melody

[MelĀ·o*dy]

In any musical composition, there is a dominant line that creates a tone pattern known as the piece's melody. There are specific rules for the musical composition of a melody, and most fall into regular patterns.

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A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.

Noun
the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes

Noun
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"


n.
A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.

n.
A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression.

n.
The air or tune of a musical piece.


Melody

Mel"o*dy , n.; pl. Melodies . [OE. melodie, F. m'82lodie, L. melodia, fr. Gr. a singing, choral song, fr. musical, melodious; song, tune + song. See Ode.] 1. A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.
Lulled with sound of sweetest melody.
2. (Mus.) A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression. &hand; Melody consists in a succession of single tones; harmony is a consonance or agreement of tones, also a succession of consonant musical combinations or chords. 3. The air or tune of a musical piece. Syn. -- See Harmony.

A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.

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Usage Examples

Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing joy, rage, fear triumph, yearning and confusion.

They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that.

Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission.

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

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Other Usage Examples

The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending.

I realised a long time ago that instrumental music speaks a lot more clearly than English, Spanish, Yiddish, Swahili, any other language. Pure melody goes outside time.

Music has a poetry of its own, and that poetry is called melody.

Any kind of anthemic song, for the most part, they're on the positive side of things. It's not hard to identify when a melody is just one degree too complicated or one degree too simple and where that line of pop memorability lies.

The writing of a melody is an emotional moment success doesn't make it easy.

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