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deceptive cadence en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (US) a falling cadence in which the ear expects a dominant chord to resolve to the tonic, but it resolves to something else (usually a submediant chord) instead.

Forms

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deceptive cadences Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

plagal cadence

Synonyms

interrupted cadence

Translations (4)

fi harhalopuke (falling cadence the dominant chord resolves to something other than the tonic (usually the submediant)) · fr cadence rompue (falling cadence the dominant chord resolves to something other than the tonic (usually the submediant)) · de Trugschluss (falling cadence the dominant chord resolves to something other than the tonic (usually the submediant)) · it cadenza d'inganno (falling cadence the dominant chord resolves to something other than the tonic (usually the submediant))