walters Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 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?
CaltechViolist Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 The Picardy third typically DOES NOT have non-harmonic tones - it's simply a major triad on the tonic, in minor-key music. It's often used as a final chord in a minor-key piece.
walters Posted August 22, 2005 Author Posted August 22, 2005 thanks for the information Why did composers use a Major Chord in a Minor key for the cadence? Thats like a Borrow chord in the Cadenced but why?
Prometheus Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 It is, in a piece in minor tonality, using a major tonic chord to end the piece, instead of the usual minor chord. The major chord is more perfect than the minor chord. So the ending is more perfect, the V-I cadence is a bit stronger.
walters Posted August 23, 2005 Author Posted August 23, 2005 The Picardy Third can be a secondary dominant 7th chord in a minor key A picardy Third is like a Modulation or a borrowed note or chord?
J. Lee Graham Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 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.
Piazzo23 Posted August 24, 2005 Posted August 24, 2005 It´s called Picardy third because it was used by musicians from Picardy, a province of France. You can notice in Bach´s French suites the minor movements finish with it.
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