* A wide variety of composers and styles are listed here | |||
![]() | Perfect Authentic Cadences (PAC) | ||
![]() | mp3 | Ponce de Leon, Esteban, (Friar) Vendi, Venid Deidades, Opera Serenata, VIII Coro (Aria Alegre) mm.7-8 (recording link) | |
![]() | mp3 | Martines, Maria Anna, Sonata in E major, mvt. II. Andante, mm.62-63 (contains suspensions and cad6/4) (recording link) | |
![]() | mp3 | Martines, Maria Anna, Sonata in E major, mvt. III. Allegro, mm.83-86 (recording link) | |
![]() | mp3 | Martines, Maria Anna, Sonata in A major, mvt. I. Allegro, mm. 41-42 | |
![]() | mp3 | Bologne, Joseph, Harpsichord Quartet, mvt. II Rondo, mm.1-8 (recording link) | |
Imperfect Authentic Cadences (IAC) | |||
![]() | mp3 | Ponce de Leon, Esteban, (Friar) Vendi, Venid Deidades, Opera Serenata, IX Aria, mm.15-17 (recording link) | |
![]() | mp3 | Rusca, Claudia Francesca, Canzon Prima ‘La Borromea’ for viol quartet, mm.1-5 | |
![]() | mp3 | Rusca, Claudia Francesca, Canzon Prima ‘La Borromea’ for viol quartet, mm.47-49 | |
![]() | mp3 | Martines, Maria Anna, Sonata in E major, mvt. I. Allegro, mm.1-4 | |
![]() | mp3 | Martines, Maria Anna, Sonata in A major, mvt. I. Allegro, mm.1-3 (recording link) | |
![]() | mp3 | Bologne, Joseph, Sonata No. 2 in A major for piano and violin, mvt. I Allegro moderato, mm. 135-137 | |
![]() | mp3 | Bach, J.S., Chorale 46, Vom Himmel hoch, da kom’ich her, mm.1-2 (viio6/5 to I) (recording link) | |
![]() | mp3 | Bon, Anna, Six Flute Sonatas, No. 1 Adagio, mm.1-2 | |
Half Cadences (HC) | |||
![]() | mp3 | Bologne, Joseph, Harpsichord Quartet, mvt. I Allegro, mm.1-4 | |
![]() | mp3 | Bologne, Joseph, Sonata No. 2 in A major for piano and violin, mvt. I Allegro moderato, mm. 10-12 | |
![]() | mp3 | Strozzi, Barbara, Sonetto proemio dell’opera, two soprano and continuo, mm.1-5 | |
![]() | mp3 | Farrenc, Louise, Élévation for organ, Adagio religioso, mm.1-8 and mm.17-24 (two phrases of IAC and HC) | |
Phrygian Half Cadences (PHC) | |||
![]() | mp3 | Castellanos, Rafael Antonio, Vaja de Jácara amigos for two violins, voice, and continuo, mm.1-4 | |
![]() | mp3 | Nepomuceno, Alberto, String Quartet No. 2 mvt. I. Allegro con fuoco, mm.1-5 (link to recording) | |
![]() | mp3 | Bach, J.S., Chorale 25, Wo soll ich fliehen hin, mm.1-2 (recording link) | |
![]() | mp3 | Bach, J.S., Chorale 47 Vater unser im Himmelreich, mm.2-4 (recording link) | |
Tonicized Half Cadences (THC) | |||
![]() | link | Ponce de Leon, Esteban, (Friar) Vendi, Venid Deidades, Opera Serenata, I Arioso mm.1-8 THC appears in m.5 | |
![]() | mp3 | Ponce de Leon, Esteban, (Friar) Vendi, Venid Deidades, Opera Serenata, VI Minuet mm.1-8 THC appears in m.4-5 | |
![]() | mp3 | Ponce de Leon, Esteban, (Friar) Vendi, Venid Deidades, Opera Serenata, VII Aria mm.1-8 THC appears in m.3-4 | |
![]() | mp3 | Bologne, Joseph, Harpsichord Quartet, mvt. II Rondo, mm. 48-59 | |
![]() | mp3 | Bach, J.S., Chorale 35, Gott des Himmels und der Erden, mm1-4 | |
Plagal Cadences (PC) | |||
![]() | link | Red is the Rose, traditional Irish folk song, mm.11-12 | |
![]() | mp3 | Loch Lomond, traditional Scottish folk song, occurs in antecedent phrases throughout song, (this example is mm.1-8) | |
![]() | mp3 | Sheeran, ED, Galway Girl, mm.1-8 Plagal HC m.12 PC | |
![]() | mp3 | Wild Mountain Thyme, traditional Scottish folk song, mm.9-10 and mm.17-18 (Hexatonic composition) | |
![]() | mp3 | Bach, J.S. BWV 386, Nun danket alle Gott, mm.1-4, (plagal cadence occurs in mm.1-2) | |
Deceptive Cadences (DC) | |||
I’m still looking. | |||
Modal Cadences (MC) | |||
(VII to i) | |||
![]() | mp3 | Bingen, Hildegard of, Ave Generosa, vocal chant/hymn (VII to i modal cadence) | |
![]() | mp3 | Shore, Howard, Evenstar, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, mm.5-8 (VII to i modal cadence) | |
