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MUSICAL THEME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does musical theme mean?
• MUSICAL THEME (noun)
The noun MUSICAL THEME has 1 sense:
1. (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
Familiarity information: MUSICAL THEME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(music) melodic subject of a musical composition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
idea; melodic theme; musical theme; theme
Context example:
the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it
Hypernyms ("musical theme" is a kind of...):
air; line; melodic line; melodic phrase; melody; strain; tune (a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "musical theme"):
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)
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