Cadence

In Western musical theory a cadence describes the particular series of chordss that ends a phrase or piece of music. Cadences give phrases a distinctive ending, that can, for example, indicate to the listener whether the piece is to be continued or concluded.

In modern music theory, there are four main types of cadences: perfect, imperfect, plagal and interrupted. Each cadence can be described using the roman numeral system of naming triads (see chord):

Perfect (or authentic) cadences: V - I
Imperfect cadences: any chord (frequently I or IV) - V
Plagal sequences: IV - I
Interrupted cadences: V - any chord except I (typically vi)

Early music cadences are different and more varied.

See also: Tierce de Picardie

The term cadence is also used in dance. Unsurprisingly, it is used to refer to a dance move which ends a phrase. For example, the cadence in a galliard step refers to the final leap in a cinquepace sequence.

In the United States armed services, a cadence is a chant that is sung by miltary personnel while running or marching. A common United States Marine Corps cadence goes:

Way back when at the dawn of time.

In the heart of death valley where the sun don't shine.

The roughest toughest fighter ever known was made.

From an M-16 and a live grenade.

He was a lean mean green fighting machine.

He proudly bore the title of US Marine.

In the modern marching band, a drum cadence is a work played exclusively by the percussion section, as an embellished way of giving a beat to the marchers. These cadences are descended from the early military marches, and are most often used during parades. They may also be played as pep songs, while marching onto the field, or even as dance breaks during the field show.

There is also an electronic design automation company called Cadence Design Systems.

Synonyms within Context: Cadence

Modern Usage: Cadence

Commercial Usage: Cadence

Domain	Title
References	Cadence Design Systems Inc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	A Different Cadence (reference) CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference) Five Fingers Review, Issue 18 The Neighborhood: Cadence Of The Numerous (reference) Modern Military Cadence (reference) One to Count Cadence (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Cadence (reference) Cadence Universe Performance Report (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Cadence (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Run To Cadence W/ the U.S. Airforce (reference) RUN TO CADENCE WITH THE U.S. MARINES VOL. 2 (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Sounds Captioned with "Cadence".

Use in Literature: Cadence

Non-Fiction Usage: Cadence

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		In order for the multi-modal system to be viable, there must be certainty that the cargo will move with the same cadence regardless of the means of transportation used. The use of alternative means of transporting goods all over the globe is the solution for cutting the costs of logistics. (references)
Travel	Argentina	For U.S. business people who already speak Spanish, note that Argentine has distinct differences in pronunciation, cadence and vocabulary. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes."
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Usage Frequency: Cadence

Usage in Company Names: Cadence

Expressions: Cadence

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cadence

Modern Translations: Cadence

Language		Translations for "cadence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		variacion zëri (cadency), ritëm (cadency, eurhythmics, number, pace, pitch, rate, rhythm, swing, tempo, velocity), kadencë (cadency, cadenza, lilt). (various references)

Arabic		‏كادنزا موسيقي (cadency, cadenza), ‏محط (cadency), ‏نغمة ختامية (cadency), ‏إيقاع (cadency, harmony, lilt, percussion, rhythm, stroke). (various references)

Bulgarian		ритъм (lilt, measure, movement, pulse, rhythm), такт (address, bar, cycle, diplomacy, management, measure, movement, poise, savoir faire, savvy, tact, time), каденца (cadency, cadenza, close), модулация (inflection, inflexion, intonation, modulation), заключителни тонове, понижаване на гласа. (various references)

Chinese		节奏 (rhythm). (various references)

Czech		spád (dip, downgrade, gradient, hang, inclination, momentum, rate, slope). (various references)

Danish		kadence. (various references)

Dutch		cadans. (various references)

Farsi		هم اهنگی (Accord, Concert, Consonance, Cooridnation, Harmony, Unison), وزن (Avoirdupois, Burden, Charge, Rhythm, Scale), افول (Sunset, Wane), اهنگ (Air, Intonation, Music, Sonance, Tone, Tune). (various references)

