Inversions in Context · Teacher pack
Identify a chord inversion after hearing its root position.
beginner · 10 questions · 90 quarter-note BPM · Pack 710041
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Teacher instructions
Play each numbered question from this page. Use the same replay policy for all learners. Keep the answer section separate until the first response is recorded. For tapping tasks, record an observation on paper; use the online trainer for device-timed scoring.
Start with the labeled lesson examples. Play each question at the printed tempo, record the first response, then allow a correction. Use the online trainer for a separate new-question check.
Student practice sheet
Name: __________________________ Date: __________________
Identify the target inversion in each new context. Separate the reference chord from the chord that receives your answer.
Question 1
The first chord is in root position. Which inversion of the same major chord comes second?
First answer: __________________________________________________Correction after review: ________________________________________Question 2
The first chord is in root position. Which inversion of the same major chord comes second?
First answer: __________________________________________________Correction after review: ________________________________________Question 3
The first chord is in root position. Which inversion of the same major chord comes second?
First answer: __________________________________________________Correction after review: ________________________________________Question 4
The first chord is in root position. Which inversion of the same major chord comes second?
First answer: __________________________________________________Correction after review: ________________________________________Question 5
The first chord is in root position. Which inversion of the same major chord comes second?
First answer: __________________________________________________Correction after review: ________________________________________Question 6
The first chord is in root position. Which inversion of the same major chord comes second?
First answer: __________________________________________________Correction after review: ________________________________________Question 7
The first chord is in root position. Which inversion of the same major chord comes second?
First answer: __________________________________________________Correction after review: ________________________________________Question 8
The first chord is in root position. Which inversion of the same major chord comes second?
First answer: __________________________________________________Correction after review: ________________________________________Question 9
The first chord is in root position. Which inversion of the same major chord comes second?
First answer: __________________________________________________Correction after review: ________________________________________Question 10
The first chord is in root position. Which inversion of the same major chord comes second?
First answer: __________________________________________________Correction after review: ________________________________________
After practice
One distinction I can explain: __________________________________
One skill to revisit: __________________________________________
Teacher answer key
Inversions in Context · Pack 710041 · 90 quarter-note BPM. These answers match the numbered student sheet.
Question 1
Root position
The first chord establishes C4 as the root of a major triad. The second chord has C4 in the bass: root position. Its pitch classes stay the same.
Sounding pitches: C4 · E4 · G4 · C4 · E4 · G4
Question 2
First inversion
The first chord establishes C4 as the root of a major triad. The second chord has E4 in the bass: first inversion. Its pitch classes stay the same.
Sounding pitches: C4 · E4 · G4 · E4 · G4 · C5
Question 3
Root position
The first chord establishes C4 as the root of a major triad. The second chord has C4 in the bass: root position. Its pitch classes stay the same.
Sounding pitches: C4 · E4 · G4 · C4 · E4 · G4
Question 4
First inversion
The first chord establishes D4 as the root of a major triad. The second chord has F#4 in the bass: first inversion. Its pitch classes stay the same.
Sounding pitches: D4 · F#4 · A4 · F#4 · A4 · D5
Question 5
First inversion
The first chord establishes D4 as the root of a major triad. The second chord has F#4 in the bass: first inversion. Its pitch classes stay the same.
Sounding pitches: D4 · F#4 · A4 · F#4 · A4 · D5
Question 6
First inversion
The first chord establishes C4 as the root of a major triad. The second chord has E4 in the bass: first inversion. Its pitch classes stay the same.
Sounding pitches: C4 · E4 · G4 · E4 · G4 · C5
Question 7
First inversion
The first chord establishes C#4 as the root of a major triad. The second chord has F4 in the bass: first inversion. Its pitch classes stay the same.
Sounding pitches: C#4 · F4 · G#4 · F4 · G#4 · C#5
Question 8
First inversion
The first chord establishes D#4 as the root of a major triad. The second chord has G4 in the bass: first inversion. Its pitch classes stay the same.
Sounding pitches: D#4 · G4 · A#4 · G4 · A#4 · D#5
Question 9
First inversion
The first chord establishes C#4 as the root of a major triad. The second chord has F4 in the bass: first inversion. Its pitch classes stay the same.
Sounding pitches: C#4 · F4 · G#4 · F4 · G#4 · C#5
Question 10
First inversion
The first chord establishes D4 as the root of a major triad. The second chord has F#4 in the bass: first inversion. Its pitch classes stay the same.
Sounding pitches: D4 · F#4 · A4 · F#4 · A4 · D5
Keep three observations separate
First independent responses: __________________________________
Corrections on the same questions: ____________________________
New-question check on a later set: _____________________________
Work from a freshly generated root and target voicing. Do not use the bass register of the previous chord as a shortcut.