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When a chord sounds with a bass note that differs from the root of the
chord, it is said to be inverted. The number of inversions that a
chord can have is one fewer than the number of constituent notes. For
example, triads (which have three constituent notes) can have three
positions, two of which are inversions:
- Root position
- The root note is in the bass, and above that are the third and the fifth. A
triad built on the first scale degree, for example, is marked I.
- First inversion
- The third is in the bass, and above it are the fifth and the root. This
creates an interval of a sixth and a third above the bass note, and so is
marked in figured Roman notation as 6/3. This is commonly
abbreviated to I6 (or Ib) since the sixth is the
characteristic interval of the inversion, and so always implies
6/3.
- Second inversion
- The fifth is in the bass, and above it are the root and the third. This
creates an interval of a sixth and a fourth above the bass note, and so is
marked as I6/4 or Ic. Second inversion is the most
unstable chord position.
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