In music, the cadence is the chords or melody that coincide with the end of some fragment of the work.
Cadence is the rhythm or repetition of certain phenomena that occur regularly. The etymology refers us to the Italian word cadenza .
According to the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ), the cadence is also the number of cases that are reiterated per temporal unit. In the field of music , the idea refers to the melody or chords that coincide with the end of some fragment of the work.
Cadence Types
Music theory recognizes more than one type of cadence, although they all serve to end a phrase . The perfect authentic cadence is the most common and, so to speak, the "basic" , since it consists of playing the dominant chord and then the tonic chord, that is, the fifth and first degree of the key. The two chords must be played in their "fundamental state" (the note that gives them their name must be in the bass; if the chord is D major , the lowest note must be a D ) and the highest note of the first degree It must be the tone itself.
The authentic imperfect cadence is differentiated by not having all the chords in the fundamental state, or by not ending with the tonic in the highest voice. On the other hand, there is the dominant cadence , which consists of "resting" on the fifth degree chord . The broken cadence goes from the dominant chord to the sixth or fourth degree chord, while the plague consists of playing the fourth degree chord and then the tonic chord.
Cadence is important in oratory.
Other considerations
It can also refer to a solo part of a composition or to the succession of sounds that make up a piece. In this context, the cadenza is usually an ornamental passage, that is, with a considerable amount of ornamentation, which may or may not appear in the score. When it is a creation of the soloist, it usually has the objective of exhibiting his virtuosity in the execution of his instrument (which can be external or his own voice).
Opera is one of the areas in which singers make great displays of vocal acrobatics through complex and explosive cadences. Although agility is not naturally linked to women, men tend to train their voices in a very rigid way, which prevents them from moving it with the lightness necessary to interpret these difficult passages.
In addition to the freedom to improvise the melody, the cadence also allows the rhythm to be altered, and even blurred to the point where it is very difficult to analyze, all in pursuit of interpretation. When the moment of the cadenza arrives, the orchestra remains silent so that the soloist can shine.
For dance , cadence is the measure of sounds that stipulate how the dancer should move and the coincidence between the dancer's steps and the measure indicated by the musical instrument .
Cadence in literature and oratory
The idea of cadence, on the other hand, appears in the field of literature and oratory.
The concept may refer to the distribution pleasing to the ear or to the reading of pauses and accents .
The notion linked to firearms
The rate of fire of a firearm refers to the number of projectiles it can fire in one minute.
This capacity is linked to the cooling capacity, the projectile feed and the recoil system . The greater the ability to shoot in less time, the greater the rate of fire.
Eternal Cadence
Eterna Cadencia , finally, is an Argentine publishing house that also operates as a bookstore and a bar.
Augusto Roa Bastos, Juan Carlos Onetti, Margo Glantz y James Joyce son algunos de los escritores editados por este sello.