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  2. Cadence - Wikipedia

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    A harmonic cadence is a progression of two or more chords that concludes a phrase, section, or piece of music. [3] A rhythmic cadence is a characteristic rhythmic pattern that indicates the end of a phrase. [4] A cadence can be labeled "weak" or "strong" depending on the impression of finality it gives.

  3. Cadence (poetry) - Wikipedia

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    Unrhymed cadence in Vers libre is built upon 'organic rhythm,' or the rhythm of the speaking voice with its necessity for breathing, rather than upon a strict metrical system. [10] Cadence in free verse came to mean whatever the writer liked, some claiming verse and poetry had it, but prose did not, but for some it was synonymous with free ...

  4. Phrase (music) - Wikipedia

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    Period built of two five-bar phrases in Haydn's Feldpartita in B ♭, Hob. II:12. [1] Diagram of a period consisting of two phrases [2] [3] [4]. In music theory, a phrase (Greek: φράση) is a unit of musical meter that has a complete musical sense of its own, [5] built from figures, motifs, and cells, and combining to form melodies, periods and larger sections.

  5. Musical phrasing - Wikipedia

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    For example, accelerating the tempo or prolonging a note may add tension. A phrase is a substantial musical thought, which ends with a musical punctuation called a cadence. Phrases are created in music through an interaction of melody, harmony, and rhythm. [3]

  6. List of chord progressions - Wikipedia

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    Andalusian cadence: iv–III– ♭ II–I: 4: PD Backdoor progression (front door is V7) ii– ♭ VII I: 3: Major Bird changes: I vii ø –III7 vi–II7 v–I7, IV7 iv– ♭ VII7 iii–VI7 ♭ iii– ♭ VI7, ii V7 I–VI7 ii–V: 20: Major Chromatic descending 5–6 sequence: I–V– ♭ VII–IV: 4: Mix. Circle progression: vi–ii–V ...

  7. Comic timing - Wikipedia

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    Comic timing or comedic timing emerges from a performer's joke delivery: they interact with an audience—intonation, rhythm, cadence, tempo, and pausing—to guide the audience's laughter, which then guides the comedic narrative.

  8. Glossary of poetry terms - Wikipedia

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    Accent. Vedic accent; Arsis and thesis: the first and second half of a foot; Cadence: the patterning of rhythm in poetry, or natural speech, without a distinct meter; Catalexis: shortening of a line by one element (adjective: catalectic)

  9. Cadenza - Wikipedia

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    In music, a cadenza, (from Italian: cadenza [kaˈdɛntsa], meaning cadence; plural, cadenze [kaˈdɛntse]) is, generically, an improvised or written-out ornamental passage played or sung by a soloist(s), usually in a "free" rhythmic style, and often allowing virtuosic display.