English cadence

English
A typical English cadence in C, involving a B♭ that resolves to A followed by G, suspended on the third beat against a B♮ that resolves to C.

Etymology

From English +‎ cadence.

Noun

English cadence (plural English cadences)

  1. (music) A perfect cadence characteristic of English Renaissance music, involving a flattened seventh note played against the dominant chord (containing a regular raised seventh); conventionally, the flattened seventh is played as part of a suspension on the penultimate beat, before resolving downwards to the sixth and then fifth of the final chord, while the raised seventh is held before resolving upward to the first; however, more complex variations are also possible.
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