![]() | link | The Rambling Sailor, Traditional English Folk Song, collected and arranged by Cecil J. Sharp (Mixolydian example) (another version) | |
![]() | link | As I Walked Through the Meadows, Traditional English Folk Song, collected and arranged by Cecil J. Sharp | |
![]() | mp3 | My Mother Told Me, Traditional Norse, arranged by Marie-Éve Mainguy | |
Modal Half Step Cadence (bII to i) | |||
![]() | mp3 | Djawadi, Ramin, Westworld: Main Title Theme, Piano arr. Patrik Pietschmann, mm.7-10 (bII to i Phrygian cadence) | |
Modal HC (progressions stopping on VII or bVII | |||
![]() | mp3 | The Parting Glass, traditional Irish folk song (VII used as a type of HC) (minor v – i used in consequent phrases). (VI to i in last phrase) | |
![]() | link | Mussorgsky, Modest, Le Polisson (The Ragamuffin) for piano, Allegro, mm.1-6 | |
Multiple modal cadences | |||
![]() | mp3 | Bruton Town, Traditional English Folk Song, collected and arranged by Cecil J. Sharp multiple modal cadences (Dorian example, VII – IV, ii – v, VII – i6) (recording link) (sometimes also known as Burton Town | |
![]() | mp3 | Robin Hood and the Tanner, Traditional English Folk Song, collected and arranged by Cecil J. Sharp mm.1-22 modal cadences (minor v as a half cadence and VII – i) (Dorian example) (recording link) | |
![]() | mp3 | St Patrick´s An dro, Traditional Breton Music (minor v as HC and VII – i) | |
Plagal Half Cadence (PlagalHC) (defined here as any chord progressing to iv or IV marking the end of a phrase.) Examples will be used in my upcoming article “Revisiting the Plagal Half Cadence” | |||
Commercial / Pop Examples (PlagalHC) | |||
![]() | link | Bush, Kate, Running Up That Hill, Chorus section 0:50 | |
![]() | mp3 | Zimmer, Hans, Time from Inception, mm. 17-24 (i – v – VII – IV) (A dorian) (Example of phrase groups / phrase chain) | |
![]() | link | Kilcher, Jewel, Who Will Save Your Soul, mm.5-16 (occurs every four measures) (i – III – VII – IV) (A dorian) (example of phrase groups / phrase chain) | |
![]() | link | Orzabal, Roland, Mad World, piano arrangement, mm.1-8 (i – III – VII – IV) (F dorian) (example of phrase groups / phrase chain) | |
![]() | mp3 | Korzeniowski, Abel, Letters – from the movie W.E. for piano, mm.1-8 First phrase (i – III maj.4/3 – IV6 – iv6) Second phrase (i – III6/4 – iv – iv6) (example of phrase groups / phrase chain) | |
![]() | mp3 | Swinscoe, Jason and Dominic Peter Smith (The Cinematic Orchestra) Arrival of the Birds, piano arrangment mm.30-37 these are the first two of four consecutive plagal half cadences (i – III – iv – iv) | |
Folk Examples (PlagalHC) | |||
![]() | link | Red is the Rose, traditional Irish folk song, mm.1-4 (but occurs throughout the song) | |
Classical Examples (PlagalHC) | |||
![]() | mp3 | Bach, J.S. BWV 41 Chorale 11, Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, mm.1-4 (modulates to F in the 2nd measure) | |
![]() | mp3 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, Symphony No.39 in Eb Major, K543, mvt. III Menuetto, Allegretto, mm.1-8 (Plagal half cadence occurs in m. 4) (I – IV) (the full period is shown here) | |
![]() | mp3 | Rachmaninov, Sergei, Piano Concerto Op.18, No. 2, mvt. I Moderato, arr. for two pianos, mm.15-18 (i – ivhd6/5 – III6 – Ger+6 of i – VI6/4 – V6/5 – iv – iv6) (The solo piano is a bit clearer in this recording link) | |
Tonicized Plagal Half Cadence (TPlag.HC) | |||
![]() | mp3 | Bach, J.S., Chorale 27, Es spricht der Unweisen Mund, mm.1-4 (First phrase is V7/IV to IV) | |
![]() | mp3 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, Sonata in C Major, K330, mvt. II Andante cantabile, pickup to mm.9-20 (occurs in m.16) (Ellis B. Kohs labels this passage (mm.13-16) as an example of a non-phrase) |