grade 4 lessons 1-5 cadences
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Cadences
A cadence is a point of rest at the end of a phrase, section or complete piece of music.
A cadence is like a musical punctuation.
It is often used to imply what’s happening next.
Types of cadences
Perfect (V-I)
Plagal (IV-I)
Imperfect (I-V or II-V or IV-V or VI-V)
Interrupted (V-VI)
Perfect Cadence
Dominant triad followed by tonic triad (V-I).
Sounds very final.
Like a full-stop.
Plagal Cadence
Subdominant Triad followed by Tonic Triad (IV-I).
Sounds quiet final. Sounds like amen in a church hymn.
Like a semicolon.
Imperfect Cadence
Anything to a dominant triad (?-V).
Sounds incomplete. Chord V feels like it wants to move to the tonic chord.
Like a question mark.
Interrupted Cadence
Dominant triad followed by submediant triad (V-VI).
Sounds unexpected.
Like an interruption.
Perfect Cadence (V-I)- Four Part Vocal Style
Bass sings the root note. Leading note in V rises to tonic in chord I. Common notes in same voice. Remainder note rises a step (2nd). E flat major (V- Bb D F Bb to I-Eb G Bb Eb)
Plagal Cadence (IV-I)-Four Part Vocal Style
Bass sings root note. Common notes in same voice. Remainder two voices move DOWN a step (2nd). E flat major (IV-Ab C Eb Ab to I-Eb G Bb Eb)
Perfect Cadence in C major
Plagal Cadence in C major
Perfect Cadence in A minor
Plagal Cadence in A minor
Homework
Master Your Theory Grade 3 – Dulcie Holland. Complete lessons 9-10.
Master Your Theory Grade 4 – Dulcie Holland. Complete lessons 1-6.
Grade 4 – Theory of Music
I-V reverse of a perfect cadence
II-V outer parts move in contrary motion
IV-V bass rises a step and all other parts fall by a step
VI-V two parts rise and two parts fall (Double 3rd in chord VI)
V-VI (Interrupted Cadence) Bass rises a step, leading note rises to tonic in the same voice and other two parts fall. (Double 3rd in chord VI)
Imperfect Cadence – F majorI-V
Imperfect Cadence – Db majorII-V
Imperfect Cadence – C minorIV-V
Imperfect Cadence – G minorVI-V
Interrupted Cadence – Eb majorV-VI (Double 3rd in VI)
Interrupted Cadence – F# minorV-VI (Double 3rd in VI)