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leading note

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leading note [ˈliːdɪŋ]
n Music
1. (Music, other) another word for subtonic
2. (Music, other) (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


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Our ears are so accustomed to tempered tuning that they react to detuned intervals with a desire to put them right, to get to proper tuning--the detuned tones then function like the leading notes in classical-romantic harmony.
The champion was red hot at Lingfield yesterday when his five-timer included a first win of 1999 for next year's boss Sir Michael Stoute on Leading Note.
Dettori was suspended for his riding of Leading Note in the Tilney Portfolio Limited Stakes.
 
 
 
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