musical phrase

collocation in English

meaningsofmusicalandphrase

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musical
adjective
uk
/ˈmjuː.zɪ.kəl/us
/ˈmjuː.zɪ.kəl/
related to or connected ...
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phrase
noun[C]
uk
/freɪz/us
/freɪz/
language
a group of words that is part of, rather than the whole of, ...
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(Definition ofmusicalandphrasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmusical phrase

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Accents contribute to the articulation and prosody of a performance of amusicalphrase.
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The lights flash and a shortmusicalphraseplays before a light labeled battle winner is illuminated.
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Others have concluded that the theme is not amusicalphrasebut a literary or philosophical theme.
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The item is typically a new phrase (simultaneously a group of words and amusicalphrase) to a line in a previous stanza.
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Music stickers each have a differentmusicalphrasein them.
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It could even be an entiremusicalphraseor complex sonic event, with its own internal development.
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This is particularly evident in the alleluia, which could act as an akroteleuteon, an autonomousmusicalphraselike a refrain.
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Each note in the case base is annotated with its role in themusicalphraseit belongs to as well as with its expressive values.
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It would seem that breathing tends to work best where it is allowed to become a natural part ofmusicalphrase.
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In amusicalphraseit is like a stamp, a definite peculiarity, such as a trill located in the midst of other sounds.
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The breath can naturally inform themusicalphrasethrough its speed, quality, depth and length.
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Themusicalphraseaccompanying this outburst was a veritable harmonic and melodic bogey to mid-century ears, though time has now robbed it of its terrors.
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Spatial sound movement may be discrete, that is, it may proceed stepwise - if amusicalphraseis presented successively in one ensemble of performers after another.
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Matching the in-breath to the requirements of amusicalphrasewas understood as a concept, but proved to be difficult to translate into practice with any consistency.
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The unit of the poetic line is also the unit of themusicalphrase; the structure of the whole text is the structure of the musical composition.
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Pitch organization concerning chords means, that in amusicalphrasethe tonic is the most stable chord and experienced as the resting point.
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The name "tanapura" is derived from "tana", referring to amusicalphrase, and "pura", which means full or complete.
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A refrain is, a repeated line ormusicalphrasethat ties a song together...
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The destination of a chord progression is known as a cadence, or two chords that signify the end or prolongation of amusicalphrase.
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Dancers usually leave or enter at the end of amusicalphrase.
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