Music — cadences, triads, intervals
VCE Music · Music theory — intervals & cadences · 6 flashcards, free to study.
For the aural section of Music exam. Quick interval & cadence ID.
- Perfect cadence — chord movement
- V → I — strongest resolution.
- Plagal cadence
- IV → I — 'Amen' cadence, softer resolution.
- Half cadence — what is it?
- Ends on V — feels unresolved, often used at a section midpoint.
- Interval — perfect 5th in semitones
- 7 semitones (e.g. C → G).
- What is a triad?
- 3-note chord built from a root + 3rd + 5th.
- Difference between major and minor 3rd
- Major: 4 semitones. Minor: 3 semitones.