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submediant
[ suhb-mee-dee-uhnt ]
noun
Music.
- the sixth tone of a diatonic scale, being midway between the subdominant and the upper tonic.
submediant
/ ʌˈːɪəԳ /
noun
- the sixth degree of a major or minor scale
- a key or chord based on this
adjective
- of or relating to the submediant
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of submediant1
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The cream is made in three color tones—the vanilla being the subdominant, as the chord is of subdominant character; the strawberry being the submediant, and the restful green the lowered supertonic or altered tone.”
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In the opening Allegro the second subject occurs, by way of exception, in the major key of the submediant.
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To be sure, Beethoven did invent the change to a lowered submediant in a succeeding movement.
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A bright, though formal Scherzo, with a well-contrasted Trio in the key of the submediant, is followed by a melodious Andante and a graceful, showy Allegretto.
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