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Created page with "== Root of a chord == I don't know about this "melodic root" thing, surely it is not the same as a tonic. This page should just be about chord roots instead, which is what "root" refers to in music. ~~~~" |
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This page should just be about chord roots instead, which is what "root" refers to in music. | This page should just be about chord roots instead, which is what "root" refers to in music. | ||
– [[User:Sintel|Sintel🎏]] ([[User_talk:Sintel|talk]]) 09:58, 6 May 2025 (UTC) | – [[User:Sintel|Sintel🎏]] ([[User_talk:Sintel|talk]]) 09:58, 6 May 2025 (UTC) | ||
: 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) | |||
:: 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) | |||
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Root of a chord
I don't know about this "melodic root" thing, surely it is not the same as a tonic. This page should just be about chord roots instead, which is what "root" refers to in music. – Sintel🎏 (talk) 09:58, 6 May 2025 (UTC)
- 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. --Aura (talk) 13:30, 6 May 2025 (UTC)
- 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. --BudjarnLambeth (talk) 23:48, 6 May 2025 (UTC)