position
(puh-ZIH-shun)


[Eng.]

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1. The placement of the left hand when performing on a stringed instrument.
2. The placement of the slide when playing a trombone. There are seven positions on a typical trombone.
3. The position of a chord; the common positions are:
• root position: (fundamental position) when the lowest voiced note of a chord is the tonic of the chord.
• first inversion: when the third of the chord is the lowest voiced note of the chord.
• second inversion: when the fifth of the chord is the lowest voiced note of the chord.

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