<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Wim,<div><br></div><div>A "6" under the bass clef indicates that the note in the bass line is the third of the triad which also indicates that the triad built on that bass note is in "first inversion". I'm assuming that the 6 is over the 4 in your second question which indicates that the note in the bass line is the fifth of the triad which also indicates that the triad built on that bass note is in "second inversion". Any notes that have no numbers under them indicate that the triad is in root position. Other numbers under the bass line refer to various inversions of a seventh chord and/or suspensions and other non-chord tones.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope that helps!</div><div>will wickham</div><div>Working to make the world sound better one string at a time!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Sep 26, 2011, at 10:54 PM, <a href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="black" size="2" face="arial"> <div>For all you theory majors</div> <div> </div> <div>What does a 6 under the bass cleff mean?</div> <div>What does a 64 under the bass cleff meam?</div> <div> </div> <div>I used to know, but that was 45 years ago in college</div> <div> </div> <div>Wim <br> <br> </div> <div style="CLEAR: both"></div> </font></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>