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Rule
Gradus GE-026 · cite this code — it is permanent. Rule id spelling-secondary-dominant
A secondary dominant's chromatically-altered leading tone must be spelled as the leading tone OF THE TONICIZED KEY, not a pitch-class-convenient letter matching the global key's preference.
In C major, V/ii's raised leading tone of D is spelled Db4 instead of C#4 -- Db has no sensible leading-tone relationship to D (a near-unison), unlike C#.
Universal tonal-harmony convention.
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Gradus GE-026 — Secondary dominants and their leading tones are spelled relative to the tonicized key, not the global key. Gradus Engraving Rulebook v1.0. https://gradusmusic.com/engraving/rule/spelling-secondary-dominant
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