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The submediant chord figures heavily in Jazz music, where it is used in the "ice cream change" progression which moves from the Tonic through the submediant on the way to the ubiquitous II-V-I Jazz sequence (part of the Cycle Of Fifths ). This progression sounds pleasant since the submediant is, in turn, harmonically a fifth above the Supertonic . "Submediant" also refers to a relationship of musical keys. For example, relative to the key of C major, the key of A major (or A minor) is the submediant. Modulation (change of key) to the submediant is relatively rare, compared with, say, modulation to the Dominant , and gives a feeling of relaxation. Susan McClary says that modulation to the lowered submediant (in C: A♭) represents a dream-like state of escape. In German theory derived from Hugo Riemann the submediant in major is considered the Tonic Parallel (US relative), Tp, and the minor the Subdominant Parallel , sP. |
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