Music Fundamentals A Balanced Approach

• Infirst inversion,the third of the triad is the bass note (bass = bottom).


• Insecond inversion,the fifth is the bass note.

Exercise 1

Draw the root position and inversions for the following triads. Label the inversion below each triad. Your
instructor may also ask you to provide chord symbols, which are used predominantly in popular songs.

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third

root

fifth

FM second inversion Intervals: fourth third sixth

fifth root third

Chord Symbol: F/C

(FM with C in the bass)

C F A

third

root

fifth

EM: Root first second Em

Chord

Symbol: EM E/G# E/B

Example 1.

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root

fifth

third

FM first inversion Intervals: third fourth sixth

third fifth root

Chord Symbol: F/A

(FM with A in the bass)

A C F

root

fifth

third

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