deceptive cadence
deceptive cadence · deceptive cadences
Trugschluss
A falling cadence in which the ear expects a dominant chord to resolve to the tonic,…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.
Meaning
1 senses(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.
Trugschluss
Translations
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By meaning 1
falling cadence the dominant chord resolves to something other than the tonic (usually the submediant):
Forms
plural: deceptive cadences| Singular | deceptive cadence |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsinterrupted cadence
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedplagal cadence