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Cadence Spotting

A worksheet on naming the four cadences from their last two chords, with a four-step finding method, sixteen drill questions in notation and numerals, four short-answer questions, and a full answer key.

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What's inside

  • The four cadences to know — perfect, plagal, imperfect and interrupted — with their chords, what each does, and where you meet it
  • A four-step method for finding a cadence, plus the traps around inversions and minor-key spellings
  • Eight notated two-chord examples to name by ear and eye, across major and minor keys
  • Six numeral-to-cadence questions and four short-answer questions on what makes a cadence perfect, imperfect or interrupted
  • A full answer key with a cut-out-and-keep summary table and a marking guide
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