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Mediant
Mediant meaning
The third degree of the diatonic scale. | A rational number whose numerator is the sum of the numerators of two other given rational numbers and whose denominator is the sum of the denominators of those same two other rational numbers.
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After the reciting tone, every mode is distinguished by scale degrees called "mediant" and "participant".
The introduction also uses the mediant to tonic relationship, which further distorts the tonic key until, finally, the bassoon plays in its lowest possible register.
The mediant is named from its position between the final and reciting tone.