root position









root position


root position ExamplesWord Origin noun Music.

  1. 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

    1. 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)
    52 queries 0.509