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symphony | 19:31 Wed 26th Apr 2006 | Music
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How does one determine the root note of a chord?

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presuming you mean for guitar, the root note to a chord is through the base note.
20:20 Wed 26th Apr 2006
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By 'base', sheffwed means 'bass', ie the lowest note, so for any E chord, for example, the lowest note is the open E string. I'm assuming it's similar for other instruments.
01:58 Thu 27th Apr 2006
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lol thanx robbo. i meant bass. had a blonde moment
18:08 Thu 27th Apr 2006
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Thanks guys, I appreciate it
00:57 Fri 28th Apr 2006

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