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Chord Spelling & Inversions Drill

A worksheet on spelling the five chords every student needs, naming a chord from its notes, and giving the figures and position of triads and sevenths, with a stave-building section and a full answer key.

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What's inside

  • The five chords to know from the root — major, minor, diminished and augmented triads, and the dominant seventh — with their semitone recipe and behaviour
  • Inversions and their figures for triads and sevenths, from root position through third inversion, with the bass note, figure and position letter for each
  • Three steps for naming a chord you are looking at, and the trap of naming a chord after its lowest note rather than its root
  • 41 drill questions — spelling chords, naming a chord from its letters, giving figures, and building chords on a printed bass note
  • A full answer key with a marking guide and two habits worth the marks
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