Piano Chord Inversions: Root Position, 1st Inversion, 2nd Inversion Good morning, this is Duane and today I’d like to take a look at piano chord inversions. In fact, I’d like to take you to a page that you can bookmark … Continue reading →
Chord Inversions – Chords Upside Down Good morning. This is Duane. Today I’d like to talk about chords upside down – chord inversions. As you get better as a piano player, it’s really necessary to start playing chords upside down because … Continue reading →
Are you using chord inversions in your piano songs? Good morning, this is Duane and today I’d like to talk about the importance of learning chord inversions. Let’s take it right from the start, shall we? An inversion is simply … Continue reading →
Chord Inversions Make Changes Much Smoother Good morning this Duane Shinn. Today I’d like to talk about using chord inversions to smooth out chord progressions. The last few days we’ve been talking about the chord progressions of Canon in D. … Continue reading →
How To Play The Nearest Chord Inversions In a Chord Progression Good morning, this is Duane. Today I’d like to talk about moving to the closest inversions – the nearest chord inversions in a chord progression. We’ve learned all kinds … Continue reading →
Knowing piano chords can be the difference between playing the piano just by reading the notes in a piece of sheet music and being able to improvise your own arrangements of most any song. The mistake most people make is … Continue reading →
Inversion seems like a strange word to use for music, doesn’t it? Actually it’s a very common term and is related to how chords are written. Composers use inversion in a variety of ways but primarily to make music sound … Continue reading →
Any chord can be turned upside down simply by taking the bottom note of the chord and putting it on top – an octave higher. There are 3 positions of any 3-note chord (triad): root position, 1st inversion, and 2nd … Continue reading →
An inversion in music is a chord or interval which is “upside down.”
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