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Cachucha (Sp.) (ca-chool-cha)

The same as Bolero.

Cadence [from Lat. cado, to fall]. The end of a phrase, part, piece. The principal cadences are as follows: whole, or perfect, dominant to tonic; half, or imperfect, tonic to dominant; deceptive, dominant to subdominant or submediant. "Cafarelli," Gaetano Majorano (ca-fa-rel-lee, gah-eh-ta-no mah-yo-rah-no). Sopranist; Italy. B. 1703; d. 1783.

CADENZ Perfect.

Plagal.

Half.

Deceptive.

Plagal cadence, subdominant to tonic. In the perfect cadence the dominant is generally preceded by the 6-4 of the tonic; in the half cadence the 6-4 of the tonic before the dominant which is the final; half and deceptive cadences are used in the course of a piece; perfect and plagal at the end. The Phrygian cadence consists of the following chords :- A long, brilliant, vocal or instrumental flourish introduced just before the close, or before the return of the principal theme, is also called a cadence (in Italian, cadenza).