Submediant Scale Degree
From “The Submediant: The 6th Scale Degree¨ in Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers
If you start on the root, but go down to the fifth, the half way point is the sixth - or submediant.
Recall, after all, that:
From “The Submediant: The 6th Scale Degree¨ in Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers
[…] mediant refers to a scale degree half-way between the root and the fifth.
So, for example, for the C Major scale, the sixth scale degree would be A:
music music_theory scale_degree scale_degrees C_major_scale major_scale musical_scale scales interval intervals root_key root_note root_pitch submediant
bibliography
- “The Submediant: The 6th Scale Degree.” In Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers: The Producer’s Guide to Harmony, Chord Progressions, and Song Structure in the MIDI Grid., 1st ed., 64. Minneapolis, MN: Slam Academy, 2018.