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root position

noun

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


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 inversion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of root position1

First recorded in 1890–95

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