subdominant

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S0838100 (sŭb-dŏm′ə-nənt)n. Music The fourth tone of a diatonic scale, next below the dominant.adj.1. Zoology Less than dominant; ranking below one that is dominant: the subdominant male in a pride of lions.2. Ecology Prevalent in a community but below the dominant in importance. Used of a species.

subdominant

(sʌbˈdɒmɪnənt) musicn1. (Music, other) the fourth degree of a major or minor scale2. (Music, other) a key or chord based on thisadj (Music, other) of or relating to the subdominant

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n. 1. the fourth tone of an ascending diatonic scale. adj. 2. less than or not quite dominant. [1785–95]

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Noun

subdominant - (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scalemusical note, note, tone - a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

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[¦səb′däm·ə·nənt] (ecology) A species which may appear more abundant at particular times of the year than the true dominant in a climax; for example, in a savannah trees and shrubs are more conspicuous than the grasses, which are the true dominants.

Subdominant

in music, one of the three harmonic functions; also, the chord situated a fifth below the tonic and indicated by S. The basis of the subdominant chord is the fourth degree of a scale, which is itself called the subdominant. Chords based on the second and sixth degrees also have subdominant functions. The subdominant gravitates more to the tonic than does the dominant because it contains the tonic’s basic tone. The alternation of subdominants and dominants most clearly defines a scale’s gravitation. The tonality of a tonic’s subdominant is called the subdominant key.

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noun (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale

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