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Mediant

Mediant Meaning & Definition
Mediant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mediant?

[n] (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant

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See Also | musical note | note | tone

Mediant In Webster's Dictionary

\Me"di*ant\, n. [L. medians, p. p. of mediare to halve: cf. It. mediante, F. m['e]diante.] (Mus.) The third above the keynote; -- so called because it divides the interval between the tonic and dominant into two thirds.

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