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Definition of Submediant
1. Noun. (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic).
Definition of Submediant
1. n. The sixth tone of the scale; the under mediant, or third below the keynote; the superdominant.
Definition of Submediant
1. Noun. (music) The sixth note of a scale, shown as VI. ¹
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Definition of Submediant
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Submediant
Literary usage of Submediant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harmony: A Course of Study by George Whitefield Chadwick (1922)
"This, like the super- tonic and submediant triads, is indicated by a small numeral,
... I III IV Like the submediant, its third is often doubled. ..."
2. Harmony, a Course of Study by George Whitefield Chadwick (1897)
"V7 I LESSON XL THE submediant TRIAD. The secondary triad next in importance is
that of the submediant, the parallel of the tonic. ..."
3. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"submediant " The Disappointment," foreshadowing the fate of American composers
for the next century and a half. William H. Fry, critic of the New York ..."
4. The Material Used in Musical Composition: A System of Harmony Designed by Percy Goetschius (1913)
"THE submediant TRIAD, VI. 116. Review par. 109. a. The best position is that of
the third. b. The octave-position is forbidden. c. ..."
5. Cumulative Harmony by William Johnston McCoy (1916)
"RULE V. Take the submediant for a new Dominant; major to minor, minor to major.
... As the signature of that key is one flat, the submediant would ..."
6. A key to Chadwick's Harmony by George Whitefield Chadwick (1902)
"The submediant Triad. 1. Figured bass given. m о С: I V7 vi IV I - V — 4- See
Example 79, page 36 in Harmony Course. 2. m vi IV u V7 ^ «TG: I V7 vi IV I vi ..."
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