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Sequence :: Sequence (n.) A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one tone higher; a rosalia.

Melodics :: Melodics (n.) The department of musical science which treats of the pitch of tones, and of the laws of melody..

Florid :: Florid (a.) Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations..

Melodic :: Melodic (a.) Of the nature of melody; relating to, containing, or made up of, melody; melodious..

Figurate :: Figurate (a.) Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant..

Imitation :: Imitation (n.) One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon..

Motive :: Motive (n.) The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is reproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; a short figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement is develpoed. See also Leading motive, under Leading..

Rosalia :: Rosalia (n.) A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a step or half step higher; a melodic sequence..

Polyphonic :: Polyphonic (a.) Consisting of several tone series, or melodic parts, progressing simultaneously according to the laws of counterpoint; contrapuntal; as, a polyphonic composition; -- opposed to homophonic, or monodic..

Harmonical :: Harmonical (a.) Relating to harmony, -- as melodic relates to melody; harmonious; esp., relating to the accessory sounds or overtones which accompany the predominant and apparent single tone of any string or sonorous body..

Melop/ia :: Melop/ia (n.) The art of forming melody; melody; -- now often used for a melodic passage, rather than a complete melody..

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