I have a question that may seem dumber than dumb to the experts here but I really don’t know the answer.

A recent song I produced has 3 sequences of notes that I play on top of what I call the verses. These occur at 0:33, 1:49, and 3:06. My question is, what is the proper term (slang or otherwise) for these note sequences?

Is it the melody?
A riff?
A solo?

I think the sax is doing a solo, is that right?

Thanks


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