What’s on the Chord Inversions poster
A 4-row table: Position · Bass note · C major.
A triad has three positions: root, first and second inversion.
- Root position — Root — C E G
- 1st inversion — 3rd — E G C
- 2nd inversion — 5th — G C E
- 3rd inversion (7ths) — 7th — B♭ C E G
Slash chords name the bass directly: C/E is C major with E in the bass — first inversion.
Questions about the Chord Inversions poster
- What’s on the Chord Inversions poster?
- A 4-row table: Position · Bass note · C major. A triad has three positions: root, first and second inversion. Root position — Root — C E G; 1st inversion — 3rd — E G C; 2nd inversion — 5th — G C E; 3rd inversion (7ths) — 7th — B♭ C E G. Slash chords name the bass directly: C/E is C major with E in the bass — first inversion.
- Who is the Chord Inversions poster for?
- Chord Inversions belongs to the Music section rather than to a school year, because music is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning theory can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Chord Inversions poster?
- Invert chords to keep the bass smooth. Big bass leaps are almost always an inversion you did not take. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Chord Inversions belongs on the wall where that music work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Chord Inversions?
- Borrowed Chords, Cadences and Building Chords sit alongside Chord Inversions in the Music section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Borrowed ChordsCadencesBuilding Chords
- Is the Chord Inversions poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Chord Inversions downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Music section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Chord Inversions poster print at?
- Chord Inversions is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Chord Inversions loses nothing.Printing guide
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