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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cadence with the subdominant chord immediately preceding the tonic chord.
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- noun music A
falling cadence in which asubdominant chord precedes thetonic ; especially used in an endingAmen .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cadence (frequently ending church music) in which the chord of the subdominant precedes the chord of the tonic
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