deceptive cadence

English

Noun

deceptive cadence (plural deceptive cadences)

(music, US) a falling cadence in which the ear expects the a dominant chord to resolve to the tonic, but resolves to something else (usually a submediant chord) instead.
Synonym: (British) interrupted cadence

Translations

falling cadence the dominant chord resolves to something other than the tonic (usually the submediant)

Finnish: harhalopuke
French: cadence rompue f
German: Trugschluss (de) m
Italian: cadenza d'inganno f

See also

deceptive cadence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
plagal cadence

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