Cadence vs. Rhythm

Cadencenoun

The act or state of declining or sinking.

Cadencenoun

Balanced, rhythmic flow.

Cadencenoun

The measure or beat of movement.

Cadencenoun

The general inflection or modulation of the voice, or of any sound.

Cadencenoun

(music) A progression of at least two chords which conclude a piece of music, section or musical phrases within it. Sometimes referred to analogously as musical punctuation.

Cadencenoun

(music) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.

Cadencenoun

(speech) A fall in inflection of a speaker’s voice, such as at the end of a sentence.

Cadencenoun

(dance) A dance move which ends a phrase.

Cadencenoun

(fencing) The rhythm and sequence of a series of actions.

Cadencenoun

(running) The number of steps per minute.

Cadencenoun

(cycling) The number of revolutions per minute of the cranks or pedals of a bicycle.

Cadencenoun

(military) A chant that is sung by military personnel while running or marching; a jody call.

Cadencenoun

(heraldry) cadency

Cadencenoun

(horse-riding) Harmony and proportion of movement, as in a well-managed horse.

Cadenceverb

To give a cadence to.

Cadenceverb

To give structure to.

Cadencenoun

The act or state of declining or sinking.

Cadencenoun

A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence.

Cadencenoun

A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet.

Cadencenoun

Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse.

Cadencenoun

See Cadency.

Cadencenoun

Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse.

Cadencenoun

A uniform time and place in marching.

Cadencenoun

The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord.

Cadenceverb

To regulate by musical measure.

Cadencenoun

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Cadencenoun

the close of a musical section

Cadencenoun

a recurrent rhythmical series

Cadencenoun

a modulation or inflection of the voice

Cadencenoun

a rhythmical effect in written text

Cadencenoun

a fall in pitch of the voice at the end of a phrase or sentence.

Cadencenoun

rhythm

Cadencenoun

a sequence of notes or chords comprising the close of a musical phrase

Cadence

In Western musical theory, a cadence (Latin cadentia, ) is the end of a phrase in which the melody or harmony creates a sense of resolution. A harmonic cadence is a progression of two or more chords that concludes a phrase, section, or piece of music.

Rhythmnoun

The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.

Rhythmnoun

A specifically defined pattern of such variation.

Rhythmnoun

A flow, repetition or regularity.

Rhythmnoun

The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event.

Rhythmnoun

The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less melody) in a musical ensemble.

Rhythmnoun

A regular quantitative change in a variable (notably natural) process.

Rhythmnoun

Controlled repetition of a phrase, incident or other element as a stylistic figure in literature and other narrative arts; the effect it creates.

Rhythmnoun

In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agreeable effect, as in music poetry, the dance, or the like.

Rhythmnoun

Movement in musical time, with periodical recurrence of accent; the measured beat or pulse which marks the character and expression of the music; symmetry of movement and accent.

Rhythmnoun

A division of lines into short portions by a regular succession of arses and theses, or percussions and remissions of voice on words or syllables.

Rhythmnoun

The harmonious flow of vocal sounds.

Rhythmnoun

the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music;

Rhythmnoun

recurring at regular intervals

Rhythmnoun

an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs;

Rhythmnoun

the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements;

Rhythmnoun

natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)

Rhythm

Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός, rhythmos, —Liddell and Scott 1996) generally means a (Anon. 1971, 2537).