Editing Leading tone (section)

=== Voice leading ===
In contrast to leading-tone triads, leading-tone seventh chords appear in [[root position]]. The example below shows leading-tone seventh chords (in root position) functioning as dominants in a [[Reduction (music)|reduction]] of Mozart's ''[[Don Giovanni]]'', K. 527, act 1, scene 13.{{sfn|Benward and Saker|2003|loc=219}}

:<score sound="1">
{
      <<
        \new Staff <<
            \relative c' {
                \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 86
                \set Staff.midiInstrument = #"voice oohs"
                \clef treble \key b \minor \time 4/4
                \set Score.currentBarNumber = #116
                \bar ""
                   fis4 r r r8 g' fis b, r g' fis b, r f'
                }
                \addlyrics { troth! Re – mem – ber, when wound – ed, his }
            >>
      \new PianoStaff <<
        \new Staff <<
           \set Staff.midiInstrument = #"piano"
           \clef treble \key b \minor \time 4/4
           \relative c' {
                r16 <d fis> <d fis> <d fis> r <e g> <e g> <e g>
                r <d fis> <d fis> <d fis> r <e g> <e g> <e g>
                r <d fis> <d fis> <d fis> r <e g> <e g> <e g>
                r <d fis> <d fis> <d fis> r <d f> <d f> <d f>
                }
            >>
        \new Staff <<
           \clef bass \key b \minor \time 4/4
           \relative c' {
                b8 r <ais cis> r b r <ais cis> r
                b r <ais cis> r b r <gis b> r
                }
            >>
    >>  >> }
</score>

[[François-Joseph Fétis]] tunes the leading-tone seventh in major 5:6:7:9.{{sfn|Fétis|Arlin|1994|loc=139n9}}