Usually means: Chord with root as bass.
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  1. root position: Merriam-Webster
  2. root position: Collins English Dictionary
  3. root position: Wiktionary
  4. root position: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. root position: Dictionary.com
  6. Root position: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. root position: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (root position)

▸ noun:  (music) a position of a chord when the root is the lowest note

Similar:
home, ground bass, subchord, situs, base, vertex, base point, compass, nadir, ground level, more...

Opposite:
inversion, alternate position, second position

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Similar:
home, ground bass, subchord, situs, base, vertex, base point, compass, nadir, ground level, more...

Opposite:
inversion, alternate position, second position



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