Guitar Glossary: Mediant
Mediant
The third degree of a scale. A chord built on the third degree of a scale is also called a mediant. It gets its name from the fact that it is half way between the tonic (root) and the dominant (fifth).
The third degree of a scale. A chord built on the third degree of a scale is also called a mediant. It gets its name from the fact that it is half way between the tonic (root) and the dominant (fifth).