musical theme

Noun
  1. (music) melodic subject of a musical composition (synset 107042734)
    "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"
    referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
    is a type of: air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune - a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
    subtypes:
    • motif, motive - a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
    • statement - (music) the presentation of a musical theme
    • variation - a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
    same as: idea, melodic theme, theme

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