MUSICAL PHRASE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)