melodic line
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
- she was humming an air from Beethoven
• Syn:
tune, melody, air, strain, line, melodic phrase
• Derivationally related forms:
melodious (for: melody), melodize (for: melody)
• Hypernyms:
music
• Hyponyms:
flourish, fanfare, tucket, glissando, roulade,
leitmotiv, leitmotif, theme song, signature, signature tune, theme,
melodic theme, musical theme, idea, part, voice
• Part Meronyms:
phrase, musical phrase
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