SUBMEDIANT
submediant
(noun) (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
submediant (plural submediants)
(music) The sixth note of a scale, shown as VI.
Synonyms
• superdominant
Source: Wiktionary
Sub*me"di*ant, n. (Mus.)
Definition: The sixth tone of the scale; the under mediant, or third below the keynote; the superdominant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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