Submediant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Music The sixth tone of a diatonic scale. Also called superdominant.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The sixth note of a scale, shown as VI.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The sixth tone of the scale; the under mediant, or third below the keynote; the superdominant.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In music, the tone of a scale midway between the subdominant and the upper tonic; the sixth, as B in the scale of D. Also called superdominant.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic)
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    tone    musical note    note