Associations to the word «Subdominant»

Wiktionary

SUBDOMINANT, noun. (music) The fourth tone of a scale.
SUBDOMINANT, noun. (music) The triad built on the subdominant tone.

Dictionary definition

SUBDOMINANT, noun. (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats