leading tone

• En théorie musicale, septième degré de la gamme diatonique qui tend fortement à se résoudre vers le haut sur la tonique, créant une sensation de tension harmonique et de résolution.

In music theory, the seventh scale degree of a diatonic scale, which has a strong tendency to resolve upward to the tonic note, creating a sense of harmonic tension and resolution.

1. Seventh scale degreeC1formal

   The seventh note of a diatonic scale, which has a strong tendency to resolve upward to the tonic.

   sensible

   • In the key of C major, the leading tone is B.
   • The leading tone creates a sense of harmonic tension.
   • A composer often uses the leading tone to build anticipation before the final chord.