I don’t know about you, but I feel like I am always correcting chord inversion fingerings! I go over it several times with students, write it in their notebooks, and they still miss when to use finger 2 or 3. I found that this large chart with color coordinated fingerings has helped tremendously. I hope it helps your students as well.
Download the Chord Inversion Fingerings Reference Sheet.
Update: Download a PDF of the Chord Inversion Fingerings w spacing as suggested in the comments below.
Check out other Reference Sheets
Lauren teaches piano to students of all ages. She enjoys creating resources for her students and teachers. She is the author of Ready for Theory®. For personalized help, check out the consultations page for teachers.
Hi, Lauren! I LOVE this visual! This just gave me a brainstorm and I’m wondering what it would look like if you used spacing to visually fit the look of the inversion such as
135 – 12 5 – 1 35 – 135 or do you think this would make it unnecessarily complicated? Just an idea. 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Great idea! I will email it to you. Glad we can share resources! Your spreadsheet is helping me a lot this year!
Thanks, I think some of my students would benefit from this visual!