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deceptive cadences

deceptive cadences is the plural of deceptive cadence.

Meaning of deceptive cadence

Noun

deceptive cadence (plural deceptive cadences)

  1. (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.
    Synonyms:
    interrupted cadence

Questions about deceptive cadences

What is deceptive cadences the plural of?
Deceptive cadences is the plural of deceptive cadence.

Words near deceptive cadences in the dictionary

  1. deceptiously
  2. deceptitious
  3. deceptive
  4. deceptive advertising
  5. deceptive cadence
  6. deceptive cadences
  7. deceptively
  8. deceptively misdescriptive
  9. deceptiveness
  10. deceptivities
  11. deceptivity

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