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drum cadences

drum cadences is the plural of drum cadence.

Meaning of drum cadence

Noun

drum cadence (plural drum cadences)

  1. A work played exclusively by the percussion section of a modern marching band, descended from early military marches, primarily as a purposefully emphasized means of providing a beat to marchers.
    Synonyms:
    street beat, walkbeat

Questions about drum cadences

What is drum cadences the plural of?
Drum cadences is the plural of drum cadence.

Words near drum cadences in the dictionary

  1. drum and bass
  2. drum belly
  3. drum brake
  4. drum brakes
  5. drum cadence
  6. drum cadences
  7. drum chart
  8. drum fill
  9. drum fills
  10. drum head
  11. drum heads

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