In [[form-functional theory]], **postcadential functions** are [[framing functions]] that follow a cadence and prolong its final harmony. There are two types of postcadential functions: closing section and [[standing on the dominant]].^[William E. Caplin, *Classical Form: A Theory of Formal Functions for the Instrumental Music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven* (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998), 16.]