RECITATIVE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A vocal passage of narrative text that a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speech

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("recitative" is a kind of...):

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

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

arioso ((music) a short recitative that is melodic but is not an aria)