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A root position triad on C with first and second inversions.
In music, the mirror image of a melody used in counterpoint; alternatively a chord in which the natural order of notes is rearranged.
In classical counterpoint, melodic inversion usually includes a degree of flexibility to avoid dissonance or unwanted harmonic implications; in strict twelve-tone music the inversion is exact.
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