cadence

• This time the cadence was the tune of the Lampions . —  Georges Guynemer
• This time the cadence was the tune of the Lampions_. —  Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air
• This cadence is the fal of a verse in euery last word with a certaine tunable sound which being matched with another of like sound, do make a [_concord_.] —  The Arte of English Poesie
• So soon as "Squads Right" has been completed the whole column takes up the march without further word of command STEPS AND MARCHINGS All steps and marchings executed from a halt (except Right or Left Step) begin with the left foot The length of the full step in "Quick (or ordinary) time" is 30 inches, measured from heel to heel, and the cadence is at the rate of 120 steps to the minute The length of the full step in "Double Time" is 36 inches; the cadence is at the rate of 180 steps to the minute FORWARD--MARCH At the warning command, "Forward!" —  Keeping Fit All the Way
• 16; in the latter,--consisting as it does of four consecutive phrases, four cadences occur, distinctly marked by the longer tone on the accented beat of each successive fourth measure MODIFICATION OR DISGUISING OF THE CADENCE.--The most natural and characteristic indication of a cadence is the longer tone_, seen in the examples to which reference has just been made; for a tone of greater length than its fellows is, in itself, the most conclusive evidence of a point of repose, as compared with the shorter tones in the course of the sentence, whose more prompt succession indicates the action of the phrase. —  Lessons in Music Form A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition

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