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SUBMEDIANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does submediant mean? 

SUBMEDIANT (noun)
  The noun SUBMEDIANT has 1 sense:

1. (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic)play

  Familiarity information: SUBMEDIANT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SUBMEDIANT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("submediant" is a kind of...):

musical note; note; tone (a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound)

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)


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