Part II

ii7Inversions

ii7-inverions

Inversions of ii7 will move to some version of V. There are many possibile combinations. The strongest are where the bass can move by step to V, and the active tone, the seventh of the chord, can resolve downwards. 


       C - B (a)        D - D (ct)
       F - F (ct)       C - B (a)
       D - D (ct)       A - F (sk)
-----  ------          ------
Bass:  D - G            F - G
       7   7            6    7
C+:  ii - V           ii5 - V


       F - F (ct)       A - G  (s)
       D - D (ct)       F - F  (ct)
       C - B (a)        D - D  (ct)
-----  ------          ------
Bass:  A - G            C - B  (a)
       4   7            4    6
C+:  ii3- V           ii2 - V5