MUSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Figured Bass
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Review from quiz 2: know key signatures, and be careful about parallel motion. The lowest note determines what inversion a chord is in. Finding the inversion when the bass note is not the root. Check the notes in the upper parts to determine what the chord is. The opposite of a 3rd is a 6th, so flipping a 6th creates a third. The root of a achord is always the same. The root of a c chord is always c. the bass note is what can change. The root and bass are not the same thing. The first inversion is weaker sounding than root position, and the second inversion is the weakest sounding. The bass note is what tells if the chord is in root positon, first inversion, or second inversion. (using c triad, c-e-g, as example) C, the root is the bass- root position. E, the third is the bass- first inversion.
