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    MUSICAL THEME

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (music) melodic subject of a musical compositionplay

    Example:

    the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it

    Synonyms:

    idea; melodic theme; musical theme; theme

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    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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