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interrupted cadence

in·ter·rupt·ed ca·dence [ ìntə ruptəd káydənss ] (plural in·ter·rupt·ed ca·denc·es)


noun 
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cadence finishing on an unexpected chord: in music, a cadence that does not end with the expected chord of the tonic but moves from the dominant to the submediant or subdominant

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