The Benefits of Using Inverted Piano Chords Good morning. This is Duane, and today I’d like to talk about the benefit of using inverted piano chords: first, second, and third inversion chords. Most of us learned chords in root position … Continue reading →
Many people get all confused when chords are turned upside down. They recognize them when they are in root position, but when you stand them on their head…well, it gets kind of fuzzy for folks.
Continue reading →One note played alone is termed a “unison.” Two notes played simultaneously (or adjacent to one another) are termed an “interval.” Intervals are named by the distance between them, so there can be intervals of 2nds, 3rds, 4ths, 5th, etc. Chords are three or more notes (or pitch classes; strictly speaking, notes are the written form of pitches) played together.
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