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Musical Elements
Harmony
Cadences
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Chloe Preston
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A
perfect
cadence is from chords
V-I
and sounds
complete
and
final
An
imperfect
cadence is
I
(or any
chord
)-V and it sounds
incomplete
like there is more to be heard
A
plagal
cadence is from
IV-I
and also comes
‘home’
to chord I but not as
final
sounding as a
perfect
cadence
An
interrupted
cadence is from chords
V-VI
and sounds like a
surprise.
You will feel annoyed if a piece ends on one