Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

character piece

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.77 in modern English

Syllables: char-ac-ter -piece
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A musical composition that expresses a specific mood or non-musical idea.

noun

A work of art (painting, sculpture, writing, film, etc.) that has as its subject matter the description or depiction of an individual person or character.

Example Sentences

"That does not mean that all character pieces of this period present moods expressly, only that the musical term 'character' is not always telling for character pieces, to put it crudely."
"In spite of it being a character piece, I really loved how the rocks and dirt were brought to life."
"Wilde was impressed by Beerbohm's critical, yet laudatory character piece on him in the Anglo-American Times of March 25, 1893, entitled 'OW by [Max Beerbohm masquerading as] an American'."
"The "Leah Dawson 'Slow Down'" video is a magical character piece."

Etymology

Calque of German Charakterstück.

Inflected Forms

character pieces (plural)

Phrases

program music

Frequently Paired Words

program music

Questions

What does character piece mean?: A musical composition that expresses a specific mood or non-musical idea.
Where does character piece come from?: Calque of German Charakterstück.

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