musical phrase
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈmjuːzɪkəl freɪz/
- Specialized
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frase musical
- You might give older children a musical phrase and ask them to compose a phrase that completes the musical thought.
- create a musical phrase
- perform musical phrases
- end a musical phrase
Examples
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Initiate the idea of improvisation by creating responses to musical phrases and familiar songs performed by another individual.
Academic text (1999) -
The teacher can finally provide an ostinato over which students can improvise brief musical phrases to create a "music machine."
Academic text (2009) -
Teaching students to perform musical phrases can be challenging.
Academic text (2000) -
Flow activities assist students in learning to regulate their movement across the beat and throughout a musical phrase.
Academic text (2014) -
Explore the melody with students by identifying and performing musical phrases.
Academic text (2002) -
In the present study, if an error was placed in a particular musical phrase, one section would play a pitch incorrectly, but other sections with the same musical material would play that pitch as written.
Academic text (2011) -
All of these activities can be performed while also coordinating inhalations and exhalations with the musical phrases.
Academic text (2014) -
For the non-wind instrumentalist, a sense of breathing helps create a more musical phrase and provides the element of space through the use of rests.
Academic text (1995) -
Helping students to understand the relationship between their rhythmic precision and a mood of exhilarating joy, or the feeling of a slow musical phrase when performed with intensity of line and direction, not only makes them better performers but also provides them with a more thoughtful approach to music making and a deeper understanding of how music works.
Academic text (2009) -
When teaching music, it is important to highlight the significance of a musical phrase in conveying emotions.
Synonyms
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5.8
A short repeated musical phrase played under a solo
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5.6
A short group of notes that forms a musical idea
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6.7
A short musical idea that repeats and is changed in a piece
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4.9
A short group of notes that sounds like one musical idea
A short part of a piece of music with its own sound or idea
How Complete
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'musical' (related to music) modifies 'phrase' (a short unit), so the phrase denotes a short musical unit or thought. This meaning is directly predictable from the constituents and follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it.
Etymology
Musical phrase comes from the idea of music as speech: a phrase is like a short 'sentence' in sound that makes one complete idea. That's why musical phrase means 'a short, complete musical thought'.