Cadences
Music · 50 practice questions
Cadences in major keys, not exceeding two sharps and two flats - perfect/full close, imperfect/half close/semi cadence, plagal/Amen cadence, and interrupted/deceptive/evaded/surprise cadence.
- Identify the various types of cadences in a musical score.
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- Practice question 1
The final cadence of a complete hymn specifically very often is a
- A.a factor entirely unrelated to very often being a perfect cadence at the hymn's end
- B.perfect cadence, firmly establishing the tonic key
- C.imperfect cadence, leaving the hymn sounding deliberately unfinished at its very close
- D.interrupted cadence, deliberately avoiding any firm sense of closure at the very end
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B. perfect cadence, firmly establishing the tonic key
The final cadence of a complete hymn specifically very often is a perfect cadence, firmly establishing the tonic key.
- Practice question 2
A perfect cadence, an imperfect cadence, a plagal cadence, and an interrupted cadence, taken together, specifically represent the
- A.five main cadence types studied at this level, one more than the number actually listed
- B.only a single, combined cadence type, despite being given four entirely separate names
- C.a factor entirely unrelated to representing the four main cadence types studied at this level
- D.four main cadence types studied at this level
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D. four main cadence types studied at this level
A perfect, imperfect, plagal, and interrupted cadence, taken together, specifically represent the four main cadence types studied.
- Practice question 3
A perfect cadence, in music, specifically is formed by the chord progression
- A.IV to I, a progression instead associated with a plagal cadence
- B.V to I
- C.a factor entirely unrelated to the chord progression V to I of any kind
- D.I to V, the reverse of the progression that forms a perfect cadence
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B. V to I
A perfect cadence, in music, specifically is formed by the chord progression V to I.
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