AQA GCSE Music - Cadences and Scales

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GCSE GCSE Music Flashcards on AQA GCSE Music - Cadences and Scales, created by Mr Thompson on 12/03/2015.
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Imperfect cadence Like a comma/pause - we know there is more to come (_ to V)
Plagal cadence Sounds finished but slightly unusual - "A-men" (IV to I)
Perfect cadence Sounds perfectly finished - most common cadence (V to I)
Interrupted cadence Sounds like it'll be perfect but then changes - surprise/joke (V to VI)
Blues scale Uses blues notes - sounds jazzy
Pentatonic scale Uses 5 notes - sounds Chinese
Minor scale Sounds sad
Modal scale Medieval version of major/minor scales - sounds old
Major scale Sounds happy
Whole tone scale No semitones in the scale - sounds dreamy
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