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In music, a motive is
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In music, a motive is

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A motive in music can also be referred to as a motif. Which means it is a short musical idea, a noticeable and recurring figure and/or a musical fragment of notes that have a special importance in a composition.
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is a short musical idea,[5] a salient recurring figure, musical fragment or succession of notes that has some special importance in or is characteristic of a composition: "The motive is the smallest structural unit possessing thematic identity".[3]
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