Brainlag MusicEight bars as two phrases: a question that stops on the dominant and an answer that starts like it and finishes the tune.
Two phrases, one tune
An eight-bar melody is usually two 4-bar phrases: a question and an answer.
The first is the question: it ends in bar 4 on a note of chord V, an imperfect cadence, so the music feels unfinished. The second is the answer: it closes the tune with a perfect cadence.
The rest of this lesson and its 4 practice questions are in Brainlag Music Theory.
Screen 1 of 3, free to read.
- 4 exam-style questions, marked as you go, each with a worked solution
- Anything you get wrong is saved to your flashcards