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Element: bass [group harmony-chord]

Description

The bass type is used to indicate a bass note in popular music chord symbols, e.g. G/C. It is generally not used in functional harmony, as inversion is generally not used in pop chord symbols. As with root, it is divided into step and alter elements, similar to pitches.

Derived By

Type bass

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component  Type  Occurs  Default  Description 
  1..1 
bass-step  bass-step  1..1 

The bass-step type represents the pitch step of the bass of the current chord within the harmony element.

bass-alter  bass-alter  0..1 

The bass-alter type represents the chromatic alteration of the bass of the current chord within the harmony element. In some chord styles, the text for the bass-step element may include bass-alter information. In that case, the print-object attribute of the bass-alter element can be set to no.

Referenced By
Example

      <harmony default-y="28">
        <root>
          <root-step>C</root-step>
        </root>
        <kind halign="center" text="">major</kind>
        <bass>
          <bass-step>G</bass-step>
        </bass>

      </harmony>

 

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