What Are Cadences in Music?
February 3rd, 2007
Most standard, well used cadences have been classified, have been used for centuries in western music and are just as valid in modern music as they were when they were first developed.
A cadence is a progression of chords or perhaps a melodic progression used to give some type of finality to a phrase or section of music, rhythm and harmony being important to ensure a true, ‘punctuational’, cadence. The chords only act as a cadence should these criteria be met.
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