LilyPond Music Glossary: 1.188 mediant

## 1.188 mediant

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

- The third scale degree.
- 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).

#### See also

chord, functional harmony, relative key.

#### LilyPond — Music Glossary v2.22.2 (stable-branch).