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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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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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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