Chord degree

In music theory, the term scale degree refers to the position of a particular note on a scale relative to the tonic, the first and main note of the scale from which each octave is assumed to begin. Degrees are useful for indicating the size of intervals and chords and whether they are major or minor.

1. What are 7th and 9th chords?
2. What is the 3rd degree of the chord?
3. What degree is the C chord built on?

What are 7th and 9th chords?

7th chords can be extended to 9th, 11th and 13th chords. If you have a C7 (C dominant seventh), then the corresponding chords would be C9, C11 and C13 . The C9 is a C7 with a major ninth (or second) added. ... This is because there would be an interval of a minor ninth between the third and the eleventh.

What is the 3rd degree of the chord?

Conventionally, the third is third in importance to the root and fifth, with the third in all primary triads (I, IV, V and i, iv, v) being either major or minor. ... The third in both major and augmented chords is major (E♮ in C) and the third in both minor and diminished chords is minor (E♭ in C).

What degree is the C chord built on?

This number is called the scale degree. For example, in the C major scale, G is the 5th degree. A major chord is built using the 1st degree (also referred to as the root), the 3rd degree and the 5th degree of a major scale. Thus, C major chord consists of notes C, E and G as shown below.