- dominant, of the subordinate key or the home key
- subordinate key
- standing on the dominant
- following the final sonority (the "literal" end) of the transition
- in both techniques, the accompanimental pattern of a new theme occurs at the same moment as the end of the prior theme: with elision, the new theme also begins at that point; with accompanimental overlap, the new theme begins in the following measure
- HC
- the dominant arrival appears before the end of other melodic and grouping processes
- if there appears an obvious initiating function, such as a new presentation in the subordinate key, to signal the beginning of the subordinate theme