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MUSICAL PHRASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short musical passage
Synonyms:
musical phrase; phrase
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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)
