Definition of submediant in English:
submediant
noun sʌbˈmiːdɪəntsəbˈmidiənt
Music The sixth note of the diatonic scale of any key.
Example sentencesExamples
- The Mass in C has a tonal plan based on mediant and submediant.
- First inversion of the submediant triad occurs primarily as a tonic chord with resolved or unresolved appoggiatura.
- It does not resolve to the deceptive motion at the submediant sonority until the final eighth note in the alto voice, and then only very briefly in a highly syncopated rhythmic environment.
- Examining the implications of submediant superimpositions as two keys helps illuminate structures in these pieces that are hidden when viewed through a single tonality.
- Chromatic and borrowed harmonies in progressions are introduced, such as chords of the Neapolitan sixth, augmented sixth, and altered dominants, mediants and submediants.
Definition of submediant in US English:
submediant
nounsəbˈmidiəntsəbˈmēdēənt
Music The sixth note of the diatonic scale of any key.
Example sentencesExamples
- The Mass in C has a tonal plan based on mediant and submediant.
- It does not resolve to the deceptive motion at the submediant sonority until the final eighth note in the alto voice, and then only very briefly in a highly syncopated rhythmic environment.
- Examining the implications of submediant superimpositions as two keys helps illuminate structures in these pieces that are hidden when viewed through a single tonality.
- Chromatic and borrowed harmonies in progressions are introduced, such as chords of the Neapolitan sixth, augmented sixth, and altered dominants, mediants and submediants.
- First inversion of the submediant triad occurs primarily as a tonic chord with resolved or unresolved appoggiatura.