cadential
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of cadential
1875–80; see cadence, -ial; modeled on substance, substantial
Example Sentences
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It has a slithering, cascading finale, with a coda that ends with a cadential sequence Beethoven might have been proud of.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2019
The aria concludes with the thrice-repeated cadential tag, “Vincero!” meaning “I will win!”
From Time ● May 25, 2016
The “Eroica” was highly charged, with Mr. Nézet-Séguin giving special emphasis to slashing repeated chords and to cadential figures ending major sections.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2012
It is by thus sustaining the rhythmic pulse, during the measure allotted to the cadence-chord, that the desired dual impression,—that of cadential interruption without actual cessation,—is secured.
From Lessons in Music Form A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition by Goetschius, Percy
In measure 71 we have a piquant closing theme which ends in the "good old way" with some rather formal groups of cadential chords.
From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond
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