musical passage
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Noun | 1. | musical passage - a short section of a musical composition musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" allegro - a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner allegretto - a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro andante - a musical composition or musical passage to be performed moderately slow intro - a brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music musical phrase, phrase - a short musical passage cadence - the close of a musical section cadenza - a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music largo - (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner adagio - (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully); "they played the adagio too quickly" recitative - a vocal passage of narrative text that a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speech modulation, transition - a musical passage moving from one key to another impromptu - a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation |
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