It is also interesting that many, perhaps most, patients with this condition also have skin allergies, eczema and/or asthma. The patient with moderate to severe icthyosis often has problems sweating due to the buildup of scales on the skin. The scales essentially seal the sweat glands.
For now, it is good to know the names. These names apply to all major and minor scales. 1  1st-Tonic. 2  2nd-Supertonic. 3  3rd-Mediant. 4  4th-Subdominant. 5  5th-Dominant. 6  6th-Submediant. 7  7th-Leading Tone.
The major scale and its triads can be represented numerically as: So if the tonic is c, the scale will consist of the following notes and triads: There are semitones between the 3rd and 4th degrees and between the 7th and 8th degrees, and there are wholetones between all the other adjacent notes.