melodic phrase

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melodic phrase

melodic phrase
n : a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from beethoven" [syn: tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line]





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melodic phrase

Noun
1. a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
(synonym) tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line
(hypernym) music
(hyponym) flourish, fanfare, tucket
(part-meronym) phrase, musical phrase