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CHORD INVERSION [1 record]

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Record 1 2018-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music
CONT

A chord inversion ... refers to how a chord is played, rather than to a type of chord itself. Specifically, it generally speaks to which note is highest in tone of the notes of the chord played.

OBS

A chord voicing is different from a chord inversion in that a note can be skipped or repeated in a chord voicing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique
CONT

Renversements. Renverser un accord consiste à intervertir l'ordre d'échelonnement de ses notes constitutives, chacune d'elles pouvant devenir à son tour la basse de l'accord. Tel un équilibriste qui, pour se présenter la tête en haut ou en bas, n'en est pas moins toujours la même personne, l'accord à l'état renversé garde son individualité.

Spanish

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