Now the cadence is --cadence is simply the end of a musical phrase, particularly in this case the end of a chord progression, where we are at a point of arrival; the cadence brings us to a point of arrival.

终止式的意思就是一段音乐分句的结尾部分，就这里来说是一段和弦进行的结尾，这段音乐就这样结束了，这段终止式结束了这段音乐。

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