The bass type is used to indicate a bass note in popular music chord symbols, e.g. G/C. It is generally not used in functional harmony, as inversion is generally not used in pop chord symbols. As with root, it is divided into step and alter elements, similar to pitches.
<xs:complexType name="bass"><xs:annotation><xs:documentation>The bass type is used to indicate a bass note in popular music chord symbols, e.g. G/C. It is generally not used in functional harmony, as inversion is generally not used in pop chord symbols. As with root, it is divided into step and alter elements, similar to pitches.</xs:documentation></xs:annotation><xs:sequence><xs:element name="bass-step" type="bass-step"/><xs:element name="bass-alter" type="bass-alter" minOccurs="0"/></xs:sequence></xs:complexType>