Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "cadence" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Andalusian cadence Corelli cadence English cadence Landini cadence Phrygian cadence Phrygian half cadence amen cadence authentic cadence cadence rampa cadence-lypso closed cadence deceptive cadence demicadence drum cadence half cadence imperfect authentic cadence imperfect cadence intercadence interrupted cadence jody cadence open cadence perfect authentic cadence perfect cadence plagal cadence ring cadence standard cadence surpise cadence under-third cadence

Etymologically Related To

chance

Context

cycling dance fencing heraldry horse riding military music running speech

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

musical passage passage poetic rhythm prosody rhythmic pattern rhythmicity

Type Of (IsA)

passage rhythmicity

Related Terms

Tierce de Picardie cadaver

Related Terms

analogy bicycle cadaver cadency cadenza chord crank flight of fancy horse inflection jody call music punctuation strain tierce de picardie

Synonym Network

clausula meter

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