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What is a recurring musical theme?

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What is a recurring musical theme?

In music, a leitmotif is a recurring musical phrase associated with a theme, subject, character, or setting. The phrase appears throughout a musical composition in different contexts, slightly modified yet still recognizable.

What is a recurring musical phrase called?

Synonyms, crossword answers and other related words for REPEATED MUSICAL PHRASE [riff]

Do crosswords have a theme?

A crossword’s theme is typically revealed in the puzzle’s longest answers. Once you find some commonality, it can provide insight into other answers. If a crossword puzzle has a title, a clue to the theme will likely be included in it as well.

How do you make a crossword puzzle interesting?

How to Create Your Very Own Crossword Puzzle

  1. Get the right technology. First things first.
  2. Come up with a theme. Like the gooey center of a deep-dish Chicago-style pizza, the most important part of any good crossword is its theme.
  3. Add in the black squares.
  4. Add in the rest of the words!
  5. Write the clues.
  6. Send it off.

What are the four forms of program music?

Orchestral programme music

  • the tone poem (or symphonic poem)
  • the concert overture.
  • the programme symphony.

When a character has a theme that is heard many times in music what do we call it?

A leitmotif is a series of overtures, usually musical, that are used recurrently to enforce tone or to recall a theme. Translated from the German, leitmotivs were popularized by German composer Richard Wagner and used chiefly in the opera from the late 19th century to the early 20th century.

What are repeated phrases?

Repeated phrases are groups of two, three, or four identical words used too close together, regardless of whether they have the same meaning. For example: He stood and began pacing the length of the office. Repeating the same phrase began pacing will annoy and bore your reader.

What is a continually repeated phrase or rhythm?

Synonyms, crossword answers and other related words for CONTINUALLY REPEATED MUSICAL PHRASE OR RHYTHM [ostinato]

What do crossword puzzle titles mean?

theme
If a puzzle has a title, it indicates the theme of that puzzle. Usually the theme relates only to some of the clues — usually those that require longer answers — not all of them.