authentic cadence
1authentic cadence — noun : a cadence consisting of the resolution of the dominant or the dominant seventh chord to the tonic * * * authentic cadence noun (music) A perfect cadence • • • Main Entry: ↑authentic …
2authentic cadence — noun A cadence where the dominant chord (fifth degree), or in some cases a substitute (the seventh degree chord), resolves to the tonic. Syn: closed cadence …
3Cadence (music) — Perfect authentic cadence (V I [here in V7 I form] with roots in the bass and tonic in the highest voice of the final chord): ii V7 I progression in C   …
4cadence — /kayd ns/, n., v., cadenced, cadencing. n. Also, cadency. 1. rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words: the cadence of language. 2. (in free verse) a rhythmic pattern that is nonmetrically structured. 3. the beat, rate, or measure of any… …
5cadence — Synonyms and related words: Alexandrine, accent, accentuation, acciaccatura, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, antispast, appoggiatura, arabesque, arsis, authentic cadence, bacchius, bass passage, beat, bourdon, bridge, burden, cadency …
6authentic — adjective Etymology: Middle English autentik, from Anglo French, from Late Latin authenticus, from Greek authentikos, from authentēs perpetrator, master, from aut + hentēs (akin to Greek anyein to accomplish, Sanskrit sanoti he gains) Date: 14th… …
7authentic — authentically, adv. /aw then tik/, adj. 1. not false or copied; genuine; real: an authentic antique. 2. having the origin supported by unquestionable evidence; authenticated; verified: an authentic document of the Middle Ages; an authentic work… …
8authentic — au•then•tic [[t]ɔˈθɛn tɪk[/t]] adj. 1) genuine; real 2) having an origin supported by unquestionable evidence: an authentic work by an old master[/ex] 3) entitled to acceptance or belief because of agreement with known facts or experience;… …
9Andalusian cadence — Andalusian cadences are common in Flamenco music. The Andalusian cadence is a term adopted from flamenco music for a chord progression comprising four chords descending stepwise.[1] It is otherwise known as the minor descending tetrachord …
10English cadence (music) — In conventional Western music theory, the English cadence is a distinctive contrapuntal pattern particular to the authentic or perfect cadence. This pattern is so named because of its use primarily by English composers of the High Renaissance.The …