Finnish		äänensävy (tone). (various references)

French		cadence (cadenza). (various references)

German		tonfall (inflection, inflexion, intonation, lilt, tone of voice), kadenz (cadenza), Rhythmus (rhythm). (various references)

Greek		κυματισμόσ φωνήσ, ρυθμόσ (beat, rhythm, style, tempo), ρυθμός (mode, pace, rhythm, style, tempo, timetable), μέτρο (gauge, line length, line measure, measure, measurement, meter, metre, module, modulus, numerical value, rule, scale, standard). (various references)

Hungarian		hanglejtés (cadency, intonation, tone). (various references)

Indonesian		irama (beat, rhytm). (various references)

Italian		cadenza (cadency, cadenza, intonation, lilt, rhythm). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		歩調 (pace, step), カツ丼 (breaded pork on rice, cadenza, catecholamine, category, cathedral, catheter, Catholic, Catholicism, cottage cheese). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ほちょう (pace, step), カデンツ . (various references)

Korean		보조 (Ancillary, Auxiliary). (various references)

Manx		dooney (barricade, block, button up, clench, closure, filling, imprisonment, lacing up, occlude, occlusion, secure, shut, shut down, stop up, swing). (various references)

Pig Latin		adencecay.(various references)

Portuguese		cadência (cadency, cadenza, number, pulse, rhythm). (various references)

Romanian		cadenţã (cadency, modulation, pace, run, step, time), ritm (cadency, lilt, number, pace, pulse, rate, rhythm, run, speed, time), metru (cadency, metre, number). (various references)

Russian		ритм (cadency, lilt, metre, pulse, rhythm, rythm, swing, tempo). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		ritam (cadency, rhythm, swing), kadenca (cadency, cadenza). (various references)

Spanish		cadencia (cadency, cadenza, inning, pulse, rate, rhythm, term of office, timing). (various references)

Swedish		kadens (cadency, cadenza, close). (various references)

Thai		ทำนองเสียงในการพู�", จังหวะ (rhythm). (various references)

Turkish		tempo (beat, going, swing, tempo, time), sesin alçalması, ses uyumu (consonance, euphony, intonation), ritm (beat, rhythm, swing), ritim (beat, rhythm, swing), kadans (close), ahenk (accord, accordance, agreement, chime, coherence, coherency, concert, concinnity, concordance, concurrence, congruence, congruity, consonance, echo, euphony, harmony, rhythm, symmetry, symphony, tune, unison). (various references)

Ukranian		ушухання, рух в ногу, ріма (cadency), ритм (beat, lilt, pulse, rhyme, rhythm, tempo), такт (delicacy, lilt, tact), каденція (cadenza), каданс (close), гармонія (accord, accordance, chord, concord, consonance, harmonic, harmonica, harmony, rhythm, unison), мірний крок, модуляція (modulation), метр (meter, metre), зниження (abatement, declension, decline, decrease, descent, fall, falling, reduction, relief). (various references)

Vietnamese		nhịp, hát. (various references)

Welsh		diweddeb. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Ancestral Language Translations: Cadence

Derivations & Misspellings: Cadence

Rhyming with "Cadence"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "cadence" (pronounced kā"duns)
4	-d u n s	abundance, accordance, ascendance, attendance, avoidance, coincidence, confidence, correspondence, credence, decadence, dependence, dissidence, evidence, guidance, impedance, imprudence, incidence, independence, interdependence, jurisprudence, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, precedence, Providence, prudence, residence, riddance, subsidence, transcendence.
3	-u n s	abeyance, abhorrence, absence, abstinence, acceptance, acquaintance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, assistance, assurance, audience, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, cognizance, coherence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, dalliance, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, importance, impotence, inadvertence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, insurance, intelligence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, province, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, resemblance, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, science, semblance, senescence, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Anagrams: Cadence

