superˈdominant Mus.
[super- 5 b.]
The note next above the dominant; the sixth of the scale: more usually called submediant. Also attrib. applied to a chord having this note for its root.
| c 1833 J. Gwilt Music in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) V. 777/1 Superdominant, the sixth of the key in the descending scale. 1880 Stainer Composition §26 The third degree of the minor scale can be part of the tonic, mediant, or super-dominant chords. 1889 E. Prout Harmony i. §13 Some writers..call [the sixth note of the scale] the ‘Superdominant’. |