G major Scale and D major Scale - What's Their Leading Tone?As you can see both G major scale and D major scale follow the formula of: And this is how we formed these scales. Let's take D major for example. Our starting note is D of course! From D we take a whole step to E. From E we take a whole step to F# (Notice that that a whole step from E takes us to F# not F. Next we go a half step to G. From G a whole step will take us to A. Next is another whole step to B. The last whole step take us to C#. Finally the half step returns to D. Notice that D major has two sharps and that G major scale has one sharp. The Leading ToneInside the scale forces are pushing toward specific notes. The most common of them is the seventh note (B in C major) which is clearly aiming toward C. That's why it is called the leading note. It demands us to go us back home like a musical magnet. Question: What is the leading tone in G major scale and D major?
Later on when we will speak about Chords we will remember the effect of the leading tone in order to understand the function of chords in a musical scale. Click here to see all 12 Major Scales. |
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