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Tierce de picardie

A perfect cadence in a minor key, ending on the major chord of the tonic instead of the minor. The Romantic tendency of a finale in major to a minor work (Mozart No. 40; Beethoven No. 9) is nothing more than a tierce de picardie in larger terms.

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