First inversion
The first
In the first inversion of G-dominant seventh chord, the bass note is B, the third of the seventh chord.
In figured bass, a first-inversion triad is a 6 chord (not to be confused with an added sixth chord), while a first-inversion seventh chord is a 6
5 chord.
According to The American History and Encyclopedia of Music:
Inversions are not restricted to the same number of tones as the original chord, nor to any fixed order of tones except with regard to the interval between the root, or its octave, and the bass note, hence, great variety results.[2]
Note that any voicing above the bass is allowed. A first inversion chord must have the third
See also
- Figured bass
- Inversion (music)
- Root position
- Second inversion
- Third inversion
- Fourth inversion
References
- ISBN 978-0-393-95480-7.
- ^ Hubbard, William Lines (1908). The American History and Encyclopedia of Music, Vol. 10: Musical Dictionary, p.103. Irving Squire: London. [ISBN unspecified]. Also at the HathiTrust Digital Library