Feminine cadence

The term feminine ending has several meanings, depending on context.In prosody, it refers to a line of verse that ends with an unstressed syllable. Usually it is contrasted with other lines that end in a stress – a masculine ending. See iambic pentameter, Feminine rhyme.In music, the term is used in a similar fashion, when a phrase or movement ends in an unstressed note or weak cadence, often midway through a bar. It is also called a "feminine cadence."
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