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Leading tone

In music theory, a leading tone (also called subsemitone or leading note in the UK) is a note or pitch which resolves or "leads" to a note one semitone higher or lower, being a lower and upper leading tone, respectively. Typically, the leading tone refers to the seventh scale degree of a major scale (), a major seventh above the tonic. In the movable do…

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Seventh scale degree (or lower leading tone)

Descending, or upper, leading tone

Analysis

Leading-tone triad

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Voice leading

Leading-tone seventh chord

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Leading tone

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related to Analysis · 9
Leading tone → According, Carl Dahlhaus, Ernst Kurth, For, However, In, Kurth's, The, Western
related to Descending, or upper, leading tone · 9
Leading tone → By, Db7, Dm, Gegenleitton, Heinrich Schenker, Hugo Riemann, In German, Leitton, The
related to Function · 9
Leading tone → Beethoven's Piano Sonata No, I6, In, Incomplete, It, Op, The, This, VII6
related to Voice leading · 9
Leading tone → According, All, Carl Edward Gardner, Commonly, In, Since, Some, The, Unlike
related to Seventh scale degree (or lower leading tone) · 8
Leading tone → As, Dorian, For, However, In, It, Mixolydian, Typically
is a · 2
Leading tone → leading tone that resolves down, seventh scale degree of any diatonic scale when the distance between it and the tonic is a single semitone

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Leading toneis aseventh scale degree of any diatonic scale when the distance between it and the tonic is a single semitone0.90text
Leading toneis aleading tone that resolves down0.90text
Leading tonerelated to AnalysisAccording0.60section
Leading tonerelated to AnalysisErnst Kurth0.60section
Leading tonerelated to AnalysisHowever0.60section
Leading tonerelated to AnalysisCarl Dahlhaus0.60section
Leading tonerelated to AnalysisKurth's0.60section
Leading tonerelated to AnalysisFor0.60section
Leading tonerelated to AnalysisIn0.60section
Leading tonerelated to AnalysisWestern0.60section
Leading tonerelated to AnalysisThe0.60section
Leading tonerelated to Descending, or upper, leading toneBy0.60section

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