<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>The correct way to write these inversions is:</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>I 5/3</span></div><div><span>I 6/3</span></div><div><span>I 6/4</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Any minor chords would be notated with an "i".</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>These can be very helpful for horizontial progressions.</span></div><div></div><div> </div><div><b><font color="#0000ff" size="4"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></font></b><b><font color="#0000ff" size="4"><u>TODD PIANO WORKS</u></font></b> <br><font color="#0000ff"><font size="3">Matthew Todd, Piano Technician</font> <br><font size="3">(979) 248-9578</font></font></div> <div><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><a href="http://www.toddpianoworks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.toddpianoworks.com</a></font></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Richard W. Bushey <rbushey4@embarqmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, September 27, 2011 12:51 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [pianotech] theory question<br></font><br><div id="yiv1322827199"> <style>  </style> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Tom,</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">I think you might have accidently misprinted the first inversion in your post.  You have it listed as ECG...shoud be EGC.</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">5/3 Chord: Root of C is:  C-E-G. (creates a 5th interval between C and G, and a 3rd between C and E.</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">6/3 Chord: denotes the 1st Inversion of C is:  E-G---C.  (creates a 6th interval between E and C, and a 3rd between E and G).</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">6/4 Chord: denotes the 2nd Inversion of C is:  G---C-E. (creates a 6th between G and E, and a 4th between G and C)</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">(I wrote the chords above with spaces to give example also of the finger general finger spacing (shape of the chords).</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Here's a quick little explaination of inversions: </font><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inversion_%28music%29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inversion_%28music%29</a></font></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>Richard W. Bushey<br>Richard's Piano Service<br><a href="http://www.RichardsPianoService.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.RichardsPianoService.com</a><br><a href="mailto:Rbushey@RichardsPianoService.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:Rbushey@RichardsPianoService.com">Rbushey@RichardsPianoService.com</a><br>573-765-9903</div> <blockquote style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid;" dir="ltr"> <div style="font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228); font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>From:</b> <a title="rheapiano@cox.net" href="mailto:rheapiano@cox.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:rheapiano@cox.net">Tom Rhea, Jr.</a> </div> <div style="font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a title="pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> </div> <div style="font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 26, 2011 10:41 PM</div> <div style="font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] theory question</div> <div><br></div> <div class="yiv1322827199Section1"> <div class="yiv1322827199MsoNormal"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The ‘6’ indicates a first inversion of the chord, e. a CEG major chord would be ECG as spelled from the bottom.  A ’64’ indicates a second inversion, i.e. a CEG chord would be spelled GCE as spelled from the bottom.</span></font></div> <div class="yiv1322827199MsoNormal"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">  </span></font></div> <div class="yiv1322827199MsoNormal"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Enjoy!</span></font></div> <div class="yiv1322827199MsoNormal"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Tom</span></font></div> <div class="yiv1322827199MsoNormal"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">  </span></font></div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;" class="yiv1322827199MsoNormal" align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> </span></font></div> <div class="yiv1322827199MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b><a href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</a><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, September 26, 2011 10:54 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [pianotech] theory question</span></font></div></div> <div class="yiv1322827199MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">  </span></font></div> <div> <div class="yiv1322827199MsoNormal"><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">For all you theory majors</span></font></div></div> <div> <div class="yiv1322827199MsoNormal"><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></div></div> <div> <div class="yiv1322827199MsoNormal"><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">What does a 6 under the bass cleff mean?</span></font></div></div> <div> <div class="yiv1322827199MsoNormal"><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">What does a 64 under the bass cleff meam?</span></font></div></div> <div> <div class="yiv1322827199MsoNormal"><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></div></div> <div> <div class="yiv1322827199MsoNormal"><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">I used to know, but that was 45 years ago in college</span></font></div></div> <div> <div class="yiv1322827199MsoNormal"><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></div></div> <div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt;" class="yiv1322827199MsoNormal"><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Wim </span></font></div></div></div></blockquote> <br><div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div>I am using the Free version of <a href="http://www.spamfighter.com/len" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SPAMfighter</a>.<br>SPAMfighter has removed 501 of my spam emails to date.<br><br>Do you have a <a href="http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">slow PC?</a> Try free scan! </div><br><br></div></div></div></body></html>