ca’dence

E. (in F. k&-dians), ca’dens, L., cadenza (kd-dén-tsi), I., Kadenz (ki-dénts’), G. 1. Literally “a fall,” hence, the subsidence of a melody or harmony to a point of rest; thence any concluding strain, rising or falling, Harmonic cadences are of the following sorts: (a). When the chord of the dominant is followed by the chord of the tonic, with the roots of both chords in the ba and the root of the second chord doubled in the highest voice, it is called a perfect authentic cadence; when the first chord has other than the root in the ba , or when the highest voice does not take the tonic in the last chord (takes the third for instance), this cadence is called an imperfect authentic cadence. Other names for the authentic cadence are, whole, perfect, full or complete cadence;