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melodic phrase
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Noun melodic phrase has 1 sense
- melodic phrase(n = noun.communication) air, line, melodic line, melody, strain, tune - a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" has particulars: fanfare, flourish, tucket, glissando, roulade, leitmotif, leitmotiv, theme song, signature, signature tune, theme song, idea, melodic theme, musical theme, theme, part, voice
is a kind of music
has parts: musical phrase, phrase
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