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| | Chord (music) |
 | | Chords are also distinguished and notated by the scale degree, pitch, or note of their root and bass, although there are many different conventions for indicating the quality of the chord, and the inversion of the chord (determined by which note of the chord serves as the bass note); see Inverted Triads below). |
 | | Each note has a function within the chord: the note the chord is built on is called the root of the chord, the second note (a third above the root) is called the third of the chord, and the third note (a third above the second note) is called the fifth of the chord. |
 | | A minor chord, such as the triad on D, has a smaller interval from root to third called a minor third, and the chord is D minor. |
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