Question

cadence As the piano came to a cadence, the singer ascended to a beautiful high note, which she held for several seconds until the piano came in again in a new key. ˈkeɪdəns

Accepted Answer

(1) The close of a musical phrase, especially one that moves to a harmonic point of rest. (2) The rhythmic flow of sound in language. Most of us hear the ending of a piece of music as a fall to a resting place, even if the melody ends on a high note. And that's the way endings were being heard way back in the 16th century, when cadence first began to be used in English for musical endings. Most cadences are harmonic “formulas” (standard harmonic patterns that we've all heard thousands of times) and we don't expect them to be original; so whether you're consciously aware of it or not, a cadential passage is usually quite recognizable. When cadence means “speech rhythm,” its cad- root refers to the way the accents “fall.”

word	cadence
definition	(1) The close of a musical phrase, especially one that moves to a harmonic point of rest. (2) The rhythmic flow of sound in language.
eg_sentence	As the piano came to a cadence, the singer ascended to a beautiful high note, which she held for several seconds until the piano came in again in a new key.
explanation	Most of us hear the ending of a piece of music as a fall to a resting place, even if the melody ends on a high note. And that's the way endings were being heard way back in the 16th century, when cadence first began to be used in English for musical endings. Most cadences are harmonic “formulas” (standard harmonic patterns that we've all heard thousands of times) and we don't expect them to be original; so whether you're consciously aware of it or not, a cadential passage is usually quite recognizable. When cadence means “speech rhythm,” its cad- root refers to the way the accents “fall.”
IPA	ˈkeɪdəns

Cadence Harmonic Musical Piano High Heard Close Phrase