Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

musical theme

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables: mu-si-cal theme
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

(music) melodic subject of a musical composition

Example Sentences

"the theme is announced in the first measures"
"the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"

Synonyms

theme melodic theme idea

Questions

What does musical theme mean?: (music) melodic subject of a musical composition

How to pronounce musical theme

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