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MODERN TRENDS                          83
preceded in the cadence by an interval of slightly less tension—the fifth:
Example 20
It was some time before the third was added to these chords, making a chord of G followed by a chord ofC:
Example 21 G                C
Later still came the addition of a seventh to the G chord, making a slightly higher degree of tension still in your penultimate harmony:
Example 22 G7              C
You could lead up to your final 'home* key note by