Leading note; bust icon (anagram)

• (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale [syn: leading tone ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Subtonic \Sub*ton"ic\, n. (Phonetics) A subtonic sound or element; a vocal consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal. (Mus.) The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately below the tonic; -- called also subsemitone .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In music , the subtonic is the scale degree below the tonic or, more specifically, the flattened seventh ( VII ): the lowered or minor seventh degree of the scale , a whole step below the tonic, as opposed to the leading tone , which is only a half step ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context phonetics dated English) Of or pertaining to imperfectly articulated sounds or utterances that are inaudible or barely audible, as characterized by Dr. James Rush (''Guide to Pronunciation'', 1833). n. 1 (context music English) The note immediately ...