Brainlag MusicNaming cadences in major and minor keys, and telling the three six-four chords apart.
This week's skills
Check each skill of week 4; anything shaky, read the lessons again in Cadences and six-four chords, then come back.
The skills to check
- Perfect, imperfect, plagal and interrupted cadences
- Cadential, passing and auxiliary six-fours
You try Which kind of six-four is in the example, and why?
Show the answer
Cadential: Ic comes straight before V over the same bass note, at the cadence.
Extension: The Phrygian cadence
An imperfect cadence in a minor key, IVb to V, with the bass falling a semitone. It is beyond the Grade 6 syllabus.
The rest of this lesson and its 5 practice questions are in Brainlag Music Theory.
Screen 1 of 2, free to read.
- 5 exam-style questions, marked as you go, each with a worked solution
- Anything you get wrong is saved to your flashcards