A work song is a piece of music closely connected to a specific form of work, either sung while conducting a task (often to coordinate timing).
“号子”指一种与某样工作紧密相关的小调,经常是在指挥工作进行的时候唱的,有时候唱号子是为了协调工作节奏。
In the armed services, a military cadence or cadence call is a traditional call-and-response work song sung by military personnel while running or marching.
cadence意为“抑扬顿挫、韵律”:the charming cadence of the Chinese language,中文的抑扬顿挫。形容词形式是cadent,也可以用cadenced来表示:
His recitation was cadenced and full of passion.
他的朗诵抑扬顿挫,富有激情。