cadences
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In walk-and-talk videos, he used Trump’s singsong cadences to freestyle on pop culture topics from Scooby-Doo to Weird Al Yankovic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
The voices of his protagonists, which is to say the cadences of their social identities, determine not just the sound but the shape of their stories.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025
He experiments with new tones and cadences; the beats bounce, the production is subdued, but innovative.
From Salon • Aug. 30, 2024
Shesol added: “You’re absorbing not just the rhythms and cadences of speech, but you’re absorbing a worldview.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2024
You can listen to a few simple cadences here: Perfect Cadence53 , Plagal Cadence54 , Half-cadence55 , Deceptive Cadence56 .
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
