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)

  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)