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All theory articlesMain Types of Cadences
Learn the main types of cadences: complete, half, interrupted, authentic, plagal, perfect, and imperfect cadences.
Reader level: ArrangerWhat Is a Cadence in Music?
A simple explanation of cadence: how a chord pattern closes or pauses a musical phrase, with the main types and examples.
Reader level: ArrangerTonic, Subdominant, and Dominant
Learn how the three main harmonic functions work: tonic, subdominant, and dominant. Formulas and examples in major and minor keys.
Reader level: ArrangerWhat Is Chord Function?
Learn what chord function means in a key, how function differs from chord name, and how to hear stability, motion, and tension.
Reader level: ArrangerChords in a Minor Key
Learn which chords belong to natural minor, why minor keys often raise the seventh degree, and why V or V7 pulls to the tonic more strongly than v.
Reader level: Arranger