leading tone

[ lee-ding ]

/ ˈli dɪŋ /

noun Music.

the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.

Also called leading note .

Origin of leading tone

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby leading tone

leading note, leading question, leading rating, leading reins, leading strings, leading tone, leading wind, lead line, lead monoxide, leadoff, lead on

Example sentences from the Web for leading tone

The embellishment is treated in the same way, but is most effective when the principal tone is the leading-tone, as at b.
A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons|Friedrich J. Lehmann
Here the leading-tone that is prepared skips to some other chord-tone, while the new leading-tone remains stationary.
A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons|Friedrich J. Lehmann
The resolution to the leading-tone (d) forms an important exception to this rule.
A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons|Friedrich J. Lehmann

单词	leading tone
释义	leading tone [ lee-ding ] / ˈli dɪŋ / noun Music. the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic. Also called leading note . Origin of leading tone First recorded in 1910–15 Words nearby leading tone leading note, leading question, leading rating, leading reins, leading strings, leading tone, leading wind, lead line, lead monoxide, leadoff, lead on Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for leading tone The embellishment is treated in the same way, but is most effective when the principal tone is the leading-tone, as at b. A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons\|Friedrich J. Lehmann Here the leading-tone that is prepared skips to some other chord-tone, while the new leading-tone remains stationary. A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons\|Friedrich J. Lehmann The resolution to the leading-tone (d) forms an important exception to this rule. A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons\|Friedrich J. Lehmann
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