cadential

[ key-den-shuhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

1875–80; cadence, -ial; modeled on substance, substantial

In measure 71 we have a piquant closing theme which ends in the "good old way" with some rather formal groups of cadential chords.

The variations are not numbered and the demarcations indicated only by certain cadential objective points.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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