Cadences

The four cadence types — perfect, imperfect, plagal and interrupted — with their chords, punctuation, and how to spot one in a piece.

What's inside

• Perfect, Imperfect, Plagal and Interrupted cadences, each with their chord progression and what it sounds like
• A table comparing all four in C major and A minor, with their punctuation and where they end
• How to identify a cadence in a piece: finding the phrase end, naming the bass notes, checking root position
• Question-and-answer phrasing and the cadential 6/4 approach to a final chord