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Common Cadences in All Major/Minor Keys

Major Key Authentic/Perfect Plagal Imperfect/Half Interrupted/

(V-I) (IV - I) (I/II/IV - V) Deceptive V-VI

A E-A D-A A/Bm/D - E E - F#m

Bb F - Bb Eb - Bb Bb/Cm/Eb - F F - Gm

B F# - B E-B B/C#m/E - F# F# - G#m

C G-C F-C C/Dm/F - G G - Am

C# G# - C# F# - C# C#/D#m/F# - G# G# - A#m

D A-D G-D D/Em/G - A A - Bm

Eb Bb - Eb Ab - Eb Eb/Fm/Ab - Bb Bb - Cm

E B-E A-E E/F#m/A - B B - C#m

F C-F Bb - F F/Gm/Bb - C C - Dm

F# C# - F# B - F# F#/G#m/B - C# C# - D#m

G D-G C-G G/Am/C - D D - Em

Ab Eb - Ab Db - Ab Ab/Bbm/Db - Eb Eb - Fm

Minor Key Authentic/Perfect Plagal Imperfect/Half Interrupted/

(V-I) (IV - I) (I/II/IV - V) Deceptive V-VI

Am E - Am Dm - Am Am/Bdim/Dm - E E-F

Bbm F - Bbm Ebm - Bbm Bbm/Cdim/Ebm - F F - Gb

Bm F# - Bm Em - Bm Bm/C#dim/Em - F# F# - G

Cm G - Cm Fm - Cm Cm/Ddim/Fm - G G - Ab

C#m G# - C#m F#m - C#m C#m/D#dim/F#m - G# G# - A

Dm A - Dm Gm - Dm Dm/Edim/Gm - A A - Bb

Ebm Bb - Ebm Abm - Ebm Ebm/Fdim/Abm - Bb Bb - Cb

Em B - Em Am - Em Em/F#dim/Am - B B-C

Fm C - Fm Bbm - Fm Fm/Gdim/Bbm - C C - Db

F#m C# - F#m Bm - F#m F#m/G#dim/Bm - C# C# - D

Gm D - Gm Cm - Gm Gm/Adim/Cm - D D - Eb

G#m D# - G#m C#m - G#m G#m/A#dim/C#m - D# D# - E

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