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deceptive_cadence
deceptive cadence
English
Noun
deceptive cadence (plural deceptive cadences)
- (music) a falling cadence in which the ear expects the a dominant chord to resolve to the tonic, but resolves to something else (usually a submediant chord) instead.
See also
- deceptive cadence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- plagal cadence