Lydian cadence
{{Short description|Musical cadence popular in the 14th century}}
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[[Image:Lydian cadence.png|thumb|300px|Lydian cadence (voice-leading) on E
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A Lydian cadence is a type of half cadence that was popular in the Ars nova style of the 14th and early 15th century. It is so-called because it evokes the Lydian mode based on its final chord as a tonic, and may be construed with the chord symbols VII{{music|sharp}}{{music|63}}-I (if the final is taken as a Lydian-mode tonic) or III{{music|63}}-IV (if the final is taken as a {{music|scale|4}} in major). It is also the most common type of double-leading-tone cadence, as it contains two leading-tone resolutions ({{music|#}}{{music|scale|4}}-{{music|scale|5}} and {{music|scale|7}}-{{music|scale|8}}). A frequently-used type of Landini cadence is based on the Lydian cadence, with the upper voice dropping to {{music|scale|6}} before skipping back up to the tonic.
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