Authentic Cadence

An authentic cadence is a harmonic close built on the movement from the dominant chord to the tonic. In Western tonal music it is one of the strongest ways to confirm a key and end a phrase. The device is central to classical harmony and appears constantly in songs, hymns, concert works, and MusicTales examples such as authentic cadences in Beatles songs.

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