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    music theory for musicians and normal people by toby w.

    rush

    Triads in Inversion
    ladies and gentlemen, it’s
    and he’s brought a
    movement from his 1767
    franz joseph haydn! sonata in g major.

    thank you for having me.


    in this piece I use quite a
    few triads.
    ooh! let’s
    haydn
    see ‘em!

    # 3 j œ œ œ œ œœg. œœit’sœœ aœjc œmajor œœ œœœœœœ œ. œ œ ..


    & 8 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œc, œeœ and œ
    here’s one: it has the notes

    œ .
    œtriad! very. nice.
    œ œ . œ.
    f .
    ? # 38 ‰ œ œ. œ œ. œ . œ see how œ . œ
    œ œ. œ. œ . œ
    œ spread
    œ are œ ‰ œand notœ just œ œ œ ..
    œ œ œ J œout, œ
    thank you. the notes

    J J stacked in thirds? it’sJ still


    J
    a triad, though.

    # . œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ́ œ œ œ œ œ́ œ œ j
    & .J œ œ œ œ œ œ́ œ œ œ œ œ œ́ œ œœœ œ.
    œ
    p
    j F f
    this one is g, b, and d...
    f . somehow. j œ .
    œ œ. œ the third
    œ. œ. ofœ. the
    a g major triad! but it sounds

    ? # .. ‰ œ
    different, œ œ œ œ œ œ œ because œ. œ
    œ œ ‰
    that’s
    œ œ œ œ œ we sayœ. the
    chord is œ chord
    in the œ is in first
    bass... œ inversion.
    when that happens,
    J J J J œ

    # œ œ œ œ œ œ . œœœœœœ œœœ
    œ
    .
    œ œ œ œ œ. œ.
    U
    .. n b b
    & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œœ J œ
    ƒ
    first inversion? what is it

    . . œchord .
    œ œ. œ. œ. . œ . n b
    called when the root is in the

    ?# œ œ
    œ we looked at? œ œ root œ. œ
    œposition. J
    the first
    œ ‰ œ
    bass, like
    œ œ . b
    that’s called

    œ œ œ J J œ œ J œ
    J

    Mœ Mœ #Mœ Mœ this one with


    œ d, f, and œ a n œœ œ œ
    b triad... œin œ #œ œ ‰
    so

    & b .. ‰ J ‰ ‰ J ‰ ‰ J ‰ ‰ J second
    ‰ ‰ # œ ‰ ‰ J ‰ ‰ J
    ..
    is a d minor
    J
    inversion!

    p F p
    nœ œ œ œ
    ? b b .. ‰ ‰ œ ? ‰ œ because
    ‰ œ œ ‰ œ œexactly! œ œ œ œ
    œthe ..
    & ‰ œ œ is in the‰ bass. œ œ
    œ œ
    fifth

    so the thing that makes a


    triad root position, first inversion
    that’s right!
    or second inversion is simply
    and each one
    which note is in the bass?
    has its own
    character.
    it’s hard to believe that the
    sound of the chord can change so
    much just because of the
    bass note. I know, right?
    it’s awesome. haydn

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