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Definition of 'subdominant'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) subdominant
the fourth tone of an ascending diatonic scale.

2. (adj.) subdominant
less than or not quite dominant.

Etymology: (1785–95)

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1. (noun) subdominant
(music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) subdominant
the fourth tone above, or fifth below, the tonic; -- so called as being under the dominant

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