root position


nounMusic.
  1. the position of a triad in which the root is in the bass.

Origin of root position

1
First recorded in 1890–95

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root position

noun
  1. music the vertical distribution of the written notes of a chord in which the root of the chord is in the bass: See position (def. 12a), inversion (def. 5a)

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