cadences
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He couldn’t navigate transitions into and out of baks, the introductory rhythmic cadences of Senegalese sabar music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
His patented lingo, cadences, body language and personal style revolutionized and rebuilt the foundation of modern California rap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2025
He experiments with new tones and cadences; the beats bounce, the production is subdued, but innovative.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2024
In the stentorian 18th-century cadences of historian Edward Gibbon and essayist Samuel Johnson, he painted a heroic portrait of that nation of shopkeepers and saw Britain’s current troubles in light of its glorious past.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
In Miserere mei he repeatedly causes the flow of the music to come to rest on cadences, affirming its centre of gravity.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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