The Mass in C has a tonal plan based on mediant and submediant.
First inversion of the submediant triad occurs primarily as a tonic chord with resolved or unresolved appoggiatura.
It does not resolve to the deceptive motion at the submediant sonority until the final eighth note in the alto voice, and then only very briefly in a highly syncopated rhythmic environment.
Examining the implications of submediant superimpositions as two keys helps illuminate structures in these pieces that are hidden when viewed through a single tonality.
Chromatic and borrowed harmonies in progressions are introduced, such as chords of the Neapolitan sixth, augmented sixth, and altered dominants, mediants and submediants.
Definition of submediant in US English:
submediant
nounsəbˈmidiəntsəbˈmēdēənt
Music
The sixth note of the diatonic scale of any key.
〔乐〕中下音，自然音阶第六音
Example sentencesExamples
The Mass in C has a tonal plan based on mediant and submediant.
It does not resolve to the deceptive motion at the submediant sonority until the final eighth note in the alto voice, and then only very briefly in a highly syncopated rhythmic environment.
Examining the implications of submediant superimpositions as two keys helps illuminate structures in these pieces that are hidden when viewed through a single tonality.
Chromatic and borrowed harmonies in progressions are introduced, such as chords of the Neapolitan sixth, augmented sixth, and altered dominants, mediants and submediants.
First inversion of the submediant triad occurs primarily as a tonic chord with resolved or unresolved appoggiatura.