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Offline dwest2419

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How to play a minor triad and its inversions
« on: February 28, 2013, 12:39:43 PM »
Hello guys back with another thread. I understand I am not a piano player but I do have a piano chart. And I was wondering how piano players play their minor triads. As I was looking at this chart that I have for instance lets take a look at an A minor triad - notes: A C E. My question is would you all piano players play the A minor triad like this:

A / A C E

Would you all agree me that it is actually played like this? Now to the first inversion

Would you guys play the first inversion of an A minor triad like this

A / C E A

Do you guys play it with that bass note or with a different bass note such as:

C / C E A

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Re: How to play a minor triad and its inversions
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2013, 01:32:37 PM »
I use all inversions of chords with all different bass notes. The inversion that I choose to play depends on where I am in the song and what sound I want to achieve.
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Re: How to play a minor triad and its inversions
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2013, 03:04:54 PM »
Yeah, the cool thing about multi-voice instruments is that we have several options to play the same chord, including inversions and compound chords (inversion-based and non-inversion).
What we play at any given time, unless it's specifically written using particular notes, is totally up to us and the context of the song.
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