root position ExamplesWord Origin noun Music.
- the position of a triad in which the root is in the bass.
Origin of root position First recorded in 1890–95 Examples from the Web for root position Historical Examples of 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)