The Two Leading Tones
We need new definitions to elaborate the question of Leading Tones (here again, with no scales involved) - The TONIC chord of C has 2 Leading Tones placed at a semi-tone distance from its FRAME : a diatonic Leading Tone B placed below the FRAME, the MEDIAN of the DOMINANT G7, and a chromatic Leading Tone Ab placed above the FRAME, the MEDIAN of the DOMINANT Fm6. The TONIC chord of Am has 2 Leading Tones placed at a semi-tone distance from its FRAME : a diatonic Leading Tone F placed above the FRAME, the MEDIAN of the DOMINANT Dm6, and a chromatic Leading Tone G# placed below the FRAME, the MEDIAN of the DOMINANT E7, which should come as a surprise to no one. All the FRAMEs in the Window have their 2 Leading Tones (mostly chromatic) - The FRAME F-C has both the E (from C7) and the Db (from Bbm6). The FRAME G-D has both the F# (from D7) and the Eb (from Cm6). The FRAME D-A has both the C# (from A7) and the Bb (from Gm6). The FRAME E-B has both the D# (from B7) and the C (from Am6). A chord may very well possess both Leading Tones of the following chord - The chord of G7-9 (for which we prefer the Chord Symbol G7s-2) has both the First Leading Tone B, the MEDIAN, and the Second Leading Tone Ab, the Superior Chromatic Non-chordal Tone of the COMMON TONE. The chord of Fm6+4 (for which we prefer the Chord Symbol Fm6p+4) has both the First Leading Tone Ab, the MEDIAN, and the Second Leading Tone B, the Inferior Chromatic Non-chordal Tone of the COMMON TONE. The functions of the notes B and Ab are exactly reversed for C major and C minor. The same would apply to the chords of Dm6 and E7 in A minor or A major. The reputed jazz guitarist Joe Pass once proposed that - a dominant seventh chord (like G7) can posses either a major ninth A or a minor ninth Ab, but that a minor seventh chord (like Dm7) can only posses a major ninth E and not a minor ninth Eb. Why ? Because one must have the first Leading Tone before applying the second - G7 has a MEDIAN B and therefore can support either the A or the Ab, but Dm7 does not have a MEDIAN F# and can only support the E and not the Eb.
The Chromatic Minor Mode Revisited 1. The Diatonic Major Mode 2. The Diatonic Minor Mode 3. The Chromatic Major Mode 4. The Chromatic Minor Mode 5. Adjacent Chromatic Modes 6. A melodic Example
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