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How to pronounce submediant in English?

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Type of musical note, note, tone

Examples of submediant

submediant
The dominant and subdominant anon are more stable than the submediant and the supertonic.
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The most common practice, for both Beethoven and other composers, the mediant or submediant, rather than the dominant, is used for the second group.
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For example, if the Aeolian mode is used in its all-white-note pitch based on A, this would be an A-minor triad, which would be the submediant in the relative major key of C major.
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  • (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic)
  • The 6^th scale degree.