Cadences
Roman Numerals
Lead Sheet
Common Practice Period (CPP) History
Jazz History
100

Phrase ending on V (or viio)

Half Cadence

100

Roman numeral for "A C E" in A minor

i

100

Spell Cmin

C Eb G

100

Berlioz piece that ushered in the Romantic and used extended orchestration techniques

Symphonie Fantastique

100

12 bar form using a variation on the pentatonic scale

The Blues

200

Cadence involving V and I

Authentic Cadence (PAC or IAC also fine)

200

Spell V in D major

A C# E

200

Lead Sheet symbol for "G C D"

Gsus4

200
Three most famous composers of the First Viennese School

Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven

200

Vocal improv where singer makes up own syllables

Scat Singing

300

V to vi

Deceptive Cadence

300

Roman numeral for "F# A C" in G minor

viio

300

Spell Fadd6

F A C D

300

Three Baroque composers born the same year

Bach, Handel, and Scarlatti

300

Street where most musical theater composing houses were located

Tin-pan Alley

400

IV to I

Plagal Cadence

400

Spell V7 in F# minor

C# E# G# B

400

Lead sheet symbol for Ab C Eb Gb

Ab7

400

Borodin, Balakirev, Cui, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov

The Mighty Handful (or The Mighty Five, Russian Handful, etc.)

400

Genre associated with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Charles Mingus

Bebop (or Hard Bop)

500

specifically iv6 to V

Phrygian Half Cadence

500
Roman numeral for "D F Ab C" in C minor

iiø7

500

Spell Gmin9(#7)

G Bb D F# A

500

Single-line melody with accompaniment; the most emotive form of music in 1600

Monody (Florentine Camerata)

500

Form of most musical theater standards (A A B A)

32-bar form