n.下中音(自然音阶的第6音级；如C大调中的A)
Subdominant, submediant and tonic together form the subdominant triad. 下属音，下中音和主音共同构成下属音三和弦。
The submediant is the sixth degree of the scale and is midway between the subdominant or lower dominant and the tonic. 下中音是第六级音，在下属音和主音之间。
Starting from the tonic or key-note, the scale degrees in descending order are: tonic, leading tone or leading note, submediant, dominant, subdominant, mediant, supertonic, tonic. 始自主音，调式下行顺序为：主音，导音，下中音，属音，下属音，中音，上主音，主音。
Starting from the tonic or key-note, the scale degrees in ascending order are: tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, leading tone or leading note, tonic. 始自主音，调式上行顺序为：主音，上主音，中音，下属音，属音，下中音，导音，主音。
The submediant is the sixth degree of the scale and is midway between the subdominant or lower dominant and the tonic. Subdominant, submediant and tonic together form the subdominant triad. 下中音是第六级音，在下属音和主音之间。下属音，下中音和主音共同构成下属音三和弦。
