Intonation vs Cadence - What's the difference?
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(linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.
Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.
Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest.
A thundering; thunder.
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 [[analogy, analogously as musical punctuation.
(music) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.
(speech) A fall in inflection of a speaker’s voice, such as at the end of a sentence.
(dance) A dance move which ends a phrase.
(fencing) The rhythm and sequence of a series of actions.
(running) The number of steps per minute.
(cycling) The number of revolutions per minute of the cranks or pedals of a bicycle.
(military) A chant that is sung by military personnel while running or marching; a jody call.
(heraldry) cadency
(horse-riding) Harmony and proportion of movement, as in a well-managed horse.
To give a cadence to.
* {{quote-journal, journal=The Century, volume=53, year=1897, title=Why the Confederacy Failed, author=Don Carlos Buell, passage=there was besides, in an already dominating and growing element, a motive that was stronger and more enduring than enthusiasm —an implacable antagonism which acted side by side with the cause of the Union as a perpetual impelling force against the social conditions of the South, controlling the counsels of the government, and cadencing the march of its armies to the chorus:
*:: John Brown's body lies mouldering in the grave,
*:: But his soul is marching on!}}
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To give structure to.
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As nouns the difference between intonation and cadence
is that intonation is the rise and fall of the voice in speaking while cadence is the act or state of declining or sinking.As a verb cadence is
to give a cadence to.As a proper noun Cadence is
{{given name|female|from=English}} from the word cadence, taken to use in the 2000s.intonation
English
Noun
(en noun)- Her intonation was false.
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References
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Noun
- Now was the sun in western cadence low.
- golden cadence of poesy
- Blustering winds, which all night long / Had roused the sea, now with hoarse cadence lull / Seafaring men o'erwatched.
- The accents were in passion's tenderest cadence .
- The cadence in a galliard step refers to the final leap in a cinquepace sequence.
