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MUSICAL PASSAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short section of a musical composition
Synonyms:
musical passage; passage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("musical passage" is a kind of...):
composition; musical composition; opus; piece; piece of music (a musical work that has been created)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "musical passage"):
allegro (a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner)
allegretto (a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro)
andante (a musical composition or musical passage to be performed moderately slow)
forte (a musical composition or musical passage to be performed loudly)
fortissimo (a musical composition or musical passage to be performed very loudly)
intro (a brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music)
musical phrase; phrase (a short musical passage)
cadence (the close of a musical section)
cadenza (a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music)
largo ((music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner)
adagio ((music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully))
recitative (a vocal passage of narrative text that a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speech)
modulation; transition (a musical passage moving from one key to another)
impromptu (a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation)
