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95.100Level 55 — extract the bass without octave confusion
Bass instruments have harmonics.
Sometimes you may hear upper partial and mistake octave/root.
Sing lowest perceived pitch.
Check piano octave carefully.
Functional root may remain same despite octave error, but physical arrangement matters.