musical passage

Noun
  1. A short section of a musical composition (synset 107058663)
    is a type of: composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music - a musical work that has been created
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: passage

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