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MUSICAL PHRASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does musical phrase mean? 

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

1. a short musical passageplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MUSICAL PHRASE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A short musical passage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

musical phrase; phrase

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

musical passage; passage (a short section of a musical composition)

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

ligature ((music) a group of notes connected by a slur)

ostinato (a musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition)

Holonyms ("musical phrase" is a part of...):

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


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