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Name: Cadence in Music
ID: m12402
Language: English (en)
Summary: A cadence is a place in a piece of music that feels like a stopping or resting point. In tonal music, cadences are classified by their chord progressions.
Subject: Arts
Keywords: authentic cadence, cadence, dominant, false cadence, imperfect cadence, music, perfect cadence, phrase, plagal, plagal cadence, rhythm harmonic rhythm, tonic
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License

Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)

Version: 1.9 (history)
Created: May 26, 2004 10:35 am GMT-5
Revised: Oct 4, 2007 12:24 pm GMT-5

Version History

Version: 1.9 Oct 4, 2007 12:24 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
fixed link

Version: 1.8 Feb 15, 2007 3:37 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
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added outline svg and eps files

Version: 1.7 Nov 6, 2006 2:59 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
Extensive rewrite of opening paragraphs, added links and an exercise, slight changes to rest of text.

Version: 1.6 Feb 1, 2006 12:38 pm US/Central by Chuck Bearden
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Fixed document/@id so that course publishing would create correct page references.

Version: 1.5 Jan 31, 2006 6:36 pm US/Central by Chuck Bearden
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Uploaded fixed EPS files.

Version: 1.4 Jan 31, 2006 10:55 am US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
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added a name to figure

Version: 1.3 Jan 26, 2006 9:35 pm US/Central by Chuck Bearden
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Version: 1.2 Jan 24, 2006 3:26 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
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Added some text, a link, and a figure.

Version: 1.1 Oct 12, 2004 2:55 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
New module

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American Chemical Society (ACS) Style Guide:

Schmidt-Jones, C. Cadence in Music, Connexions Web site. http://cnx.org/content/m12402/1.9/, Oct 4, 2007.

American Medical Assocation (AMA) Manual of Style:

Schmidt-Jones C. Cadence in Music [Connexions Web site]. October 4, 2007. Available at: http://cnx.org/content/m12402/1.9/.

American Psychological Assocation (APA) Publication Manual:

Schmidt-Jones, C. (2007, October 4). Cadence in Music. Retrieved from the Connexions Web site: http://cnx.org/content/m12402/1.9/

Chicago Manual of Style (Bibliography):

Schmidt-Jones, Catherine. "Cadence in Music." Connexions. October 4, 2007. http://cnx.org/content/m12402/1.9/.

Chicago Manual of Style (Note):

Catherine Schmidt-Jones, "Cadence in Music," Connexions, October 4, 2007, http://cnx.org/content/m12402/1.9/.

Chicago Manual of Style (Reference, in Author-Date style):

Schmidt-Jones, C. 2007. Cadence in Music. Connexions, October 4, 2007. http://cnx.org/content/m12402/1.9/.

Modern Languages Association (MLA) Style Manual:

Schmidt-Jones, Catherine. Cadence in Music. Connexions. 4 Oct. 2007 <http://cnx.org/content/m12402/1.9/>.