Music GCSE
Cadence types and their effect
What Cadence types and their effect means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Cadence types and their effect
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A perfect cadence moves from chord V to chord I and sounds finished, while an imperfect cadence ends on chord V and sounds unfinished.
Topics that use Cadence types and their effect
- Component 3: Appraising - Musical elements (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Basic modulation and its signals
- Dotted rhythms
- Dynamic markings
- Harmonic chord progressions
- Justifying a structure from listening evidence
- Major and minor tonality
- Melodic contour and devices
- Named simple structures
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