noun
- the third degree of a musical scale
Usage: music theory
Examples
- In the key of C major, the mediant is E.
- The composer emphasized the mediant chord in the progression.
- Students learn to identify the tonic, dominant, and mediant in basic harmony.
- The mediant creates a bridge between the tonic and dominant.
- She played the mediant note with particular emphasis.
- The mediant chord adds color to the harmonic progression.