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Answer for the clue "(music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale ", 11 letters:
subdominant

Word definitions for subdominant in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context music English) The fourth tone of a scale. 2 (context music English) The triad built on the subdominant tone.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Subdominant \Sub*dom"i*nant\, n. (Mus.) The fourth tone above, or fifth below, the tonic; -- so called as being under the dominant.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In music , the subdominant is the technical name for the fourth tonal degree of the diatonic scale . It is so called because it is the same distance "below" the tonic as the dominant is above the tonic - in other words, the tonic is the dominant of the ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also sub-dominant , 1793, in music, from sub- + dominant (n.).

Usage examples of subdominant.

But the form is specific, usually employing a basic twelve-bar chorus, the tonic, subdominant and dominant chords, frequent minor intervals and blue notes.