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  1. Phrygian cadence, Phrygian cadence: Merriam-Webster
  2. Phrygian cadence: Wiktionary
  3. Phrygian cadence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Phrygian cadence)

noun:  (music) A type of imperfect cadence frequently found in Baroque compositions. The gesture consists of a iv⁶–V final cadence in the minor mode at the end of a slow movement or slow introduction. It implies that a fast movement is to follow without pause, generally in the same key.

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