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Period, in music, a unit of melodic organization made up of two balanced phrases in succession; the first phrase, called the antecedent, comes to a point of partial completeness; it is balanced by the consequent, a phrase of the same length that concludes with a sense of greater completeness.
What does antecedent mean in music?
A period is one type of theme, like the sentence, common to the Classical style. The period is generally eight measures long and contains two four-measure phrases, called antecedent and consequent. ... Its antecedent phrase is initiated by a basic idea that recurs at the beginning of the consequent phrase.
What is an antecedent and consequent?
The first quantity of the ratio is called antecedent whereas the second quantity of the ratio is called consequent. For example- If there is a ratio of m:n, m is termed as antecedent or first term and n is termed as consequent or second term.
