A Summary of Part Writing Guidelines for S.A.T.B.
following the Royal Conservatory of Music Syllabus
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Part IIInversions of V7
The V7 chord is frequently found in all its four positions. V7 typically moves to a I chord (or substitute). First, the arabic numerals identifying (all) seventh chord inversions should be memorized. Both the full and abbreviated forms are used.
Root | Ist Inv. | 2nd Inv. | 3rd Inv.
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7 6 6 6
Full 5 5 4 4
3 3 3 2
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7 6 4 4
Abbr. 5 3 2
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In C+:
F G B D
D F G B
B D F G
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Bass: G B D F
7 6 4 4
C+: V 5 3 2
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