Diatonic and Chords Inversions

About This Course

This course helps you understand how chords are built and how they move naturally within a key. You’ll learn diatonic chords and chord inversions in a practical, keyboard-focused way, so you’re not just memorising shapes — you’re understanding why chords work and how to move between them smoothly.

Instead of jumping around the keyboard, you’ll learn how inversions create better voice-leading, smoother transitions, and stronger harmony. These skills form the foundation for confident accompaniment, worship playing, songwriting, and improvisation.

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to recognise diatonic chord relationships, choose the right inversion instinctively, and play progressions that sound connected and musical in any key.

Course Content

Introduction to Chord Inversions
Chord inversions represent a vital aspect of piano playing, offering musicians a way to enhance their harmonic vocabulary and create more expressive musical phrases. At its core, a chord inversion occurs when the notes of a chord are rearranged, resulting in different bass notes while preserving the same fundamental harmonic structure. This technique allows pianists to explore the nuances of sound and develop a more complex understanding of chord relationships within a given key.To better grasp the concept of chord inversions, it is essential to distinguish them from root position chords. A root position chord is defined by having the root note as the lowest pitch, providing a stable and fundamental sound. For example, in the F major chord, the notes F, A, and C are arranged with F as the bass note. However, when we use chord inversions, we may alter this arrangement. A first inversion of the F major chord positions A as the bass note, while a second inversion places C as the bass note. These inversions play a critical role in the way chords function within a musical progression.

  • C Chord Inversions
    06:14
  • Learn Chord Inversions in G Major
    10:15
  • Chord Inversions in the Key of Ab
    11:28
  • Chord Inversions in C Sharp
    10:26
  • Chord Inversions in E Major
    06:41
  • A Major Chord Inversions
    11:02
  • Chord Inversions in the key of F Sharp/Gb
    07:02
  • Bb Major Piano Chord Inversions
    09:48
  • B Major Scale Chord Inversions
    06:26
  • D Major Chord Inversions
    08:10
  • F Major Chord Inversions
    09:08

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