2/21 By way of distinction, such a two-measure phrase is called a Small phrase. For example:-- [Illustration: Example 37. Fragment of Mendelssohn.] There is no reasonable doubt of the semicadence in the second measure, because enough pulses have been heard, up to that point, to represent the sum of an ordinary phrase. If this were written in 6-8 measure (as it might be), it would contain four measures. |