Sorry Teddie, my eyes are glazing over [Linked Image]

Make sure you mean the same thing I do when you say "root." The root may be the highest note in the chord, depending on the inversion. Now, if you're keeping the B note throughout the progresseion, that is not necessarily the root. I'll give you an example in C:

CEG CFA CDF#A CGBD CEG as a progression has the C note in the bass for each chord, but the chords are: Cmajor; FMajor; D7; Gmajor/D (Gmajor with an 11 in the bass); back to Cmajor.

The roots are: C F D G C, but they are not always in the bass.

Keeping a note in the bass constant, if my fuzzy memory is correct (I have a memory like one of those big grey things), is called a pedal point...named so because an organist would press on one pedal while playing several changes on the keyboard.

The root is the name note of the chord, the bass is the low note of the chord.

All the Best,
Mike

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[This message has been edited by Mike Dunbar (edited 06-14-2006).]

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