page_title: Lydian cadence
hierarchical_section_title: Lydian cadence
caption_attribution_description: English: Lydian cadence on E.
context_page_description: 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♯⁶
  ₃-I or III⁶
  ₃-IV. It is also the most common type of double-leading-tone cadence, as it contains two leading-tone resolutions. A frequently-used type of Landini cadence is based on the Lydian cadence, with the upper voice dropping to before skipping back up to the tonic.
context_section_description: 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♯⁶
  ₃-I (if the final is taken as a Lydian-mode tonic) or III⁶
  ₃-IV (if the final is taken as a  in major). It is also the most common type of double-leading-tone cadence, as it contains two leading-tone resolutions (♯- and -). A frequently-used type of Landini cadence is based on the Lydian cadence, with the upper voice dropping to  before skipping back up to the tonic.
caption: Lydian cadence (voice-leading) on E  About this soundPlay (help·info)
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