Music Theory Scale Degrees (Music Theory Lesson 13 - part 4)
Scale Degrees (Music Theory Lesson 13 - part 4)
The fourth note is called the subdominant. Notice that the subdominant is the same distance below the tonic as the dominant is above it (a generic fifth). The prefix sub is Latin for ''under'' or ''beneath''.
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