perfect authentic cadence

English

Noun

perfect authentic cadence (plural perfect authentic cadences)

  1. (music) A cadence involving the resolution of the dominant chord (V) to the root chord (I), where both chords are in the root position and the tonic is in the highest position of the root chord.

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