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SUBDOMINANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subdominant mean? 

SUBDOMINANT (noun)
  The noun SUBDOMINANT has 1 sense:

1. (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scaleplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SUBDOMINANT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("subdominant" 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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