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Inverting 7th chords

Inverting 7th chords

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Inverting 7th chords

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- Now, I'm sure you're starting to get the hang of this. Just like we did with intervals and with triads, we can also invert seventh chords. Because we have four notes, we can voice the seventh chords four different ways. If we play our seventh chord with the root as the lowest voice in the chord, is in root position. I'll be using the fingerings found on page 41 of the book. (guitar chord) If we put the third in the bass, it's in first inversion. (guitar chord) if the fifth is in the bass, it's in second inversion. (guitar chord) And if the seventh is in the bass, it's in third inversion. (guitar chord) Just like with triads, we use slash chord notation to indicate these inversions. So in root position, this chord is just written as D major seven. In first inversion, we would write this as D major seven slash F sharp, because F sharp is the third of the chord. In second inversion, it would be written as D major…

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