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Sometimes, minor chords are written as lowercase letters, but I avoid this; as this would make B{{f}} minor appear like b{{b}}, which in a monospace font (often used for tab ) is <tt>bb</tt>, which is confusing.
Notice tab shows the frets to hold to play each chord. Since chords are often played repetitively, tabbing out chords can be unnecessary and distracting. Also, tab doesn't indicate the preferred fingering to use. Instead, tab or sheet music will usually give '''chord charts''' for all of the '''chord shapes''' used in the song before the song starts. Chord shapes indicate not simply the notes or fingers used, but the pattern of notes across all the strings for a particular voicing, given a certain tuning. Eventually, we will see that chord shapes can be moved all over the fretboard. For the above example, you'd see:
|C Major Chord#Harmonic Theory: Tonality and the I Chord|Theory}}
Usually, the root note of the chord is also the lowest-pitched note, or '''bass note'''. This gives a strong harmonic foundation where the intervals created by the other notes can be clearly heard and felt. However, the third or fifth can also be the bass note. This is called an '''inversion'''. Inversions are numbered by the bass note's relation to the root note in the chord.
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