half-cadence

A _half-cadence_ occurs when the dominant chord is used as the final chord of a phrase, and is immediately preceded by the tonic chord.

Music Notation and Terminology Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928

It is used to give variety, but as in the case of the half-cadence, is not available at the end of a composition.

Music Notation and Terminology Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928

Fig. 70 shows the use of the _half-cadence_ at the close of such a phrase.

Music Notation and Terminology Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928

It is these lighter, transient forms of cadence to which a number of different names are given; for the student of analysis (and the composer, also, for that matter) the one general term "semicadence," or half-cadence, is sufficient, and we shall use no other.

Lessons in Music Form A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition Percy Goetschius 1898

The movement ends with a romance and half-cadence; then, the buzzings of the third "movement" begin, though the kernels of the

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The movement ends with a romance and half-cadence; then, the buzzings of the third "movement" begin, though the kernels of the

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