Brainlag MusicFour voices and three notes: which note to double in root position, first and second inversion and diminished chords, and the one note never to double.
Root position: double the root
In root position the safest choice is the root: it is the most stable note.
One note of the triad must appear twice. Doubling the root makes the chord sound full and settled.
The rest of this lesson and its 4 practice questions are in Brainlag Music Theory.
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