Chords
Music Theory Resources
| Scale | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major | major | minor | minor | major | dominant | minor | diminished |
| Natural minor | minor | diminished | major | minor | minor | major | dominant |
| Harmonic minor | minor | diminished | augmented | minor | dominant | major | diminished |
| Name of scale degree | Roman Numeral | Function in German | English translation | German abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonic | I | Tonika | Tonic | T |
| Supertonic | ii | Subdominantparallele | Relative of the subdominant | Sp |
| Mediant | iii | Dominantparallele or Tonika-Gegenparallele |
Relative of the dominant or Counterrelative of the tonic |
Dp/Tg |
| Subdominant | IV | Subdominante | Subdominant (also Pre-dominant) | S |
| Dominant | V | Dominante | Dominant | D |
| Submediant | vi | Tonikaparallele | Relative of the tonic | Tp |
| Leading (note) | vii° | verkürzter Dominantseptakkord | [Incomplete dominant seventh chord] | diagonally slashed D7 (Đ7) |