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The \textit{bass} note of a chord is its lowest note. A chord's bass note is often its root, however this is not always the case. When the notes of a chord are such that its root is not the bass note, that chord is said to be \textit{inverted}. When the bass note of a chord is not the chord's root nor any of the pitches involved within the chord's quality, that chord is called a \textit{slash chord}. The name slash chord refers to its notation---a \textbf{D} minor chord with a root of \textbf{B} is notated as \texttt{Dm/B}. $Dm/B$.  The notation of a chord can be outlined with the following context-free grammar