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A major chord consists of three notes stacked upon one another, starting from its root note and progressing upward by four half steps – known as an interval or major third.
Root position
As one of the cornerstones of music, major chords will likely be among the first chord types you encounter. Commonly referred to as triads, major chords consist of three notes: root note, major third and perfect fifth.
Root notes of chords define their identities, as for instance the C major chord can be identified with its lowest note found at the center of its white keys on a piano. From there, all other notes stack in thirds to form this chord.
It is crucial to recognize the difference between inversions and root positions; each serves different functions in music. A C major chord, for instance, may become E – G – C (3 + 5), giving rise to its first inversion. An inversion may add movement or subtlety while staying within its chord’s root position’s soundscape.
1st inversion
Chord inversions are an invaluable tool to add some melody and interest to your chord progressions while simultaneously minimizing hand movements required when transitioning from one chord to the next.
This process involves shifting the bottom note of a chord up an octave or more, leaving all other notes unchanged while its bass note moves up one or more octaves; for example, inversion 1 would involve shifting its bottom note E to G as its new bass note; this can be represented using chord symbols by adding a slash symbol in its place.
Learn different inversions of triads to add variety to each chord and keep playing from getting boring or tiring, while simultaneously increasing finger strength and accuracy in your left hand. These inversions serve as excellent finger exercises too!
2nd inversion
Chord inversions make switching chords much easier, since you are reducing the amount of movement necessary across the keyboard with each chord change.
As an example, when switching from C major to F major using 2nd inversion you require less finger movement than when transitioning directly between these chords. The same holds true for other inversions like 1st and 3rd inversion.
To create the 2nd inversion of a chord, take the lowest note from its root position triad and move it higher up the chord tree (in C major this would mean moving C up into its final position on G, C, E). This notation for second inversions (slash and bass note following chord name) is used for all chord inversions beyond root position and first inversion of any given chord.
3rd inversion
Chord inversions are an indispensable technique, as they allow us to quickly alter the emotion a chord evokes depending on its voiced state. Furthermore, using inversions reduces hand movements needed when playing chord progressions such as I-vi-IV-V progressions which would normally require multiple hand movements when played from root position; with inversions this becomes easier to play through reduced hand movements which makes progressions simpler to play overall.
Chord inversions can be written on sheet music just like regular chords and are indicated with slash notation (for instance C/G). They’re sometimes also referred to as suspended fourth inversions or simply S4. When chords contain more than three notes they may feature an inversion for all its notes except its root; this includes seventh chords wherein its inversion and bass note determine how it’s played; when its seventh note falls in the bass it becomes a third inversion chord.