How to use subdominant in a sentence
In the wild, killer whales vie for dominance but the subdominant animal then flees the scene and the conflict subsides.
‘Blackfish’ Director: Killer Whales Don’t Belong in Captivity | Gabriela Cowperthwaite | October 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe third movement consists of a fine Adagio in E flat, in the key of the subdominant and in three-four time.
The Pianoforte Sonata | J.S. ShedlockAt the seventh bar there is modulation to the dominant, and at the ninth, to the subdominant, in which the opening theme recurs.
The Pianoforte Sonata | J.S. ShedlockThe next sonata, No. 10 , has three movements, all in the same key; the Trio of the Minuet is in the key of the subdominant.
The Pianoforte Sonata | J.S. ShedlockWhen the principal theme returns, it is clothed first with subdominant, then with tonic minor harmony.
The Pianoforte Sonata | J.S. Shedlock
The cadence formed when a subdominant chord immediately precedes the final tonic chord.
The Browning Cyclopdia | Edward Berdoe
British Dictionary definitions for subdominant
/ (sʌbˈdɒmɪnənt) music /
the fourth degree of a major or minor scale
a key or chord based on this
of or relating to the subdominant
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