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Answer for the clue "Simple melodic passage ", 9 letters:
cantilena

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cantabile \Can*ta"bi*le\, n. (Mus.) A piece or passage, whether vocal or instrumental, peculiarly adapted to singing; -- sometimes called cantilena .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context music English) a vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Cantilena is the second album recorded by the British jazz quartet, First House . It was released by ECM . The album presents a studio performance of leader and saxophonist Ken Stubbs with Django Bates on piano , Mick Hutton on bass and Martin France on ...

Usage examples of cantilena.

Aramayne, turning to take a handful of the little vapour-sniffers from Cantilena, blocked him also.

The sounds of insects, of which I am seldom conscious unless I have not heard them in some time, resumed, with a noise that reminded me of the tuning of the strings in the Blue Hall before the first cantilena began, a noise I sometimes used to listen to when I lay on my pallet near the open port of the apprentices' dormitory.

Quella frase si trasformò in una specie di cantilena, nella sua mente.