Learn About the Diminished Triad 1st Inversion Piano Chord

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"MIKE LAIS: Hi. I'm Mike Lais and on behalf of Expert Village, this is diminished chord voicings. The diminished triad in the 1st inversion is going to start out on the 3rd of the chord, just like all the other inversions where we're taking the chord and just flipping it upside down a little bit. So, the 1st version, we're going to start here. That the root position C diminished triad is going to be 1, flat 3, flat 5, just like that. So now, if we want to flip this, we're going to take the root. We want to put that on top. So, we're going to go flat 3, flat 5, and then the 1. It kinda sounds like it's got a little bit of a jump onto it, but that's just the way that one's going to sound with the 1 on top and the flat 3 on the bottom. And then you just going to make sure you have the flat 5 in order to make it diminished. If you have just a regular 5, it is going to just a minor triad inverted. So, you're going to make sure you get that F sharp in there, in this case. But anyway, that is going to be your C diminished chord, 1st inversion. You're going to go flat 3, flat 5, 1. That's the diminished chord, 1st inversion."