- Subdominant by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
in music, one of the three harmonic functions; also, the chord situated a fifth below the tonic and indicated by S. The basis of the subdominant chord is the fourth degree of a scale, which is itself called the subdominant. Chords based on the second and sixth degrees also have subdominant functions. The ...
- cadence by Ariana Stevenson
In music, the ending of a phrase or composition. In singing the voice may be raised or lowered, or...
- Mediant by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
in music, the designation for chords that are a third above or below the tonic, that is, at the third (III) and sixth (VI) degrees of the major or minor scale.In its more restricted meaning, the mediant (or upper mediant) denotes the chord of the III degree (the chord of the VI degree in ...
- Mediant by Webster's
(n.) The third above the keynote; -- so called because it divides the interval between the tonic...
- Dominant by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... toward the tonic. The fifth degree of the scale is the basis of the dominant chord and is itself called the dominant. Chords built on the seventh and third degrees of the scale also fulfill the function of a dominant. The tendency of dominant chords toward the tonic is related to the presence of the leading tone in the chords. The resolution of the ...