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Picardy Third cadence


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The Picardy Third cadence is a major triad in a minor key with Nonharmonic tones in the cadence

When i use a Picardy Third Cadence?

Why would i use a picardy third cadence?

How do i use Non-Harmonic tones in the cadence?

Non-harmonic tones would be the 2,4,6,7 degrees of the key/scale im in?

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You're overthinking it. It's really very simple.

It's a type of cadence. If the piece is in a minor key, and you cadence in the tonic major, the raised third in the cadence is called a Picardy Third.

A picture is worth a thousand words, and hearing is believing. Attached is an idiomatically correct example.

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