and dominant 7th (eg E7). Let's look at the options when creating these 7th chords from a C root note. For Cmaj7 the notes would be - C (root), E (3rd), G (5th) and B (7th). For Cm7 the notes are ...

Move the 5th to the bottom (D/A, for example) and we have a second inversion. If we were to take a dominant 7th chord and move the 7th to the bottom (D/C, for example), we’d have a third inversion.

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. In music, an interval is the distance between two notes. In the example below, count up from and including the ...