musical passage

Noun

Meaning

a short section of a musical composition

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

passage

Hypernyms

opus piece composition musical composition piece of music

Hyponyms

allegro largo cadence forte adagio modulation

Examples

The private reader of listener can become an executant of felt meaning when he learns the poem or the musical passage by heart. To learn by heart is to afford the text or music an indwelling clarity and life-force. George Steiner

Close letter words and terms

musical ornament musical ornamentation musical part musical pattern musical perception musical performance