Kaii Lee had combined several piano/keyboard method books and her life long music learning books to create this sequential music theory study for this website. This page is about the different types of Cadences: Authentic, Half, Plagal, and Deceptive. Each of these types of Cadences will be explained with a graphic music score. By clicking on the other colored links at the bottom of this page, the other music theory topics can be found easily.

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Authentic | Half | Plagal | Deceptive

A cadence is the part of harmonic structure in any music when the music phrase or sentence comes to an end. The four commonly used cadences are Authentic, Half, Plagal, and Deceptive. An Authentic Cadence is usually made with a V-I, Dominant to Tonic, chord progression at the end of a phrase. While the Dominant Chord or Dominant Seventh Chord maybe in Root Position or any forms of Inversions, the Tonic Chord is always in the the Root Position.

Authentic Cadence

Music example of Authentic Cadence from Chopin Prelude Op.28, No.2

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Half Cadence

Music example of Half Cadence from JS Bach Italian Concerto First Movement, Measures 5-8

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Plagal Cadence

Music example of Plagal Cadence from JS Bach Italian Concerto First Movement

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Deceptive Cadence

Music example of Deceptive Cadence from Beethoven Pathetique Sonata, Op.13, First Movement, Measures 7-9

 

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The next topic in this Music Theory site is all about the "Chord Progression." You may want to review the previous pages. Thank you for reading!

Music Theory that every musician could use and should know
The Basics	Math in Music	More Math and Signs	Music Forms
Time Signatures	Intervals	Modulations	Homophonic Style
			Polyphonic Style
	Diatonic & Chromatic Steps	Transposition	Contrapuntal Techniques
Key Signatures	Triads & Inversions		Binary Form
	Primary Triads	Augmented Sixth Chords	Ternary Form
	Secondary Triads	Traditional Compositional Tools	Dance Suites
Scales	Seventh Chords	Contemporary Compositional Tools	Prelude & Fugue
	Secondary Dominant	Musical Signs	Sonata Form
	Cadences		Rondo Form
Modes	Chord Progressions	Musical Terms	Theme & Variations
	Figured Bass & Basso Continuo		Serialism

 

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