In the wild, killer whales vie for dominance but the subdominant animal then flees the scene and the conflict subsides.
The cadence formed when a subdominant chord immediately precedes the final tonic chord.
The main theme at its third appearance is in the subdominant key, with effective rhythmic modifications.
The next sonata, No. 10 , has three movements, all in the same key; the Trio of the Minuet is in the key of the subdominant.
The genus Mele affords an instance of a subdominant group of the first description.
When the principal theme returns, it is clothed first with subdominant, then with tonic minor harmony.
The third movement consists of a fine Adagio in E flat, in the key of the subdominant and in three-four time.
We may take Scolia for an example of a subdominant group beginning more southward.
At the seventh bar there is modulation to the dominant, and at the ninth, to the subdominant, in which the opening theme recurs.
There were no fourths; the dominant and the subdominant were absent.