Subdominant

The IV chord, also called the subdominant, is a chord built on the fourth tone of the scale, in our example, a B-flat. ❋ Bluesman Harry (1998)

That afternoon, I ... ... staked a subdominant buck decoy about 15 yards off the stand in a small opening in the otherwise thick hedge pasture, then climbed up to my perch. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Epiphany" is pretty extravagantly lovely for a hymn; check out those strong-beat double non-harmonic tones in the third bar, like cheese melting onto the sirloin burger of subdominant substitutions. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2009)

Birsel suggests drawing three circles and dividing them up into the things that are dominant in your life --- where you invest the most energy; subdominant - your secondary investment; and subordinate - the icing on the cake. ❋ Linda Tischler (2010)

In the recent Berkshire Hathaway merger with BNSF railroad, Berkshire was the dominant company and BNSF the subdominant one. ❋ Mary Buffett (2010)

The other business, the subdominant company, is folded into the dominant company. ❋ Mary Buffett (2010)

After we have identified the dominant and subdominant companies, we need to figure out the terms of the deal. ❋ Mary Buffett (2010)

It's far closer to the language of Tristan — or, in a way, the epic E-flat-major triad that opens Das Rheingold (which, when it finally does move, goes to the not to the dominant but the subdominant — where Wolf and Puccini start). ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2008)

The first thing we have to do when assessing a merger between two companies is to determine which is the dominant one and which is the subdominant one. ❋ Mary Buffett (2010)

The core of his argument concerns the relationships of keys to each other, the establishment of a tonal centre, the sequence of tonic, dominant, subdominant. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When Warren is ascertaining the likelihood of the deal being completed, he also likes to look at the intentions of the management of the subdominant company, the one being bought. ❋ Mary Buffett (2010)

The arbitrage opportunity lies in the securities of subdominant companies, the ones merging with the dominant ones. ❋ Mary Buffett (2010)

Both the dominant and subdominant companies agreed on the transaction. ❋ Mary Buffett (2010)

[I can] be your [subdominant]. ❋ Scorpio Nights (2021)