Can you double the third in a first inversion chord

Avoid doubling the third of major triads particularly when in first inversion. (The overtones of the third of the chord work against the other notes. The lower the first inversion bass note of the chord is, the worse it sounds.) ... Also the root is a good note to double.

1. Can you double the third in a chord?
2. What should be doubled in first inversion?
3. Can you double the bass in a first inversion chord?
4. What do you double in a 3rd inversion chord?

Can you double the third in a chord?

Answer: Certainly you can - though as a general principle it's better to double one of the other notes if the chord is major. Best choices for doubling in a major triad in order of desirability: root, 5th, 3rd.

What should be doubled in first inversion?

[2] As for first-inversion triads, Rimsky-Korsakov wrote that composers should “double the fundamental tone or the fifth, but not the third,”⁽⁵⁾ but Tchaikovsky noted that usually “the third appears doubled.”⁽⁶⁾ According to composer-theorist Walter Piston, “a tonal degree in the chord is chosen for doubling,”⁽⁷⁾ ...

Can you double the bass in a first inversion chord?

here's another way to think of it: the only time you can't double the bass is in first inversion major triads, where you should double the soprano instead. and first inversion triads is that diminished triads are always placed in first inversion.

What do you double in a 3rd inversion chord?

Secondary Chords: Double the third. First Inversion (Major): Double the root or fifth. First Inversion (minor): Double the third. Second Inversion: Double the fifth.