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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 scaleplay

  Familiarity information: LEADING TONE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEADING TONE (noun)


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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