Exercises · Form & Analysis · Music Theory

Question and answer

A phrase that stops on V asks a question: a half cadence (HC). One that goes V → I answers it: an authentic cadence (AC). The two make a period (Handouts 232, 72).

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Part 1 · Comma or full stop?

1 · Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star0:13
2 · G major0:10
3 · F major0:13
4 · G major0:13

Part 2 · Parallel or contrasting?

5 · G major0:23
6 · F major0:18
7 · C major0:23

Part 3 · Answer it

The question, bars 1–40:13

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Part 3: one answer, all eight bars0:23

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