a cadence in which the last note sounds conclusive; that note, termed the ‘final’, which is the central note of the melody; the second ending of a repeated section
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Changing notes
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non harmonic notes; two notes, one that leaves the chord note by a tone or semitone, then leaps to the next non harmonic note…
Chordal
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a form of music in which a single melody is accompanied by sets of chords, instead of a competing counter melody
Church Cadence
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Plagal Cadence. A chord progression where the subdominant chord is followed by the tonic chord In the tonality of C major, an…
Circle of fifths
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chain of intervals. each interval a fifth, after passing through every note of the scale returns to a note, several octaves d…
Closed ending
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second of two endings in a secular medieval work, usually cadencing on the final
Changes
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the set of chord changes, or harmonies, contained in the central theme or melody around which a piece has been built
Complete cadence
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Plagal Cadence. A chord progression where the subdominant chord is followed by the tonic chord In the tonality of C major, an…
Cadence
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a note ornament see cadence in Note Ornamentation