half cadence
Americannoun
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That song ends in a half cadence, forever unresolved.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2018
The answering phrase, antithesis, is now quite different; and, in measure 48, is developed—with some new contrapuntal voices—to a half cadence in F minor.
From Music: An Art and a Language by Walter Raymond Spalding
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