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Phrygian cadences

Phrygian cadences is the plural of Phrygian cadence.

Meaning of Phrygian cadence

Noun

Phrygian cadence (plural Phrygian cadences)

  1. A type of imperfect cadence frequently found in Baroque compositions. The gesture consists of a iv⁶–V final cadence in the minor mode at the end of a slow movement or slow introduction. It implies that a fast movement is to follow without pause, generally in the same key.

Questions about Phrygian cadences

What is Phrygian cadences the plural of?
Phrygian cadences is the plural of Phrygian cadence.

Words near Phrygian cadences in the dictionary

  1. phryganeid
  2. phryganeids
  3. Phrygia
  4. phrygian
  5. Phrygian cadence
  6. Phrygian cadences
  7. Phrygian cap
  8. Phrygian caps
  9. Phrygian mode
  10. Phrygian modes
  11. Phrygian stone

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