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mediant

[ mee-dee-uhnt ]

noun

  1. the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.


mediant

/ ˈ³¾¾±Ë»åɪə²Ô³Ù /

noun

  1. music
    1. the third degree of a major or minor scale
    2. ( as modifier )

      a mediant chord

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mediant1

1720–30; < Italian mediante < Late Latin mediant- (stem of ³¾±ð»å¾±Äå²Ô²õ ), present participle of ³¾±ð»å¾±Äå°ù±ð to be in the middle. See medium, -ant
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mediant1

C18: from Italian mediante, from Late Latin ³¾±ð»å¾±Äå°ù±ð to be in the middle
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Putting, pound, potassium, pot, porter; initial p, mediant t—that was his idea, poor little boy!

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The exposition ends with some dreamy, pianissimo reminiscences of the closing theme in the mediant keys of F, D and B major, delicately scored for the wood-wind instruments and horns.

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“Ah, you are mediant, incorrigible,†said the lady, in broken English, laughing as she spoke.

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The Hindoos have also terms in their language for the tonic, mediant and dominant, so that they know something of harmony, of which the Malays seem quite ignorant.

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But a mediant view is found in Kulhwych, where it is said of him that he restrains the demons of hell lest they should destroy the people of this world.

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