motivic
SHORT MUSICAL IDEA, A SALIENT RECURRING FIGURE, MUSICAL FRAGMENT OR SUCCESSION OF NOTES THAT HAS SOME SPECIAL IMPORTANCE IN OR IS CHARACTERISTIC OF A COMPOSITION
Motive (music); Motivic saturation; Motivic; Head-motif; Head motif; Kopfmotiv; Motivic development; Idea (music); Musical idea; Musical motif; Amotivic; Motto (music); Musical motto; Idée fixe (music)
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¦ adjective Music relating to a motif or motifs.