"deceptive cadence" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: deceptive cadences [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} deceptive cadence (plural deceptive cadences)
  1. (music, US) a falling cadence in which the ear expects a dominant chord to resolve to the tonic, but it resolves to something else (usually a submediant chord) instead. Tags: US Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: interrupted cadence Related terms: plagal cadence Translations (falling cadence the dominant chord resolves to something other than the tonic (usually the submediant)): harhalopuke (Finnish), cadence rompue [feminine] (French), Trugschluss [masculine] (German), cadenza d'inganno [feminine] (Italian)

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