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You are going to play the root (R) as the bottom, middle and top note of a triad.
Have a look at the illustration, then copy the audio file. You see that there are two styles of numbering on the keyboard diagram. One sort (numbers 3 and 5) is aligned with the letter 'R' (the root of the chord). These numbers denote the chord tones - the third and the fifth. The other (single) number is a bold italic number, the style usually used in printed music for the fingering. Use the finger shown on the root (R) and find the other two chord tones.
Next, play the third (3) as the bottom, middle and top note of a triad. The key with the fingering number is the note you play first, every time. Follow the audio file.
Then play the fifth as the bottom, middle and then top note of three inversions. Use the fingering given and follow the audio file for guidance.
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Do the same with the second group of chords, focusing on the third.
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Do the same with the third group of chords, focusing on the fifth.
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To finish musically, repeat the first group of chords at the octave.
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That completes the exercise.
Build up your speed by slowing the performance files down until you can keep up (both Windows Media Player and the MidiPiano application offer this possibility), then gradually increasing the speed as you become more practiced.
Try stitching the four 'positions' (above) together and playing them continuously. Add a rhythmic, one-note (or octave) left hand to drive the exercise along, or, if you have an electronic keyboard, find a backing track on it you can use to keep you going. like this:
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Once you are sure of the notes, work on making sure you are using the 'official' fingering for the inversions - 1, 3, and 5 for the root position (circle symbol) and second inversion (square) chords, and 1, 2, 5 for the first inversion (triangle) chord.
(The 1, 2, 5 fingering for the first inversion chord keeps the back of the hand flat, while using 1, 3, 5 for this chord tips it over to the little finger side. That's why you should work hard on getting it right.)
Whenever you are learning a new chord from the Musicarta Keyboard Chord Generator, use this exercise and you will soon know your chord very well.
A pdf file of the written-out music for the complete exercise is available here, but playing without the music and concentrating on 'seeing the chords in the keyboard' will do you much more good in the long run!
This is the end of the Musicarta Keyboard Chords - Finding Inversions 3 module. Click back up to the Musicarta 'Chords Division' home page for more chord-practice inspiration.
Once you can find the inversions with confidence, you would naturally progress to playing broken chord patterns. Click through to the first Musicarta Keyboard Chords - Broken Chord Patterns page here, and start getting famiiiar with these 'ready-made riffs'.
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