Landini cadence

noun

Lan·​di·​ni cadence län-ˈdē-nē- 

: a musical cadence common in 15th- and 16th-century polyphony in which the melody ends with the scale-degree succession 7-6-1 and the bass ends with the succession 2-1

Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

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