The tonic in D major is D.
The leading tone in the key of D, whether major or minor, is C#.
Mi is the 3rd of the scale. In B-flat major, it's D.
Major Key: F Major Minor Key: D Minor
The key signature for D Minor is 1 flat. Here is the difference between D major and D minor: D Major: D E F# G A B C# D D Minor: D E F G A Bflat C D However, there are 3 commonly used forms of Minor Scales. The above is called the "natural minor", or Aeolian Mode. In the harmonic minor scale, the 7th note is raised one semitone, to C#. However, this added sharp does not appear in the key signature. In the melodic minor scale, the 6th and 7th notes are raised in ascending, to B and C#, but restored to the natural minor form in descending. However, these changes do not appear in the key signature. In the D minor pentatonic scale, used frequently in Rock, only the following notes are used: D - F G A - C D This form can be notated with or without a key signature, but a key signature of one flat (Bb) lets us know that D is the tonic!
A major key sounds more bright and cheerful than a dark, evil minor key signature. There are 12 major key signatures (C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, B, E, A, D, and G). To identify whether a piece is minor, look at the key signature. If the name of the key signature is the name of the last note, then you are in a major key signature. If it is not, chances are you are in a minor key signature.
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Relative major and minor share the same key signature but a different tonic note (a tonic note is the first note of the scale or in solfege tonic is DO). For example, D flat major has five flats in it's key signature and b flat minor has 5 flats in it's key signature; therefore, D flat major and b flat minor are relative.
The tonic note of any diatonic scale is the first note (starting note) of the scale. In the case of G-flat major the tonic note is G-flat!
It is a major chord. Actually, tonic is simply defined as the first note in the scale or key. All chords have tonic note. The tonic of a C chord is the C. The tonic of a C minor chord is a C. The tonic of a C minor major 7 is a C.
The supertonic triad in the key of A flat major is B flat, D flat, and F natural
For bass clef, it is D. For treble clef, it is F. The way to remember what the dominant tone for any key is to count 4 notes above the 1st note. (the dominant is the 5th degree/note)
Chords don't have "tonic notes". Scales do. The tonic note of the G major scale is G (in fact, the tonic note of the X major/minor scale will always be X). Chords do have roots, but that's equally boring: the root of the G major chord is G.
They are basic tonal reference points. Tonic is the key the music is in. Dominant is exactly five whole tones above tonic. This is true of any key. If you are playing in C major, the dominant is G major. If you want to transpose the piece into D major, the tonic is D and the dominant is exactly five whole tones higher - A.
Leading NOTE or the Root note is D#. Leading TONE is D which lies between the sub-mediant and the sub-tonic.
The tonic of the D flat scale is D flat.
The syllable is Re. D is the second tone up from the tonic note, which is C (and do), so it is Re.
The difference is that F major's tonic is F and D minor's tonic is D. Most songs and pieces end either with the tonic of the key signature or a chord with the tonic. Both have a key signature of 1 flat and all the notes are the same except that in D minor the C is raised (incidentally) to C sharp.