scale degrees

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  • When referring to notes of a scale, we number them as the
     degrees of a scale.
  • The first note is the 1st degree. The second is the 2nd degree. The third is the 3rd degree, and so on as shown below.
  • Each scale degree has a special name , which are known as the 
    technical names of the scale.
  • these technical names of scale degrees are known as
    A) tonic
    B) supertonic
    C) mediant
    D) subdominant
    E) dominant
    F) submediant
    G) leading tone
  • The 8th degree of the scale doesn’t have its own name, as it’s actually just the tonic but
    an octave higher
  • This means that you start again and carry on counting
    the degrees from the 1st again.