MELODIC THEME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does melodic theme mean? 

• MELODIC THEME (noun)
  The noun MELODIC THEME has 1 sense:

1. (music) melodic subject of a musical composition

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MELODIC THEME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(music) melodic subject of a musical composition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

idea; melodic theme; musical theme; theme

Context example:

the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it

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

air; line; melodic line; melodic phrase; melody; strain; tune (a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence)

Domain category:

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

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

motif; motive (a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music)

statement ((music) the presentation of a musical theme)

variation (a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished)