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mediant
[ mee-dee-uhnt ]
noun
- the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
mediant
/ ˈmiːdɪənt /
noun
- music
- the third degree of a major or minor scale
- ( as modifier )
a mediant chord
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mediant1
C18: from Italian mediante, from Late Latin mediāre to be in the middle
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Example Sentences
Then in the B flat sonata (Op. 106) the second subject occurs in the sub-mediant (G).
From Project Gutenberg
Sound contains three sounds: That of the tonic, the dominant, and the mediant.
From Project Gutenberg
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