I Tonic - Major
ii Supertonic - minor
III Mediant -minor
IV Subdominant -major
V Dominant - major
VI Submediant or -diminished
VII Leading tone - augmented
I am wrong in that the vi is minor, and the the VII is diminished
that site in the above post gives and excellent explanation of modal theory.
Great info jahozer. i have another good site i found.
i just have one question when you refer to the roman numerals, should they not be represented like this?
uppercase (ie..I) = major
lowercase (ie..ii) = minor
here i believe is a corrected version of there names and tonality
I ------Tonic - Major
ii -----Supertonic - minor
iii ----Mediant -minor
IV -----Subdominant -major
V ------Dominant - major
vi -----Submediant or -minor
vii ----Subtonic or Leading tone - Diminished
Natural Minor Key
i ------Tonic - Minor
ii -----Supertonic - Diminished
III ----Mediant -Major
iv -----Subdominant -Minor
v ------Dominant - Minor
VI -----Submediant or -Major
VII ----Subtonic or Leading tone - Major
here is a site with the minor's explained to inclde harmonic and melodic minor's.
http://www.geocities.com/mike_mccracker ... sminor.htm
i know there is some description as to how they intertwine with each other. i will post that when i find it, but the following describes them pretty well.
here is what i found on another board so far;
http://www.blanksheetmusic.net/musician ... PIC_ID=408
This means the KEY NOTE. Also called the root or bass. This note will tell you what scale you are playing. if the tonic is C then you will be playing a C major scale.
Just what it means. Super meaning above or higher in rank. One degree above the tonic in a Diatonic scale.
This word closley resembles the word "median" meaning middle. This will be found in the middle of the Tonic and the Dominant. This position determins the major or minor quality of a tonic chord.
Sub meaning under will help you remember that it is the diatonic tone under the Dominant.
Hey this word is every where! What the heck does it mean? It took me a while to really understand it. Every guitarist, it seems, likes to use the word...I just use to pretend I knew what it meant. Anyways here is what all of those string flingin' pick breakers are talking about. The Dominant is the fifth degree of a diatonic scale. It strongly supports the tonic and therefore is used in both major and minor chords. If you play a C and a G together you will hear how the Dominant (Dom.) makes a very powerful sound. (Power Chord- A chord consisting of a Tonic-Dominant-Tonic(octive) structure).
The Mediant is a THIRD (C[ton],D,E[med]) above the tonic, so now the sub mediant is a THIRD BELOW the Tonic. (...G,A[sub med],B,C[ton]). This is a little easier to see if you look at a piano keyboard. (The Sub mediant is sometimes called the Super Dominant)
Leading note (or leading tone) is the note right before the Tonic. It has a sound in the scale that sounds as if it leads right back into the tonic. It creates a resolve. If you play a C scale up to the Leading note and DONT play the Tonic note it can really bug the heck out of you until you hear that C.
thanks for all the help jahozer, i believe it is starting to sink into my skull, finally!