A cadence is the process of moving from one chord to another cord. They usually happens at the end of a phrase or chord progression.
A full cadence gives you the “fullest possible resolution”. Usually V -> I
or V -> i
We usually add notes like V7
or G7
so we can have more leading tones.
Leading tones are one half step away from the next chord. So G7 -> I
has the leading tones B
and F
, since they are one half step away from C
and E
.
A good resolution will have at least one leading tone and at least one common tone (a shared note).
In classical music, they called this a perfect authentic cadences, because the root note would move a fifth interval down (G
to C
)
If I inverted the notes of one chord, you might want to also invert the other. This is because voice leading can change how connected chords sound to each other.