In traditional music theory there are specific names for each degree of the scale and the chords built on them. These names are shown here.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Tonic | Supertonic | Mediant | Subdominant | Dominant | Submediant | Leading Note |
Chords built on the degrees of the scale can be described by the name of each degree, e.g., the tonic triad, the supertonic triad, etc.