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-e-e-n"
	-1 letter: accede, decane.
	-2 letters: acned, caned, dance.
	-3 letters: aced, acne, cade, cane, ceca, cede, dace, dean, dene, need.
	-4 letters: ace, and, ane, cad, can, cee, dee, den, end, nae, nee.
	-5 letters: ad, ae, an, de, ed, en, na, ne.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-c-d-e-e-n"
	+1 letter: accented, cadenced, cadences, canceled.
	+2 letters: accidence, bechanced, cadencies, cancelled, coenacted, concealed, decadence, decadency.
	+3 letters: accidences, ascendance, ascendence, ascendency, candescent, decadences, encroached, incandesce, reacceding, reaccented, succedanea, unaccented, unaccepted, uncanceled.
	+4 letters: accelerando, accentuated, accessioned, adjacencies, adolescence, antecedence, ascendances, ascendences, buccaneered, candescence, confederacy, consecrated, convalesced, decadencies, incandesced, incandesces, precanceled, recontacted, succedaneum, uncoalesced, unconcealed.
	+5 letters: accelerandos, accursedness, adolescences, antecedences, ascendancies, ascendencies, candescences, chalcedonies, chalcogenide, cladogenetic, concatenated, concentrated, countenanced, counteracted, deconsecrate, diencephalic, encyclopedia, incandescent, incarcerated, indelicacies, mendicancies, precancelled, revaccinated, succedaneous, succedaneums, unaccredited.
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Domain	Definitions
Post & Telecom	One of the sound characteristics. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Descent	Noun: descent, descension, declension, declination; fall; falling; Verb:: slump; drop, plunge, plummet, cadence; subsidence, collapse, lapse; downfall, tumble, slip, tilt, trip, lurch; cropper, culbute; titubation, stumble; fate of Icarus.
Motion	Step, rate, pace, tread, stride, gait, port, footfall, cadence, carriage, velocity, angular velocity; clip, progress, locomotion; journey; voyage; transit.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Cadence (1990)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Play	Caption
	Robust chorale for piano featuring a typical cadence at the end.
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Title	Author	Quote
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	The child went singing away, following up the current of the brook, and striving to mingle a more lightsome cadence with its melancholy voice.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	83.33%	40	54,274
Noun (proper)	16.67%	8	124,375
Total	100.00%	48	N/A

Country	Name
USA	Cadence Design Systems Inc
	(more examples...)

Expressions using "cadence": cadence Design Systems ♦ Deceptive cadence ♦ False cadence ♦ Half cadence ♦ Imperfect cadence ♦ perfect cadence ♦ plagal cadence. Additional references.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
cadence	518
military cadence	176
army cadence	175
drum cadence	125
cadence drumline	90
march to cadence	78
marine corps cadence	69
running cadence	65
weslo cadence	51
marine cadence	48
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	numeri, numero, numeros, numerum, numerus. (various references)
Old Italian	700-1500	cadenza. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "cadence": cadenced, cadences. (additional references)
	Words ending with "cadence": decadence. (additional references)
	Words containing "cadence": decadences. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Cadence" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cadace, cadance, Cadeac, cadec, cadenc, cadenece, cadens, candece, candence, capense, cience, kadence, sidence. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Cadence

Definitions: Cadence

Cadence

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Cadence

Post & Telecom

Specialty Definition: Cadence

Synonyms: Cadence

Synonyms within Context: Cadence

Descent

Motion

Crosswords: Cadence

Modern Usage: Cadence

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Cadence

References

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

Sounds Captioned with "Cadence".

Use in Literature: Cadence

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Non-Fiction Usage: Cadence

Business

Travel

Argentina

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Usage Frequency: Cadence

Usage in Company Names: Cadence

Cadence Design Systems Inc

Expressions: Cadence

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cadence

cadence

military cadence

army cadence

drum cadence

cadence drumline

march to cadence

marine corps cadence

running cadence

weslo cadence

marine cadence

Modern Translations: Cadence

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Derivations & Misspellings: Cadence

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