1. (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; - Example: "the theme is announced in the first measures" - Example: "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it" [syn: theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
melodic theme
n 1: (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the
theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist
picked up the idea and elaborated it" [syn: theme,
melodic theme, musical theme, idea]