Cadential Structure
[ I - IV - V - I ]
Lester Allyson Knibbs, Ph.D.
With the Name of the Gracious and Compassionate Creator of the Heavens and the Earth
[ I - IV - V - I ]   Prolongation of Function   Elaboration of Motion   Symphonic Composition

[ I - IV - V - I ]
Cadential structure in symphonic music is a series of variations on a simple theme - the harmonic progression [I-IV-V-I].

I. Music as Repetition
II. Chords, Harmonies and Functions
III. Bass Motion, Root Position and Inversions
IV. Structural Functions
Modular Composition - Cadential Structure
Introduction   Chaconne   Cadential   Unitary/Binary   Linear/Periodic   Modality/Rationality   Structural   Composing
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