music-glossary: scale degree
1.260 scale degree
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ES: grado (de la escala), I: grado della scala, F: degré [de la gamme],
D: Tonleiterstufe, NL: trap [van de toonladder], DK: skalatrin, S:
skalsteg (?), FI: sävelaste, asteikon sävel.
Names and symbols used in harmonic analysis to denote tones of the
scale as roots of chords. The most important are degrees I = tonic (T),
IV = subdominant (S) and V = dominant (D).
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See also
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functional harmony.