A Simple Song of Cadences

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Tonic goes to dominant

Or perhaps that is reversed

Sub-dom goes to tonic like

The church hymn’s benediction

 

The mediant wanders on

Marching: three, six, two, five, one

Jazz aficionados swing

Classical musicians roll

Their eyes- their souls vacating.

 

No one dares resolve with TI

Without SO or RE or Fa

One glorious dominant

Seventh chord slithers into

Heavenly DO MI SO DO

Comments

[alycewilson]

As luck would have it, my son is learning chord structure on the piano and I am learning it with him. He just used all of these terms this week!