musical cue
Performer's start signal
A musical cue is a passage of music written or selected for a specific moment in a film, television show, play, or other production.
Each cue is typically numbered and timed to synchronize with action or dialogue: The composer delivered forty cues for the episode.
In live performance, a cue can also be the signal for musicians to begin playing.
- segueUnbroken passage between sections
- transitionChange from one state
- scene changeTheatrical location shift
- entrancePoint of access
- lead inPreliminary setup material
stinger · dramatic sting · underscore · sound design · leitmotif · swell · crescendo · fade · fade out · sting · hit · hit point · button · vamp · pickup · downbeat · conductor · baton
- film musicfilm score, soundtrack, movie soundtrack, underscore, score
- Leitmotifsleitmotif, motif, recurring theme, love theme
musical cueimprovisation
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
ad-lib · free jazz · jam session · extemporization · winging it
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