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Triads & their inversions
A triad is a chord of three notes stacked in thirds — a root, a third, and a fifth. Every chord you play begins here.
Plain prints every note in black, without the color coding.
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Build it in thirds
- C major triad in root position: C, E, G, then together0:08
Turn it over: the inversions
- First inversion: E–G–C0:08
- Second inversion: G–C–E0:08
- All three positions in a row: C–E–G, E–G–C, G–C–E0:09
Major or minor? It’s the third
- C major, then C minor: only the third moves0:14
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