scale degrees

• 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.