Cadences

Cadence

musical ending to musical sentence
phrase

musical sentence

ends with musical grammar
Half Cadence
ends on V
- *doesn't end
- *needs resolution
Authentic Cadence

V - I

most common. two types: Perfect, Imperfect
Perfect Authentic Cadence (PAC)
V - I
- *both chords in root position
- *tonic of final chord MUST be in soprano line
Imperfect Authentic Cadence (IAC)

V - I
Plagal

IV - I

*the "Amen" cadence
Deceptive
V - vi
- *can be used to continue
- **needs more resolution to end

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Cadences

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cadences

Updated

2010-11-02T21:01:09Z

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