melodic phrase
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- noun
- /məˈloʊdɪk freɪz/
- Specialized
:
frase melódica
- To administer a musical audiogram, the music teacher should first select one melodic phrase from a children's songbook—specifically, one that the child is familiar with.
- a short melodic phrase
- sing a melodic phrase
- echo melodic phrases
Examples
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Sing a short melodic phrase, have students sing it back, and then have them play it on their instruments.
Academic text (2012) -
The bowing mirrors the metric feel and melodic phrase of the music.
Academic text (2009) -
Have students "discover" the main melodic phrases.
Academic text (1993) -
Or you might assess singing while students echo melodic phrases or perform a familiar song in small groups.
Academic text (1999) -
Game: When students are fairly adept at echoing melodic phrases, challenge them with this game.
Academic text (2012) -
Students can develop this ability by singing short melodic phrases or by having someone else play these phrases on another instrument and then playing the same phrases on their own instruments.
Academic text (1995) -
A melodic phrase sung smoothly (velvety), with one note flowing or gliding into the next.
Academic text (2003) -
Students improvise "answers" to given rhythmic and melodic phrases in appropriate matching style and form, improvise short pieces within specified guidelines.
Academic text (1993) -
And still more: each melodic phrase (that is, each short snippet of melody) appears to have a melodic goal that's strongly linked to a harmonic goal.
Blog text (27) -
The melody of the song began with a simple melodic phrase that was easy for the children to remember.
Synonyms
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7.2
A single musical tune or clear sound frequency
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A short group of notes that sounds complete in a piece of music
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'melodic' (having a pleasing melody) with 'phrase' (a short musical unit); together they straightforwardly denote a short sequence of notes within a melody. This adjective+noun composition follows standard English composition patterns and is cross-linguistically regular, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Melodic phrase is the compound of melodic, about melody, and phrase, meaning a short musical sentence. Think of a short musical sentence you can hum, a small set of notes that stands out, and that's why it means 'a recognizable sequence of notes'.