tucket, fanfare, flourish - (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"

glissando - a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale

roulade - (music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable

music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

leitmotif, leitmotiv - a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)

theme song - a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie

signature tune, theme song, signature - a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program

melodic theme, musical theme, theme, idea - (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"

part, voice - the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part"

musical phrase, phrase - a short musical passage

musical perception - the auditory perception of musical sounds