Learn to read music · How to read chords: triads, inversions and sevenths

Chord worksheet

Name each triad: its root (the note it is named after), major or minor, and root position, first inversion or second inversion. 16 chords, all from the guide; the answers print on a second page. Sheet 25.

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Then play it. A drill of the same chords: play each one on a MIDI keyboard or the keys on screen as soon as you read it, and every answer is timed and goes on your reading map.

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Answers: chord worksheet, sheet 25

A minor, root position
F major, root position
F major, first inversion
D minor, second inversion
G major, first inversion
F major, first inversion
E minor, first inversion
C major, root position
F major, second inversion
G major, first inversion
A minor, second inversion
C major, root position
D minor, root position
G major, root position
D minor, first inversion
E minor, root position

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Chord worksheet, sheet 25, from clefsight.com/learn/chords/worksheet?seed=25. Play these chords at a MIDI keyboard there and every answer is timed.