVoto (New York: W. W. Norton, 1987): p. 66. ISBN 978-0-393-95480-7.
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