Cadence and Music

Cadence

Cadence noun - The recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds having a regular rise and fall in intensity.

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Music and cadence are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Music" instead a noun "Cadence".

Nearby Word: cadency

Music noun - An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner.

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Cadence and music are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cadence" instead a noun "Music".

Nearby Words: muse, musical, musician, musically

old	old cadence	old music
similar	similar cadence	similar music
current	current cadence	current music
actual	actual cadence	actual music
Other adjectives: real, great, slow, dark, unique, final, ending, different, modern, creepy.

As well as being a much-loved cadence in pop music, it shows up a great deal in church music, usually as part of the "amen" in a hymn.

Source: Useful Notes / Plagal Cadence
Among popular styles, the authentic cadence seems to be more prevalent in east-Asian popular music (though still less than nearly ubiquitous).

Source: Useful Notes / Authentic Cadence
The theme music for the first and second seasons of The Unit was a remixed cadence call, "Fired Up, Feels Good." Somewhat snicker-worthy in that they used a Marine cadence call for a show about Army special ops. Oops.

Source: Sound Off

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