Friday, May 2, 2008

Perfect vs imperfect Authentic Cadences

What is the difference between perfect authentic and imperfect authentic cadences?

2 comments:

DramaHuman said...

Though both cadences end on one: A Perfect Authentic Cadence ends with the tonic in the soprano while an Imperfect Authentic Cadence does not giving it less finality.

Dillon Fox said...

Also with the imperfect authentic cadence you must have either an inverted V chord or a one chord without the root of the chord in the soprano, however with the perfect authentic you must have a root position V chord and a root position I with the root in the soprano.