Important Notice: Our web hosting provider recently started charging us for additional visits, which was unexpected. In response, we're seeking donations. Depending on the situation, we may explore different monetization options for our Community and Expert Contributors. It's crucial to provide more returns for their expertise and offer more Expert Validated Answers or AI Validated Answers. Learn more about our hosting issue here.

What does an inversion of a scale or arpeggio mean?

April 26, 2017arpeggio inversion mean scale

0

Posted

What does an inversion of a scale or arpeggio mean?

1 Answer

0

Posted

An inversion simply means that the scale or arpeggio is not started from the root, but from some other note in the collection. Thus, if you play a C Major scale, but start from the ‘D’, we call this ‘first’ inversion. If you start from the ‘E’, this is ‘second’ inversion, and so on.