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Landini cadence
A Landini cadence is a type of cadence, a technique in music composition, named after Francesco Landini (1325-1397) in honor of his extensive use of the technique. The technique was used extensively in the 14th and early 15th century.
In a typical Medieval cadence, a major sixth musical interval is expanded to an octave by having each note move outwards one step. In Landini's version, an escape tone in the upper voice narrows the interval briefly to a perfect fifth before the octave. There could also be an inner voice; in the example the inner voice would move from F to G, in the same rhythm as the lower voice.
External links
- Discussion on Landini cadence and its uses in later works
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