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MELODIC PHRASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does melodic phrase mean? 

MELODIC PHRASE (noun)
  The noun MELODIC PHRASE has 1 sense:

1. a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequenceplay

  Familiarity information: MELODIC PHRASE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MELODIC PHRASE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

air; line; melodic line; melodic phrase; melody; strain; tune

Context example:

she was humming an air from Beethoven

Hypernyms ("melodic phrase" is a kind of...):

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Meronyms (parts of "melodic phrase"):

musical phrase; phrase (a short musical passage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "melodic phrase"):

fanfare; flourish; tucket ((music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments)

glissando (a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale)

roulade ((music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable)

leitmotif; leitmotiv (a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas))

theme song (a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie)

signature; signature tune; theme song (a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program)

idea; melodic theme; musical theme; theme ((music) melodic subject of a musical composition)

part; voice (the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music)


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