Triads And Inversions With Upside Down Snowman

This post is inspired by one reader who asked how I am using one of the teaching materials I created with the Upside Down Snowman. Mr. Snowman has become one of the favourite characters in my classes and I have been thinking what fun it would be to bring it to live!

In response to the email, I thought about a video demo but that quickly turned into an idea of a little animation that I hope will benefit students as well.

The upside down snowman illustrates the concept of changing around the notes of the triad to form inversions. I have used felt circles in different colours to demonstrate how Mr. Snowman flips to 1st and 2nd inversions which has worked well and now I am excited to include a little animation to go along after I tell the story of the upside down snowman.


I hope that these presentations will engage students and the upside down snowman will lead them in the discovery of the triads & inversions for the other keys.