triad built on the second degree of the scale
Super-tonic triad
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Sub-dominant triad
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triad built on the fourth degree of the scale
Sub-mediant triad
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triad built on the sixth degree of the scale
Super-tonic
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the second degree of the scale
Tonic triad
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triad built on the first degree of the scale
Degree
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the position of a note in the scale, for example, D is the second degree in the scale of C
Neapolitan chord
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any chord built upon the flat second degree of the tonic key
Neapolitan sixth
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the first inversion of a major chord on the flattened second degree of a major scale
Sub-dominant
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the fourth degree of the scale