merlyn wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:03 pmIt's not completely wrong, just a less understandable way of doing it. So the first chord -- easy enough, C root position. The second chord is an open triad. Open triads sound good. Try this :D-Tuned wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 4:06 pm When I first read about inversions (first impressions last!), I understood the definition to mean that in a 1st inversion the 3rd moves to bottom (middle E moves to bottom), whereas your interpretation (maybe the correct one) says that the 1st moves to top (low C moves to the top). A low E is the end result in both cases unless I messed this up too.
Approaching inversions as taking the note from the bottom and putting it on the top produces closed voicings and the inversions in order. It's more logical.
You got me confused
In the notation below the first chord is the standard C triad.
The second one is my former way of a 1st inversion where I move the 3rd (E) to below the root 1. Chorderator shows the result as a C/E which in my signage would be a C¦3 both consistent with a 1st inversion.
The third one is your way, moving the root 1 to the top, again effectively yielding a 3rd (E) at the bottom and chorderator shows this one also as a C/E or a 1st inversion.
But the last one is not a C triad anymore, was that a typo? With a G instead of an A it would be exactly the same as mine.