Degree (music)

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• the first, second
  Second (disambiguation)
  
  Second may refer to:* 2 , as an ordinal * Second, a unit of time* Arcsecond, a unit of angle* Second of right ascension, in astronomy* Second , to support a proposal...
  , third
  Third
  
  Third may refer to:*3 , such as the 3rd of something*Fraction , such as 1/3*The Third *Third World, economically underdeveloped nations*Third-class degree, type of British undergraduate degree classification...
  , fourth
  Fourth
  
  Fourth can refer to:* ?, one quarter* Fourth, the ordinal number following third...
  , fifth
  Fifth
  
  Fifth may refer to:* Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "Taking the Fifth".* One fifth, a quintile, or 20% of a certain amount...
  , sixth
  Sixth
  
  Sixth can refer to:* Sixth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution to the U.S. Constitution...
  , and seventh
  Seventh
  
  Seventh may refer to:*Seventh_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution to the U.S. Constitution...
   degrees of the scale;
• by Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, 4 ...), sometimes with carets above them ;
• by Roman numerals (I, II, III, IV ...); and
• in English, by the names tonic
  Tonic (music)
  
  The tonic is the first note of a scale in the tonality method of musical composition. The chord #The Triad formed on the tonic note, the tonic chord, is thus the most significant chord ....
  , supertonic
  Supertonic
  
  In music or music theory, the supertonic is the second degree or note of a diatonic scale . For example, in the C major scale , the supertonic is the note D; and the supertonic chord uses the notes D, F, and A....
  , mediant
  Mediant
  
  In music, the mediant is the third degree of the diatonic Scale , being the "middle" note of the Tonic triad .In music theory, the mediant chord is symbolized by the Roman numeral III if it is major or iii if it is minor....
  , subdominant
  Subdominant
  
  In music, the subdominant is the technical name for the fourth tonal degree of the diatonic scale. It is so called because it is the same distance "below" the Tonic as the dominant is above the tonic - in other words, the tonic is the dominant of the subdominant....
  , dominant
  Dominant (music)
  
  In music, the dominant is the fifth degree of the Scale . For example, in the C major scale , the dominant is the note G; and the dominant chord uses the notes G, B, and D....
  , submediant
  Submediant
  
  In music, the submediant is the sixth tonal degree of the diatonic scale. It is so called because it is a third below the Tonic , in contrast to the mediant being a third above the tonic....
  , leading note (leading tone in the United States).

These names are derived from a scheme where the tonic note is the 'center'. Supertonic and subtonic are, respectively, one step above and one step below the tonic; mediant and submediant are each a third above and below the tonic, and dominant and subdominant are a fifth above and below the tonic.

Subtonic is used when the interval

Interval (music)

In music theory, the term interval describes the relationship between the pitch of two notes.Intervals may be described as*vertical if the two notes sound simultaneously...
 between it and the tonic

Tonic (music)

The tonic is the first note of a scale in the tonality method of musical composition. The chord #The Triad formed on the tonic note, the tonic chord, is thus the most significant chord ....
 in the upper octave

Octave

In music, an octave The octave is occasionally referred to as a diapason.The octave above an indicated note is sometimes abbreviated 8va, and the octave below 8vb....
 is a whole step; leading note when that interval is a half step

Semitone

A semitone, also called a half step or a half tone,Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, and others use "half tone".One source says that step is "chiefly US", and that half-tone is "chiefly N....
.

• in English, by the "moveable Do" Solfege
  Solfege
  
  In music, solf?ge is a pedagogical solmization technique for the teaching of sight-singing in which each note of the score is sung to a special syllable, called a solf?ge syllable ....
   system, which allows a person to name each scale degree with a single syllable while singing.

See also

• Tonality
  Tonality
  
  Tonality is a system of music in which specific hierarchy pitch relationships are based on a Key "center" or Tonic . The term tonalit? originated with Alexandre-?tienne Choron and was borrowed by Fran?ois-Joseph F?tis in 1840 ....
  
• Scale (music)