root position
noun Music.
the position of a triad in which the root is in the bass.
Words nearby root position
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Origin of root position
First recorded in 1890–95
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Examples from the Web for root position
The progression from vii6 to V in root-position or any inversion in the same measure, is good.
A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons|Friedrich J. Lehmann
British Dictionary definitions for root position
root position
noun
music the vertical distribution of the written notes of a chord in which the root of the chord is in the bassSee position (def. 12a), inversion (def. 5a)
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