Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In music, same as imperfect cadence (which see, under cadence).

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Examples

  • Boyles added just the right touches to perfect the natural shifts in rhythmic and sonic intensity, leading the audience from semi-cadence to semi cadence without ever resolving completely.

    The Tech - MIT's Student Newspaper 2008

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