Bass note

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inverted triads.
A♭/A (alternately notated as A Major♭/A bass) notated in regular notation (on top) and tabulature (below)Playⓘ.

In

voices it is the note played or notated in the lowest voice (the note furthest in the bass
.)

Three situations are possible:

  1. The bass note is the root or fundamental of the chord. The chord is in root position.
  2. One of the other pitches of the chord is in the bass. This makes it an
    inverted chord
  3. The bass note is not one of the notes in the chord. Such a bass note is an additional note, coloring the chord above it. The name of such a chord is also notated as a slash chord.
Examples with bass note in red: C major chord in root position close position (C), open position (C), first inversion (E), second inversion (G), and cluster on C (C). Playⓘ

In pre-

nonharmonic bass.[citation needed
]

Root notes and bass notes in an 18th century Chorale (bass notes are red, roots are blue, and bass notes which are also roots are purple) Playⓘ

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