[Harp-L] re: more on inversions

[rainbowjimmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Winslow is correct. With triads there is no 3rd inversion. Here's a good website
that explains inversions and chord voicings.

http://www.gregjonesmusic.com/chords.htm

Usually piano players use voicing because they rarely play every note of the
chord.In other words C,G,G,C is not 2nd inversion, it is a voicing, because
it's missing the E note.

So how does this affect harp players? If everyone in the band is being good and
staying away from the 3rd, you can switch back and forth from minor 3rd to maj
3, heck even to augmented 3rd if you want, giving you all sorts of cool note
choices.Leaving the 5th note out of a chord gives you an interesting ambiguous
sound, the key center is vague. When I solo I like either really big chords so
I can hit a whole lot of notes and still hit a note in the chord, or have
really small two note voicings, so almost anything I play will harmonize with
those two notes.

Thanks for the clarifications.

Rainbow Jimmy
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