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### 1.142 mediant

ES: mediante, I: mediante, modale, F: médiante, NL: mediant, D: Mediante, DK: mediant, S: mediant, FI: keskisävel.

1. The third scale degree. 2. A →chord having its base tone a third from that of another chord. For example, the tonic chord may be replaced by its lower mediant (variant tonic). →functional harmony, →relative key.

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