deceptive cadence

English

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.

   Synonym: (British) interrupted cadence

Translations

falling cadence the dominant chord resolves to something other than the tonic (usually the submediant)

• Finnish: harhalopuke
• French: cadence rompue f
• German: Trugschluss (de) m
• Italian: cadenza d'inganno f

See also

• deceptive cadence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• plagal cadence