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A leading-tone chord is a triad built on the seventh scale degree in major and the raised seventh-scale-degree in minor. The quality of the leading-tone triad is diminished in both major and minor keys. [12] For example, in both C major and C minor, it is a B diminished triad (though it is usually written in first inversion, as described below).
E minor is a minor scale based on E, consisting of the pitches E, F ♯, G, A, B, C, and D. Its key signature has one sharp , on the F. Its relative major is G major and its parallel major is E major .
Beethoven's Piano Sonata in E Minor, Op. 90, contains a passage where a B ♭ becomes an A ♯, altering its musical function. The first two bars of the following passage unfold a descending B ♭ major scale. Immediately following this, the B ♭ s become A ♯ s, the leading tone of B minor: Beethoven Sonata in E Minor Op. 90, first movement ...
Lower mediant, midway between tonic and subdominant, (in major key) tonic of relative minor key A A♭ 8-9 7 Subtonic (minor seventh) Mixolydian One whole step below tonic in natural minor scale. B♭ 10 Leading tone (major seventh) Locrian: One half step below tonic. Melodically strong affinity for and leads to tonic B 11
In a Major Triad move the fifth up a tone (C major to A minor), in a Minor Triad move the root down a tone (A minor to C major) The L transformation exchanges a triad for its Leading-Tone Exchange. In a Major Triad the root moves down by a semitone (C major to E minor), in a Minor Triad the fifth moves up by a semitone (E minor to C major)
Examples of the use of melodic minor in rock and popular music include Elton John's "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word", which makes, "a nod to the common practice... by the use of F ♯ [the leading tone in G minor] as the penultimate note of the final cadence." [7] The Beatles' "Yesterday" also partly uses the melodic minor scale. [citation ...
The seventh scale degree is very often raised a half step to form a leading tone, making the dominant chord (V) a major chord (i.e. V major instead of v minor) and the subtonic chord (vii), a diminished chord (vii o, instead of ♭ VII). This version of minor scale is called the harmonic minor scale.
the root note (e.g. C ♯) the chord quality (e.g. minor or lowercase m, or the symbols o or + for diminished and augmented chords, respectively; chord quality is usually omitted for major chords) whether the chord is a triad, seventh chord, or an extended chord (e.g. Δ 7) any altered notes (e.g. sharp five, or ♯ 5) any added tones (e.g. add2)