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I think it's dumb and seems so totally random as a name. It's not a virtue, it's not even mainly associated with positive qualities the way Harmony or Melody is. It's just another word for rhythm.
Cadence is not even necessarily musical, it can be like a rhythm to work or march by.
Did you ever see the movie "Full Metal Jacket?" When the new Marine recruits are in basic training, they learn to march in step with each other. Their drill instructor, Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, calls cadence with a very raunchy little ditty that begins "I don't know but I've been told ..." and the rest of the line is not "Fitted sheets are hard to fold."

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