<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Ahhh! Makes sense to me. Thanks
for clarifying this. I always wondered that, too. But; why
do this, when the notes are just written in the score? Would a bassist
wonder why he/she is playing an E or G when it's a C chord? I've
always just played what's written. Am I missing something?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Best,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Paul</font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">"Tom Rhea, Jr." <rheapiano@cox.net></font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><joegarrett@earthlink.net>, <pianotech@ptg.org></font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">09/27/2011 02:04 PM</font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Re: [pianotech] theory question</font></table>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Hi Joe, et al,<br>
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The actual theory behind this convention is this:<br>
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Consider the CEG major chord and the note positions when being played.
All<br>
the notes are said to be in their root positions.<br>
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When a first inversion of the CEG chord is being played, the E and G are
in<br>
their root positions but the C has been moved up an octave and is now a
4th<br>
interval above the highest adjacent root note, the G. This position,
EGC,<br>
is said to be a C Major 4 or first inversion of the C Major chord.<br>
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In the second inversion of the CEG chord, the only note still in its root<br>
position is the G. The C and E are moved an octave above their root<br>
positions, such that the E is a 6th interval above the G (in its root<br>
position) and the C is a 4th interval from the G (in its root position),<br>
hence a C Major 6/4.<br>
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All of the chords are spelled from the bottom. However, the intervals
which<br>
comprise the inversions are labeled from the highest note still in its
root<br>
position to the one or two notes that have been moved up an octave from<br>
their root positions, either a 4th interval for a first inversion or a
6th<br>
and a 4th interval for a second inversion. The labeling of the inversion<br>
intervals is always from the highest interval first.<br>
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I hope this helps with understanding the theory question.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Tom<br>
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Ken said: "I concur with Tom. You count from the bottom up. A "6"
is the<br>
interval between the E and the C when in first inversion. In second<br>
inversion, G, C, E, there is a 4th between the G-C and an "6"
between the<br>
G-E."<br>
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Ken Gerler (I was a theory major in college)<br>
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Hmmm? if that were the case, then the later would be a 4/6 rather than
a<br>
6/4. Right?<G> Personally, I prefer the Jazz Musicians way of saying<br>
something like "the C chord with a G in the bass.<G><br>
That's my take on that.<br>
Joe<br>
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Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<br>
Captain of the Tool Police<br>
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