18.31 Listening Gallery: Final Closure

Each of these excerpts are from works in minor. How do they end?

CHOICES
Final cadence in minor
 Picardy Third 
 Closing section in Major
ANSWER

Final cadence in minor. If you noticed brief postponement of closer in the final phrase, you’re correct!

CHOICES
Final cadence in minor
 Picardy Third
 Closing section in Major
ANSWER

Picardy Third

CHOICES
Final cadence in minor
 Picardy Third
 Closing section in Major
ANSWER

 Closing Section in Major

CHOICES
Final cadence in minor
 Picardy Third
 Closing section in Major
ANSWER

Final cadence in minor

CHOICES
Final cadence in minor
 Picardy Third
 Closing section in Major
ANSWER

Closing section in major

CHOICES
Final cadence in minor
 Picardy Third
 Closing section in Major
ANSWER

Picardy Third