Assertion: chord | /r/AtLocation | root position
Facets:
value: in an inversion
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In the harmony of Western art music, a chord is in root position when the tonic note is the lowest in the chord (the bass note), and the other notes are above it.
text: However, if the lowest note (i.e. the bass note) is not the root of the chord, then the chord is said to be in an inversion: it is in root position if the lowest note is the root of the chord, it is in first inversion if the lowest note is its third, and it is in second inversion if the lowest note is its fifth.
text: A chord is in root position if its root is the lowest note.
text: Regardless of whether a chord is in root position or in an inversion, the root remains the same in all three cases.
text: 5 chords nevertheless are in root position – this is the case particularly in Riemannian theory.