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! Root Position Chord 1 !! Chord 1 Member Notes !! Chord 2 !! Chord 2 Member Notes !! Notes Movement !! Inversion of Chord 2!! Total movement in semitones
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| C || C E G CEG || Em || B E G BEG || C moves 1 half step to B || 2nd Inversion|| 1
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| C || C E G CEG || Am || C E A CEA || G moves 1 whole step to A || 1st Inversion|| 2
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| C || C E G CEG || F || C F A CFA || E moves 1 half step to F, G moves 1 whole step to A || 2nd Inversion|| 3
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| C || C E G CEG || G || B D G BDG || C moves 1 half step to B, E moves 1 whole step to D || 1st Inversion|| 3|} So we've got only 1 or 2 voices of the chord changing pitch at all, and they are only moving 1 or 2 semitones. Compare this to using root position: {|class="wikitable"|-! Root Position Chord 1 !! Chord 1 Member Notes !! Chord 2 !! Chord 2 Member Notes !! Notes Movement !! Total movement in semitones|-| C || CEG || Em || EGB || C and G move up 4 semitones, E moves up 3 || 11|-| C || CEG || Am || ACE || C and G move down 3 semitones, E moves down 4 semitones || 10|-| C || CEG || F || FAC || All notes move up 5 semitones || 15|-| C || CEG || G || GBD || All notes move down 5 semitones || 15
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