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Scale degree names
| Degree | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tonic | Tonal center, note of final resolution |
| 2 | Supertonic | One whole step above the tonic |
| 3 | Mediant | Midway between tonic and dominant, (in minor key) root of relative major key |
| 4 | Subdominant | Lower dominant, same interval below tonic as dominant is above tonic |
What are degrees of chords?
Traditional music theory refers to these as chord degrees. ... So a basic chord (a chord with just three notes) consists of the 1st degree (the root), the 3rd degree (which determines whether a chord is major or minor) and the 5th degree (which simply 'beefs up' the root, unless it's altered).
What scale degrees are in a major chord?
Major chords appear on scale degrees I, IV, and V. Minor chords appear on scale degrees ii, iii, and vi. A diminished chord appears on scale degree vii.
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.
