Music A-Level
Antecedent phrase
What Antecedent phrase means in Music A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The opening 'question' phrase, which typically ends with an imperfect cadence, creating a sense of harmonic tension and expectation.
Topics that use Antecedent phrase
- Area of study 1: Western classical tradition 1650–1910 (compulsory) - Musical elements (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Antiphonal texture
- Aria
- Articulation
- Balanced phrases
- Bass suspension
- Basso continuo
- Binary form
- Cadential 6/4
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