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LEADING TONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does leading tone mean?
• LEADING TONE (noun)
The noun LEADING TONE has 1 sense:
1. (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale
Familiarity information: LEADING TONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
leading tone; subtonic
Hypernyms ("leading tone" is a kind of...):
musical note; note; tone (a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
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