In music theory, there is a dominant chord, but no submissive chord.
   
“Dominant chords and submissive chords #musicjokes #music” was posted on twitter by Matt Hues on June 26, 2012. “This message is brought to you by: Dominant chords, cause there’s no such thing as a submissive chord 😉” was posted on Twitter by A Scary Vegetable on September 12, 2013.
     
“The presence of dominant chords implies the existence of submissive chords” was posted on Twitter by Peter Parker on April 11, 2021. “Dominant Chords imply the existence of Submissive Chords” was posted on Twitter by jamie on May 3, 2021. “Dominant chords in music imply the existence of submissive chords” was posted on Twitter by Communist Griffith on November 18, 2021. “dominant chords imply the existence of submissive chords” was posted on Twitter by hazel on December 6, 2022. “hi. im a music theorist. the opposite of a dominant chord is a submissive chord” was posted on Twitter by 𐌸 on December 7, 2022.
 
“Tonic water implies the existence of dominant water” is a related joke.
   
   
Wikipedia: Dominant (music)
In music, the dominant is the fifth scale degree (scale degree 5) of the diatonic scale. It is called the dominant because it is second in importance to the first scale degree, the tonic. In the movable do solfège system, the dominant note is sung as “So(l)”.
 
The triad built on the dominant note is called the dominant chord. This chord is said to have dominant function, which means that it creates an instability that requires the tonic for resolution. Dominant triads, seventh chords, and ninth chords typically have dominant function.
         
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Matt Hues
@_Matt_Hues
Dominant chords and submissive chords #musicjokes #music
11:05 PM · Jun 26, 2012 from Lancaster, PA
 
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A Scary Vegetable
@iamPumpking
This message is brought to you by: Dominant chords, cause there’s no such thing as a submissive chord 😉
11:49 AM · Sep 12, 2013
     
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Annie Dineen
@anniedineen
dominant and submissive chords
6:34 PM · Apr 15, 2014
   
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Evan Jake Goldstein
@TheEvanJake
Why are there no submissive chords?
5:46 PM · Nov 20, 2015
 
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uncountably annoying
@polynomialghoul
music theory is all dominant chord this dominant chord that what about submissive chords?? where are they??
3:30 PM · Oct 29, 2020
   
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Peter Parker
@parkerdabearish
The presence of dominant chords implies the existence of submissive chords
3:04 PM · Apr 11, 2021
   
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spook 🛰️
@satilte_
read minmaj chords should be called submissive chords since they’re upside down dom chords
1:44 AM · Apr 19, 2021
   
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jamie
@JamieTheDoDo
Dominant Chords imply the existence of Submissive Chords
3:26 PM · May 3, 2021
 
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Bento box
@BrTDSSOEyt
The existence of a dominant chord implies the existence of a submissive chord
12:51 AM · Aug 12, 2021
     
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will
@windswept_adan
Western music theory likes to talk about dominant chords a lot
This implies the existence of submissive chords
7:15 AM · Aug 12, 2021
   
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Jamie
@jamieeholland
don’t dominant chords imply the existence of submissive chords
2:24 PM · Sep 24, 2021
   
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Communist Griffith
@pocketbroth
Dominant chords in music imply the existence of submissive chords
8:22 AM · Nov 18, 2021
   
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Ranch
@wetweewee
With the existence of dominant chords I petition to rename major minor chords as submissive chords
1 like = 1 signature
12:29 AM · Dec 3, 2021
   
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𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚣𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛
@Matzamorr
The existence of a dominant chord implies that there are submissive chords
4:01 PM · Dec 29, 2021
     
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YungStepheHarvey
@YungStephe
The existence of the Dominant chord implies the existence of a submissive chord
12:55 PM · Jan 7, 2022
 
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vertx.
@itsvertx
the existence of dominant chords implies the possibility of submissive chords.
5:57 AM · May 20, 2022
 
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Brain Eno
@Danny_Scrilla
The existence of dominant chords implies the existence of submissive chords
4:10 AM · Jul 21, 2022
     
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𝕵𝖆𝖈𝖐 𝕸𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖜𝖊𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝐈𝐗
@Jack_TSC_MV
The dominant chord implies the existence of a submissive chord
8:40 PM · Oct 15, 2022
   
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Lavender Menace
@JuliaMy41110640
I was telling my friend, who doesn’t know much music theory, about dominant chords and he said “so where’s the submissive chord” smh
2:01 PM · Oct 27, 2022
   
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Marceline | Composer
@cherrytros
Dominant chords implies the existence of a submissive chord
11:13 AM · Dec 3, 2022
     
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hazel
@ratbastard25
dominant chords imply the existence of submissive chords
11:02 PM · Dec 6, 2022
 
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𐌸
@blanketofone
hi. im a music theorist. the opposite of a dominant chord is a submissive chord. tahnks for following everybody
6:50 AM · Dec 7, 2022
   
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Lcn
@telacon
Dominant chord hinting the existence of a submissive chord
1:43 AM · Mar 1, 2023
   
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aeonull
@aeonull
does the existance of dominant chords imply the existance of submissive chords
12:41 PM · Apr 27, 2023
 
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Michael Feher (same @ on The Pliocene Pachyderm)
@SaxMike71
Dominant chords imply the existence of submissive chords. 🤔
10:14 AM · Jul 21, 2023