Cadence: A melodic or harmonic punctuation mark at the end of a phrase, major section or entire work. Cadence Types:
Perfect Authentic Cadence PAC. (V7 or V moving to I. Both chords in Root position)
Imperfect Authentic Cadence IAC. (V or V7 moving to I, but with inverted chords or the soprano not finishing on the tonic)
Half Cadence HC. (A cadence that ends on a V chord. The V chords can be approached with chords such as I, ii, IV, V/V, etc.)
Plagal Cadence PC. (IV chord moving to I)
Deceptive Cadence DC. (A cadence that looks to end to I, but substitutes another chord instead)
Figured Bass: figured bass numeral is a technique for indicating chord position or voicing. Root or inversion. Stems from the Baroque compositional practice. See table below.
