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Submediant
Submediant Sub*me"di*ant, n. (Mus.) The sixth tone of the scale; the under mediant, or third below the keynote; the superdominant.
submediant
Superdominant Su`per*dom"i*nant, n. (Mus.) The sixth tone of the scale; that next above the dominant; -- called also submediant.

Meaning of Mediant from wikipedia

- In music, the mediant (Latin: "being in the middle") is the third scale degree () of a diatonic scale, being the note halfway between the tonic and the...
- See media help. In music, chromatic mediants are "altered mediant and submediant chords." A chromatic mediant relationship defined conservatively is...
- In mathematics, the mediant of two fractions, generally made up of four positive integers a c {\displaystyle {\frac {a}{c}}\quad } and b d {\displaystyle...
- submediant is the sixth degree () of a diatonic scale. The submediant ("lower mediant") is named thus because it is halfway between the tonic and the subdominant...
- third, sixth, and seventh emphasized through modal frames such as the mediant-octave mode, which uses the third as a floor and ceiling note, its less...
- every mode is distinguished by scale degrees called the mediant and the parti****nt. The mediant is named from its position—in the authentic modes—between...
- III, IV ...); by the English name for their function: tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, subtonic or leading note (leading tone...
- parallel mediant E♭ minor. Similarly, the opening movement of Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 in E minor has its second subject group start in the minor mediant G minor...
- late-Romantic cadences. — Gjerdingen Borrowed chord Chord substitution Chromatic mediant Closely related key Enharmonic Harmonic parallelism List of major/minor...
- degree chords of F minor are: Tonic – F minor Supertonic – G diminished Mediant – A-flat major Subdominant – B-flat minor Dominant – C minor Submediant...