leading note
Britishnoun
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another word for subtonic
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(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
Example Sentences
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But Gaga goes down, leaving that “bad” leading note hanging.
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2014
The leading note of his style is distinction.
From Van Dyck A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation by Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)
Children often forget that the leading note in a minor key invariably carries an accidental.
From Music As A Language Lectures to Music Students by Home, Ethel
The epistles to the Colossians and Ephesians strike the leading note of the controversies of the Church in this region during its first ages.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.
Brunetiere, his fervent admirer, has named him the theologian of Providence, and has shown that in all his writings this doctrine is a leading note.
From The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth by Bury, J. B. (John Bagnell)
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