ostinato
melody
phrasing
variation
riff
tetratonic
song
vocal
texting
musically
chant
ensemble
fugue
twiddly
motif
sequence
head
ordo
chanted
motive
roundelay
texture
potpourri
lyric
medley
pastiche
miniature
realisation
realization
upbeat
passage
musical passage
kaiso
score
quodlibet
roulade
midsong
post
support
cabaletta
work song
passagework
ground bass
canon
thematic
ritenuto
melogenic
barcarole
musical phrase
quartet
descant
bis
phrase
canto
bar
quartette
discant
beatscape
rosalia
nocturne
masque
chorus
notturno
note
selection
scena
ligature
sestet
solo
sextet
logogenic
serenade
staff
quintet
quintette
respite
sextette
divertimento
stave
heptachord
vocals
coda
octachord
idea
theme
finale
octet
attended
crotchet
quarter note
melodic theme
singingly
accompanied
glissando
noodle
musical theme
melodylike
tetratonic
twiddly
chanted
midsong
thematic
melogenic
logogenic
attended
accompanied
melodylike
musically
bis
singingly
glissando
ostinato
melody
phrasing
variation
riff
song
vocal
texting
chant
ensemble
fugue
motif
sequence
head
ordo
motive
roundelay
texture
potpourri
lyric
medley
pastiche
miniature
realisation
realization
upbeat
passage
musical passage
kaiso
score
quodlibet
roulade
post
support
cabaletta
work song
passagework
ground bass
canon
ritenuto
barcarole
musical phrase
quartet
descant
phrase
canto
bar
quartette
discant
beatscape
rosalia
nocturne
masque
chorus
notturno
note
selection
scena
ligature
sestet
solo
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staff
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stave
heptachord
vocals
coda
octachord
idea
theme
finale
octet
crotchet
quarter note
melodic theme
noodle
musical theme
noun
- a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
- an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard
- something a little different from others of the same type
- an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
- the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north
- the process of varying or being varied
- (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
- (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
- (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
- the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
noun
- A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.
- Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
- Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
- A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.
verb
noun
- A piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists.
- A group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole.
- A supervised learning algorithm combining multiple hypotheses.
- A coordinated costume or outfit; a suit.
- A group of musicians, dancers, actors, etc who perform together; e.g. the chorus of a ballet company.
- A probability distribution for the state of the system.
verb
noun
- a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement
- dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to create a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state
- a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days
noun
- A short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated in several parts of a work.
- In a nucleotide or aminoacid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance.
- A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern.
- A decorative appliqué design or figure, as of lace or velvet, used in trimming.
- A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation.
- The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or molecules.
- A recurring or dominant element; an artistic theme.
noun
- several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys
- serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
- a following of one thing after another in time
- film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
- the action of following in order
verb
noun
- The principal melody or theme of a piece.
- A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
- The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
- A headdress; a covering for the head.
- A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
- The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
- The uppermost part of a valley.
- The antlers of a deer.
- Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
- A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
- The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
- The headstock of a guitar.
- The leafy top part of a tree.
- The top edge of a sail.
- A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
- The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- The toilet of a ship.
- An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
- A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
- Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
- The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
- A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
- Headway; progress.
- Mind; one's own thoughts.
- Topic; subject.
- The end of an abscess where pus collects.
- The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- The glans penis.
- The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
- Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- A headmaster or headmistress.
- Denouement; crisis.
- The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
- A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
- The end cap of a cask or other barrel.
- A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- Leader; chief; mastermind.
- Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
- An individual person.
- The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- The bow of a vessel.
- A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
- The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
- The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
- The population of game.
- A single animal.
- The place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
- A headland.
- More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
adj
- Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
- Coming from in front.
- Placed at the top or the front.
- Foremost in rank or importance.
verb
- To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
- To form a head.
- To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
- To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
- To go in front of.
- To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
- To move in a specified direction.
- To check or restrain.
- To remove the head from a fish.
- To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- To set on the head.
noun
- A musical phrase constructed from one or more statements of one modal pattern and ending in a rest.
