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  2. Cadence - Wikipedia

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    The word "cadence" sometimes slightly shifts its meaning depending on the context; for example, it can be used to refer to the last few notes of a particular phrase, or to just the final chord of that phrase, or to types of chord progressions that are suitable for phrase endings in general.

  3. Talk:Picardy third - Wikipedia

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    It says in the article that a deceptive cadence is in the parallel minor. Either I'm misunderstanding what's being said, or this is wrong. A deceptive cadence may perhaps end on anything, but usually it is on the relative minor or subdominant, not the parallel minor (as far as I know). Plus, the following explanation in the article is of a A ...

  4. Backdoor progression - Wikipedia

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    Backdoor compared with the dominant (front door) in the chromatic circle: they share two tones and are transpositionally equivalent. In jazz and jazz harmony, the chord progression from iv 7 to ♭ VII 7 to I (the tonic or "home" chord) has been nicknamed the backdoor progression [1] [2] or the backdoor ii-V, as described by jazz theorist and author Jerry Coker.

  5. Deceptive cadence - Wikipedia

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    Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; Deceptive cadence

  6. Galant Schemata - Wikipedia

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    As the Ponte serves to prolong a dominant sonority, the Indugio is a prolongation of a predominant sonority before a half cadence. In an Indugio, the melody will often highlight scale degrees 2, 4, and 6, while the bass will emphasize scale degree 4, preparing to go to scale degree 5 for the half cadence. [21]

  7. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...

  8. List of English homographs - Wikipedia

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    When the prefix "re-" is added to a monosyllabic word, the word gains currency both as a noun and as a verb. Most of the pairs listed below are closely related: for example, "absent" as a noun meaning "missing", and as a verb meaning "to make oneself missing". There are also many cases in which homographs are of an entirely separate origin, or ...

  9. Unreliable narrator - Wikipedia

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    Illustration by Gustave Doré of Baron Munchausen's tale of being swallowed by a whale. Tall tales, such as those of the Baron, often feature unreliable narrators.. In literature, film, and other such arts, an unreliable narrator is a narrator who cannot be trusted, one whose credibility is compromised. [1]