Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · section 21 of 96

Cadence Formula of the First Kind — with the Succession of Subdominant and Dominant

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§ 21. 1) By the cadence formula of the first kind is meant the succession of the chords of degrees I, IV, V, I.

2) In duple time the fourth degree is always placed on the strong beat and the fifth on the weak beat; in triple time the fourth degree may also be placed on the second (weak) beat and the fifth degree on the third beat.

Model: the first-kind cadence formula I–IV–V–I in C major, cut time, IV on the strong beat — Fig. 83 · See it in the reader

The formula in 3/2: in C major with IV on the first beat and V on the second; in A minor with iv (first inversion) on the second beat and V on the third — Fig. 84 · See it in the reader