Root position

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The root position of a chord is the voicing of a triad, seventh chord, or ninth chord in which the root of the chord is the bass note and the other chord factors are above it. In the root position, of a C major triad, the bass is C—the root of the triad—with the third and the fifth stacked above it, forming the intervals of a third and a fifth above the root of C, respectively. : { \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \override Score.SpacingSpanner.strict-note-spacing = ##t \set Score.proportionalNotationDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1/4) \time 4/4 \relative c' { \once \override NoteHead.color = #blue 1^\markup { \column { "Root" "position" } } 1^\markup { \column { "First" "inversion" } } 1^\markup { \column { "Second" "inversion" } } } } In the root position of G dominant seventh chord, the bass note is G, the root of the seventh chord. : { \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \override Score.SpacingSpanner.strict-note-spacing = ##t \set Score.proportionalNotationDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1/4) \time 4/4 \relative c' { \once \override NoteHead.color = #blue 1^\markup { \column { "Root" "position" } } 1^\markup { \column { "First" "inversion" } } 1^\markup { \column { "Second" "inversion" } } 1^\markup { \column { "Third" "inversion" } } } } In figured bass, a root-position triad has no symbol, while a root-position seventh chord is notated with a "7".…

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