Cadence?

[Brian110687]

can anyone explain to me what this is? I hear the term used alot. I have somewhat of an idea, but i am not 100% sure.

[brisk]

Chord progression and its variation

[kmcguitars]

Cadence has more to do with timeing than chords Any certain
downbeat would be considered cadence. (i.e.) 2-3-4 Beat

[brisk]

Cadence *

The cadence is a component of the syntactic structure. It is made up of the chord progression which ends the complete musical phrase. This progression is normally chord V to I. Each of these chords may be elaborated in some way, for instance by the cadential 6 4 appoggiatura chord or static harmony. These expand the V and I chords into the dominant prolongation and static coda.

In the true plagal cadence the chord V is replaced by chord IV. However, most so called plagal cadences are in reality I - [IV] - I static codas which elaborate the chord I of the V - I cadence. See static coda.

An imperfect cadence (e.g. chord II to V) is created when the final I of the cadence is missing so that the phrase is left incomplete, usually to be completed on a subsequent repetition or by a subsequent phrase.

Sometimes the tonic chord of the cadence overlaps with the static harmony of the next phrase.

The interrupted cadence occurs when a dominant chord is followed by a gamma progression (V - VI) or beta progression (V - III) rather than the normal alpha progression (V - I) which could form the syntactic cadence. The interrupted cadence is not a true cadence in syntactic terms as it serves only to extend the dynamic harmony of the closing section of the phrase.

[Brian110687]

Originally posted by brisk
Cadence *

The cadence is a component of the syntactic structure. It is made up of the chord progression which ends the complete musical phrase. This progression is normally chord V to I. Each of these chords may be elaborated in some way, for instance by the cadential 6 4 appoggiatura chord or static harmony. These expand the V and I chords into the dominant prolongation and static coda.

In the true plagal cadence the chord V is replaced by chord IV. However, most so called plagal cadences are in reality I - [IV] - I static codas which elaborate the chord I of the V - I cadence. See static coda.

An imperfect cadence (e.g. chord II to V) is created when the final I of the cadence is missing so that the phrase is left incomplete, usually to be completed on a subsequent repetition or by a subsequent phrase.

Sometimes the tonic chord of the cadence overlaps with the static harmony of the next phrase.

The interrupted cadence occurs when a dominant chord is followed by a gamma progression (V - VI) or beta progression (V - III) rather than the normal alpha progression (V - I) which could form the syntactic cadence. The interrupted cadence is not a true cadence in syntactic terms as it serves only to extend the dynamic harmony of the closing section of the phrase.

Thanks alot, I appreciate it.

[brisk]

Cadence is nothing new to musicians. When you hear it, you know it because it sounds right. Cadence is kinda a collection of right chord progressions with variations. The following link is about chord progression applied to guitar.

http://www.torvund.net/guitar/progressions/index.asp

[kmcguitars]

Hey Brisk, After reading your repsonce I whent and checked the online webster's. I posted a link to it. I guess where both right
about cadence. Just different ways to inturput it?

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=cadence&x=15&y=15

[brisk]

Hey KMC,

I am suprised that actually M-W gives a very good definition of what cadence means when used in music theory.

"a musical chord sequence moving to a harmonic close or point of rest and giving the sense of harmonic completion"

This is pretty much all I want to say about cadence.

Cheers,

[Brian110687]

thanks alot guys.

[kmcguitars]

Originally posted by brisk
Hey KMC,

I am suprised that actually M-W gives a very good definition of what cadence means when used in music theory.

"a musical chord sequence moving to a harmonic close or point of rest and giving the sense of harmonic completion"

This is pretty much all I want to say about cadence.

Cheers,

Thanks' I learned something new. I never knew It apilied to
chord Sequence. I read it 5Xs and I'm still not fully understanding
it. Is there a way you could post a clip demostraiting how it works?
I get the concept,But I'm not hearing it in my head. Thanks

[brisk]

Originally posted by kmcguitars
Thanks' I learned something new. I never knew It apilied to
chord Sequence. I read it 5Xs and I'm still not fully understanding
it. Is there a way you could post a clip demostraiting how it works?
I get the concept,But I'm not hearing it in my head. Thanks

Well as I said before, you will know it when you hear it because it sounds right. The easiest example would be G7 to C chord progression. In C Major scale, if you play G7, you know you need C as the next chord to give the sense of harmonic completion ("harmonic close" or "point of rest"). It sounds confusing but it's nothing but a strange name for what you already know.

Cheers,

[kmcguitars]

A HA OK now I think I gotta ya. It's basicly the resolve chord in
a progression.

[LucidInterval]

Cadence

Chick from American Wedding.

[JOLLY]

I thought it was when the quarterback hollered out loud in different variations to get the defense to jump offside.