mediant

Noun

Meaning

The third above the keynote; -- so called because it divides the interval between the tonic and dominant into two thirds.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

octave major minor dominant tonic keynote key tonality key signature subdominant leading tone submediant superdominant major third scale degree

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Antonyms

unremarkable uneventful

Hypernyms

note tone musical note

Phrases with the word

tonicized mediant

Anagrams

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Examples

After the reciting tone, every mode is distinguished by scale degrees called "mediant" and "participant". Source: Internet

The introduction also uses the mediant to tonic relationship, which further distorts the tonic key until, finally, the bassoon plays in its lowest possible register. Source: Internet

The mediant is named from its position between the final and reciting tone. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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