- A calendar which prescribes the Mass and office which is to be celebrated each day.
- A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below classis and above familia.
- an established civil body or corporation with a hierarchy
noun
- a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
- the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
- a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
adj
noun
- the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together
- the feel of a surface or a fabric
- the essential quality of something
- the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality
- the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)
noun
adj
- Of or relating to the lyre (or sometimes the harp)
- Of or relating to a writer of such poetry
- Having a light singing voice of modest range
- Of or relating to musical drama and opera
- lyrical
- Of, or relating to a type of poetry (such as a sonnet or ode) that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style
- melodious
noun
- A musical composition which is short in duration.
- A token in a game representing a unit or character.
- A particular feature or trait.
- A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
- Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
- Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
- An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.
- The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
- A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.
- A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.
verb
adj
noun
- a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer
- coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
- a sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained
- the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer
- making real or giving the appearance of reality
- something that is made real or concrete
noun
- a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer
- coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
- making real or giving the appearance of reality
- a sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained
- the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer
- something that is made real or concrete
noun
- a short section of a musical composition
- the act of passing from one state or place to the next
- a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
- a way through or along which someone or something may pass
- the passing of a law by a legislative body
- a journey usually by ship
- a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
- a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
- the motion of one object relative to another
- the act of passing something to another person
noun
- The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts below each other.
- A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
- The music of a movie or play.
- In the Lowestoft area, a narrow pathway running down a cliff to the beach.
- A bribe paid to a police officer.
- An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; debt.
- A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
- A robbery.
- The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
- Subject.
- A weight of twenty pounds.
- The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
- An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
- A prostitute's client.
- A sexual conquest.
- Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
- The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
- An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.
- Twenty, 20.
intj
verb
- To extract a bribe.
- To earn points in a game.
- To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
- To win money by gambling.
- To achieve (a score) in e.g. a test.
- To obtain something desired.
- To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
- To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
- To acquire or gain.
- To obtain a sexual favor.
noun
- A form of music with melodies in counterpoint.
- A form of trompe l'oeil which realistically renders domestic items (paper-knives, playing-cards, ribbons, etc).
- A card game that combines several different contracts.
- A mode of philosophical debate popular in the Middle Ages, in which any question could be posed extemporaneously.
noun
- A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
- A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
- A pole in a battery.
- The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
- A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
- A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
- A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
- A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.
- A post mortem (investigation of body's cause of death).
- A goalpost.
- An appointed position in an organization, job.
- A stud; a two-by-four.
- An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
- A location on a basketball court near the basket.
- A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
- Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
- Post-production.
- A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.
- An assigned station; a guard post.
adv
- Sent via the postal service.
- With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.
prep
verb
- To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
- To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
- To assign to a station; to set; to place.
- To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
- To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
- To pay down (the stake).
- To pay (a blind).
- To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
- To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
- To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
- To travel quickly; to hurry.
- To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
- To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
noun
- An accompaniment in music.
- An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
- Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
- Evidence.
- Something which supports.
- Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
- Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.
- Financial or other help.
- A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
- in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.
verb
- To keep from falling.
- To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories, peripherals, or programming) to function compatibly with or provide the capacity for.
- To help, particularly financially.
- To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
- To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
- To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
- To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
- To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
- To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
noun
- a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts
- a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy
- a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter
- a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
- a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church
- a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired
noun
- One of those musical sections.
- An establishment offering cosmetic services.
- Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.
- A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ¹⁄₄ inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
- The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
- A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance, especially a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).
- The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
- A broad shaft, band, or stripe.
- The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.
- A drilling or tamping rod.
- A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
- An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
- A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
- A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
- A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
- A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is the negative of its usual value (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).
- A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.
- The counter of such premises.
- The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.
- A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.
- The crossbar.
- Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome.
- A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
- A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water.
- An establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served.
- Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.
- One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a diminutive of a fess.
- Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly (obsolete) including oblique marks such as the slash.
- Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
- The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole.
- A city gate, in some British place names.
- An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.
- A business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; a public house.
- A vein or dike crossing a lode.
