Composition and Tune

Composition

Composition noun - A literary, musical, or artistic production.

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Tune and composition are semantically related in written or musical creation topic. In some cases you can use "Tune" instead a noun "Composition".

Tune noun - A rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect.

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Composition and tune are semantically related in melody topic. Sometimes you can use "Composition" instead a noun "Tune".

Nearby Words: tuned, tuneful, tuneless, tunefulness, tuning

old	old composition	old tune
full	full composition	full tune
exact	exact composition	exact tune
similar	similar composition	similar tune
Other adjectives: short, certain, standard, original, single, actual, dark, famous, new, basic, different, ambient, electronic.

The band did rework the tune pretty radically, however, so it could almost count as an original composition.

Source: Covered Up
Simon based the song on a traditional Peruvian folk tune- or so he thought, because it turned out to be a 1913 composition by Peruvian musician Daniel Alomía Robles.

Source: Music / Bridge over Troubled Water
The composer, WC Handy, began the song with a tango-like habanera melody (which was very popular at the time of the composition) which abruptly shifted into a high energy jazz tune which would surprise the dancers.

Source: Bait and Switch

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