Submediant

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Submediant \Sub*me"di*ant\, n. (Mus.)
     The sixth tone of the scale; the under mediant, or third
     below the keynote; the superdominant.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Superdominant \Su`per*dom"i*nant\, n. (Mus.)
     The sixth tone of the scale; that next above the dominant; --
     called also {submediant}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  submediant
       n : (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the
           third below the tonic)