useless trivia: What Word Means: Lies - Fabricates - Robs?

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- The lowest or fundamental note of a chord. In the chord C E G, C is the root and the chord is said to be in root position. If the notes are arranged E G C, C is still the root, but the chord would be described as being in first inversion .?

(Lat., 'wheel') - Occasionally this term is used for the round (e.g. of Sumer is Icumen In).?

- A short vocal perpetual canon in which voices enter in turn to sing a melody at the octave or at the same pitch (e.g. Row, row, row your boat).?

(It., 'robbed') - An indication to play notes with a controlled flexibility of time by getting slightly quicker or slower. Much used in l9th century music.?

- A fast, syncopated and suggestive Afro-Cuban dance in 2 / 4 time, divided into eight beats. Became popular in the ballroom and jazz in the 1930s.?