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sixth chord

noun

, Music.
  1. an inversion of a triad in which the second note (next above the root) is in the bass.


sixth chord

noun

  1. (in classical harmony) the first inversion of the triad, in which the note next above the root appears in the bass See also added sixth
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Origin of sixth chord1

First recorded in 1870–75

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