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half cadence

American  

noun

Music.
  1. a cadence ending with dominant harmony.


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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 Spalding, Walter Raymond

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