Very good explanation and a well produced video! When notating the polychords as you do here, how can you differentiate it from just normal inverted chords where the lower half is simply just a single bass note? (i.e. C/G being a C in 2nd inversion)
Great question! If you don't have the exact notes on the stave and are just using chord symbols, the easiest way to differentiate them is by notating the polychord more like a fraction. So if the chord symbols are side by side separated by a forward slash it's an inversion, BUT if they're on top of each other it's a polychord! Here's an image to clarify as well :) static1.squarespace.com/static/5cde80d43da6ea0001fc9cf4/t/676c7ed76334f7105865bace/1735163647154/Polychords%2FInversions Let me know if that's not clear!
Very good explanation and a well produced video!
When notating the polychords as you do here, how can you differentiate it from just normal inverted chords where the lower half is simply just a single bass note? (i.e. C/G being a C in 2nd inversion)
my thought exactly
Great question! If you don't have the exact notes on the stave and are just using chord symbols, the easiest way to differentiate them is by notating the polychord more like a fraction. So if the chord symbols are side by side separated by a forward slash it's an inversion, BUT if they're on top of each other it's a polychord! Here's an image to clarify as well :)
static1.squarespace.com/static/5cde80d43da6ea0001fc9cf4/t/676c7ed76334f7105865bace/1735163647154/Polychords%2FInversions
Let me know if that's not clear!