Phrases and Cadences
(Music Theory Lesson 33 - part 8)

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Most people will hear a half cadence as sounding incomplete. Hence, composers usually follow them with a phrase ending in an authentic cadence (AC). An authentic cadence occurs whenever a phrase ends with V or viio going to I (or i if minor).






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