Cadence vs. Tempo

Cadencenoun

The act or state of declining or sinking.

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Balanced, rhythmic flow.

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The measure or beat of movement.

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

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(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.

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

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

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(dance) A dance move which ends a phrase.

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

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(running) The number of steps per minute.

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(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

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(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.

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

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Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse.

Cadencenoun

See Cadency.

Cadencenoun

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

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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.

Temponoun

A frequency or rate.

Temponoun

(chess) A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use for him (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another.

Temponoun

(bridge) The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side.

Temponoun

The timing of a particular event – earlier or later than in an alternative situation (as in chess example)

Temponoun

(music) The number of beats per minute in a piece of music; also, an indicative term denoting approximate rate of speed in written music (examples: allegro, andante)

Temponoun

(cycling) The steady pace set by the frontmost riders.

Temponoun

A small truck or cargo van with three or four wheels, commonly used for commercial transport and deliveries (particularly in Asian and African countries): a genericized trademark, originally associated with the manufacturer Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werke GmbH.

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(American football) A rapid rate of play by the offense resulting from reducing the amount of time which elapses after one play ends and the next starts.

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The rate or degree of movement in time.

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(music) the speed at which a composition is to be played

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the rate of some repeating event

Tempo

In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for plural tempos, or tempi from the Italian plural) is the speed or pace of a given piece. In classical music, tempo is typically indicated with an instruction at the start of a piece (often using conventional Italian terms) and is usually measured in beats per minute (or bpm).