Wunderkeys Pop 2: The Road Home Practice Tips

 

The Road Home in D Major from Wunderkeys Intermediate Pop 2 Performance Book is a tranquil piece with several repetitive cadences. 

Piano Practice Tips

• Label the chords in your music. 
• Which "road is used the most?  vi-V-I or IV-V-I?
• Can you hear and spot the deceptive cadence IV-V-vi?

Theory

Learning About Cadences

Listen to the samples of different types of cadences in this Teoria Cadences tutorial.

Perfect Authentic: V-I Sounds like the end.

Imperfect Authentic: V-I + inversion Sounds like the end...but less final than perfect.

Half: I-V Sounds unfinished like a question.

Deceptive: V-vi or V-IV   V chord deceives you and doesn't lead to I. 

Plagal: IV-I  aka "Amen" cadence

Then try the Theta Flash Cadences game to practice identifying cadences.

Hint: Perfect Authentic Cadences end with the tonic (1st note of the scale) both in the melody and in the root of the bass.

Improvisation

If you like The Road Home you might like improvising with the different chord patterns in Create First Journey