Cadence vs. Timbre

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.

Timbrenoun

The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.

Timbrenoun

The pitch of a sound as heard by the ear, described relative to its absolute pitch.

Timbrenoun

(heraldry) The crest on a coat of arms.

Timbrenoun

See 1st Timber.

Timbrenoun

The crest on a coat of arms.

Timbrenoun

The quality or tone distinguishing voices or instruments; tone color; clang tint; as, the timbre of the voice; the timbre of a violin. See Tone, and Partial tones, under Partial.

Timbrenoun

(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound);

Timbre

In music, timbre ( TAM-bər, TIM-), also known as tone color or tone quality (from psychoacoustics), is the perceived sound quality of a musical note, sound or tone. Timbre distinguishes different types of sound production, such as choir voices and musical instruments.