- A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
- One of an array of bar-shaped symbols that display the level of something, such as wireless signal strength or battery life remaining.
- A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
- A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.
- An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
- A measure of drugs, typically one ounce.
- The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay.
prep
- Except, other than, besides.
- Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name.
verb
noun
- A part of a song which is repeated between verses; a refrain.
- The main part of a pop song played after the introduction.
- A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song.
- A song performed by the singers of such a group.
- An actor who reads the prologue and epilogue of a play, and sometimes also acts as a commentator or narrator; also, a portion of a play read by this actor.
- A piece of music, especially one in a larger work such as an opera, written to be sung by a choir in parts (for example, by sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses).
- The improvised solo section in a small group performance.
- A simple, often repetitive, song intended to be sung in a group during informal worship.
- A group of people, animals, or inanimate objects who make sounds together.
- A group of people in a performance who recite together.
- An instance of singing by a group of people.
- The opinion expressed by such a group.
- A group of people who express a unanimous opinion.
- The noise or sound made by such a group.
- A group of organ pipes or organ stops intended to be played simultaneously; a compound stop; also, the sound made by such pipes or stops.
- A group of singers performing together; a choir; specifically, such a group singing together in a musical, an opera, etc., as distinct from the soloists; an ensemble.
- A feature or setting in electronic music that makes one instrument sound like many.
verb
- To sing the chorus or refrain of a song.
- To sing (a song), express (a sentiment), or recite or say (words) in chorus.
- To express concurrence with (something said by another person); to echo.
- To provide (a song) with a chorus or refrain.
- To sing, express, or say in, or as if in, unison.
- Of animals: to make cries or sounds together.
- To echo in unison another person's words.
noun
- A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.
- A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
- Reputation; distinction.
- A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
- A short informal letter; a billet.
- A piece of paper money; a banknote.
- A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
- A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment
- A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.
- A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
- Observation; notice; heed.
- The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow is at her most useful (i.e. gives milk); the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period.
- A diplomatic missive or written communication.
- A call or song of a bird.
- A critical comment.
- A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
- A key of the piano or organ.
- That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work.
- An academic treatise (often without regard to length); a treatment; a discussion paper; (loosely) any contribution to an academic discourse.
verb
- To denote; to designate.
- To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
- To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
- To annotate.
- To set down in musical characters.
- To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.
noun
- A musical piece.
- A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
- The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding. ᵂᵖ
- The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. ᵂᵖ
- The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments. ᵂᵖ
- A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
- Something selected.
- The process or act of selecting.
- A list of items on which user operations will take place. ᵂᵖ
- A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation.
noun
- (music) a group of notes connected by a slur
- character consisting of two or more letters combined into one
- a metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone
- thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood)
- something used to tie or bind
- the act of tying or binding things together
noun
- (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
- personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
- a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
- the body of teachers and administrators at a school
- building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
- a rod carried as a symbol
verb
noun
- A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.
- A square bracket.
- The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle.
- A hook-shaped instrument, especially as used in obstetric surgery.
- An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.
- A forked support; a crotch.
noun
- An improvised passage of music played on an instrument; also, a series of ornamental notes played on an instrument; a trill.
- A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.
- The brain; the head.
- An object which is long and thin like a noodle (sense 1).
verb
- To play (a musical instrument or passage of music) or to sing (a passage of music) in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play (a series of ornamental notes) on an instrument.
- To clear extraneous material from (an opal).
- To ponder or think, especially in an unproductive or unsystematic manner; to muse.
- To play a musical instrument or to sing in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play a series of ornamental notes on an instrument.
- To search mullock for opals; to fossick.
- To hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume.
- To engage in frivolous behaviour; to fool around or waste time.
- Often followed by about or around: to mess around, to play.
- To search (mullock (“mining or ore processing waste”)) for opals.
- To catch (fish (usually very large catfish), turtles, or other aquatic animals) with the hands; also, to catch (fish) using a gaff or fishing spear; to gaff.
- To obtain (an opal) by searching through mullock.
- To attempt in an informal or uncertain manner; to fiddle.
- To ponder or think about (something).
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