Grade 3 Music Theory, Unit 3, Lesson 6 of 7
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Degrees above and below the tonic

Music theory, Keys and scales, 4 minutes

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Number the degrees of any Grade 3 scale from the tonic as 1, going up and going down, and in a minor key check the form for the 6th and 7th.

Numbered from the tonic

The degrees of A flat major

Each note of a scale is a degree, numbered from the tonic, the key note, as the 1st.

Quick check

In A flat major, which note is the 5th degree?

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