Cadence

Cadence has the following meanings.

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• Cadence (music) is a chord progression that comes at the closing of a musical phrase.
• Cadence, a chant that is sung by military personnel while running or marching.
• Cadence, an electronic design automation company.
• Cadence (cycling), the number of revolutions of the cranks per minute.
• In the modern marching band, a drum cadence (also called a walkbeat or street beat) is a work played exclusively by the percussion section as an purposefully emphasized means of providing a beat to marchers. These descend from early military marches, and are most often used during parades. They may also be played separately as pep songs, used while the band is marching onto the performance area, or even as dance breaks during field shows.
• In telephony, ring cadence refers to the ringing pattern heard by the person who dials a number, before the called party picks up the call.