leading note
/ (ˈliːdɪŋ) /
another word for subtonic
(esp in cadences) a note, usually the subtonic of a scale, that tends most naturally to resolve to the note lying one semitone above it
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How to use leading note in a sentence
It may therefore be identified with the Minor, except that it does not admit the leading note.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning MonroChildren often forget that the leading note in a minor key invariably carries an accidental.
Music As A Language | Ethel HomeThe seventh note of the scale, or what we in England call the leading note, is known in French as "la note sensible."
Masters of French Music | Arthur HerveyOur scales are all determined by the semitone between the seventh and eighth notes, called the leading note.
How Music Developed | W. J. HendersonThus it holds the place of 'leading-note' (note sensible) to the keynote, c.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning Monro
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