leading tone
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of leading tone
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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The color of blood is this plainly taken for the leading tone in the storm-clouds above the "Slave-ship."
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by John Ruskin
Old coloured prints need narrow black passepartout, while broad passepartout in pink, blue or pale green to match the leading tone in wall paper makes your quaint, old black-and-white prints very decorative.
From The Art of Interior Decoration by Grace Wood
In the last measure but one, both the supertonic and leading tone should appear.
From A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons by Friedrich Johann Lehmann
This avoidance of the seventh or leading tone is seen throughout the symphony as well as in the traditional jubilee tunes.
From Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies by Philip H. Goepp
Thus the color which was the leading tone of one room became the relieving tint of another.
From Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Honoré de Balzac
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