musical passage

/ˌmjuzəkəl ˌpæsɪdʒ/

Other forms: musical passages

Definitions of musical passage

1. noun

   a short section of a musical composition
   synonyms: passage

   types:

   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)

   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

   reprise

   a repetition of a short musical passage

   ligature

   (music) a group of notes connected by a slur

   ostinato

   a musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition

   amen cadence, plagal cadence

   a cadence (frequently ending church music) in which the chord of the subdominant precedes the chord of the tonic

   arioso

   (music) a short recitative that is melodic but is not an aria

   type of:

   composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music

   a musical work that has been created