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 Play , the bass is E—the third of the triad—with the fifth and the root stacked above it (the root now shifted an octave higher), forming the intervals of a third and a sixth above the inverted bass of E, respectively.
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Root position, first inversion, and second inversion C major chords
Play root position C major chord ,
Play first inversion C major chord , or
Play second inversion C major chord . Chord roots (all the same) in red.
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F major chord
![First inversion F major chord: A,C,F.](../I/m/Major_triad_on_F_in_first_inversion.png)
First inversion.
![Second inversion F major chord: C,F,A.](../I/m/Major_triad_on_F_in_second_inversion.png)
Second inversion.
![Third inversion F major chord: E-flat,F,A,C.](../I/m/Dominant_seventh_on_F_in_third_inversion.png)
Third inversion F7 chord
Play .
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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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