ETYM Old Eng. cadence, cadens, Late Lat. cadentia a falling, from Latin cadere to fall; cf. French cadence, Italian cadenza. Related to Chance.
A recurrent rhythmical series; SYN. cadency.
Rhythmical fall or modulation; Music, close of phrase, especially final chords.
In music, the closing progression of a chord sequence, usually of two chords linked by a note in common. A cadence defines the completion of a musical sentence in relation to a starting tonality.
A perfect cadence (V–I) corresponds to a full close, a plagal cadence (IV–I) corresponds to a weak close, and an imperfect cadence (I–V) corresponds to a half close. Transitional cadences, including the interrupted cadence (V–VI), resolving on a minor chord, and the Phrygian cadence are harmonically rhetorical flourishes. + prikaži više

ETYM Italian.
A brilliant solo passage occuring near the end of a piece of music.
Music, virtuoso passage immediately preceding close of work or section.
In music, an unaccompanied exhibition passage in the style of an improvisation, inserted by the soloist at the climax of a concerto movement.
The practice of improvising a cadenza largely ceased around 1780, composers thereafter supplying their own in written form. Recently, however, the practice of the interpreter composing a cadenza has re-emerged, with Stockhausen writing new cadenzas for Haydn and Mozart and Nigel Kennedy recording Beethoven’s 1805 Violin Concerto with a cadenza of his own devising. + prikaži više

1. Marked by or moving in pronounced rhythm
2. Of, relating to, or involving rhythm