analysis / Symbolic
Cadence
A harmonic closing formula — the two-chord gesture that ends a phrase or section: authentic (V→I), plagal (IV→I), half (…→V), or deceptive (V→vi). The functional reading of a progression's final motion: it labels the closing two chords of a note-set-sequence by their roman-numeral degrees within a key.
How it works
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This describes or analyzes music; it may not directly specify playable notes.
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roman
The closing two-chord roman-numeral formula
V-IIV-IV-vi
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