What Is a Comma?

A term coined by Robert O. Gjerdingen, after several 18^th-century sources.

A Comma is a synonym for a clausula cantizans or a ⑦–① cadence. Its usual melody is a ➎–➍–➌ or ➍–➌ snippet.

See also Clausulæ.

See also Long Comma.

See also Corelli Long Comma.

Select Bibliography

Gjerdingen, Robert O. Music in the Galant Style (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007).