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    MELODIC LINE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequenceplay

    Example:

    she was humming an air from Beethoven

    Synonyms:

    air; line; melodic line; melodic phrase; melody; strain; tune

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("melodic line" is a kind of...):

    music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

    Meronyms (parts of "melodic line"):

    musical phrase; phrase (a short musical passage)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "melodic line"):

    fanfare; flourish; tucket ((music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments)

    glissando (a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale)

    roulade ((music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable)

    leitmotif; leitmotiv (a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas))

    theme song (a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie)

    signature; signature tune; theme song (a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program)

    idea; melodic theme; musical theme; theme ((music) melodic subject of a musical composition)

    part; voice (the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music)

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