https://en.xen.wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Talk%3ARoot 2026-07-31T07:51:06Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.xen.wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Root&diff=195565&oldid=prev 2025-05-06T23:48:21Z

<p>Reply</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:48, 6 May 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l6">Line 6:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 6:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: Agreed, the use of the term &quot;melodic root&quot; for the tonic is misleading.  A tonic is a tonic, while a chord root is a chord root. --[[User:Aura|Aura]] ([[User talk:Aura|talk]]) 13:30, 6 May 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: Agreed, the use of the term &quot;melodic root&quot; for the tonic is misleading.  A tonic is a tonic, while a chord root is a chord root. --[[User:Aura|Aura]] ([[User talk:Aura|talk]]) 13:30, 6 May 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:: I have seen other pages linking to this one which use "root" to mean "tonic" for a scale so that has to be mentioned on this page somewhere. --[[User:BudjarnLambeth|BudjarnLambeth]] ([[User talk:BudjarnLambeth|talk]]) 23:48, 6 May 2025 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

BudjarnLambeth https://en.xen.wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Root&diff=195481&oldid=prev 2025-05-06T13:30:44Z

<p><span class="autocomment">Root of a chord</span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:30, 6 May 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l4">Line 4:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 4:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This page should just be about chord roots instead, which is what &quot;root&quot; refers to in music.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This page should just be about chord roots instead, which is what &quot;root&quot; refers to in music.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>– [[User:Sintel|Sintel🎏]] ([[User_talk:Sintel|talk]]) 09:58, 6 May 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>– [[User:Sintel|Sintel🎏]] ([[User_talk:Sintel|talk]]) 09:58, 6 May 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: Agreed, the use of the term "melodic root" for the tonic is misleading.  A tonic is a tonic, while a chord root is a chord root. --[[User:Aura|Aura]] ([[User talk:Aura|talk]]) 13:30, 6 May 2025 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Aura https://en.xen.wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Root&diff=195476&oldid=prev 2025-05-06T09:58:55Z

<p>Created page with &quot;== Root of a chord == I don&#039;t know about this &quot;melodic root&quot; thing, surely it is not the same as a tonic. This page should just be about chord roots instead, which is what &quot;root&quot; refers to in music. ~~~~&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Root of a chord ==<br /> <br /> I don&#039;t know about this &quot;melodic root&quot; thing, surely it is not the same as a tonic. <br /> This page should just be about chord roots instead, which is what &quot;root&quot; refers to in music.<br /> – [[User:Sintel|Sintel🎏]] ([[User_talk:Sintel|talk]]) 09:58, 6 May 2025 (UTC)</div>

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