deceptive cadence
English
editNoun
editdeceptive cadence (plural deceptive cadences)
- (music, US) a falling cadence in which the ear expects a dominant chord to resolve to the tonic, but it resolves to something else (usually a submediant chord) instead.
- Synonym: (British) interrupted cadence
Translations
editfalling cadence the dominant chord resolves to something other than the tonic (usually the submediant)
|
See also
edit- deceptive cadence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- plagal cadence