leading note

/ ˈliːdɪŋ /

noun

1. See subtonic
   another word for subtonic
2. (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

It may therefore be identified with the Minor, except that it does not admit the leading note.

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Children often forget that the leading note in a minor key invariably carries an accidental.

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The seventh note of the scale, or what we in England call the leading note, is known in French as "la note sensible."

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Our scales are all determined by the semitone between the seventh and eighth notes, called the leading note.

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Thus it holds the place of 'leading-note' (note sensible) to the keynote, c.

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