The Chords V1.1 utility
tells me to play the A Major as E A C# and E. Or XX222O
and says that this fingering has
a second inversion.
Inversion: second
What is the numerical value of the
inversion referring to?
An inversion is a chord with the first note being another note from the chord that is not the root. ie The first inversion of C(notes: C E G) is E G C. So A's (A C# E) first inversion is C# E A and its second is as you said E A C#. Hope that makes since.
An inversion is a chord with the first note being another note from the chord that is not the root. ie
The first inversion of C(notes: C E G) is E G C.
So A's (A C# E) first inversion is C# E A and its second is as you said E A C#. Hope that makes since.
Thanks for the help!
Here is how I understood it:
Replacing the root of the triad with the 2nd of the triad is called the first inversion.
Replacing the root note of the triad with the 5th of the triad is called the 2nd inversion.
bTW
I don't mean that the root is really being replaced as the root.
Just the sequience of sounding the notes.
